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I refuse to believe this isn’t the Beaverton

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I also refuse to buy toy cars or have one of those rugs with just roads and roads and roads Where are the rugs with apartments and townhomes and bike lanes and parks?

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I am waiting for the millennial Nick from BSB hairstyle to come back

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Fine but I can still hate it I mean even a broken clock is right twice a day Or once a day, I forget

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On a random note my child now knows how to say bus and bike and train but not car AND IT IS INTENTIONAL AND WILL BE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE

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what I have learned from going to toddler open gyms is that even at a young age the most dangerous kids are the ones in the biggest push cars going the fastest with blatant disregard for the pedestrian children

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I think his thing is, as is the thing for most planners/architects his type, age and era… the “i support things when i want to except when i for some random and not apparent reason don’t support it, and i think i am a big deal so I’ll tell everyone about it everytime”

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Thank you! This isn’t the one but I think it’s much more detailed

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Help: I’ve recently seen a graphic that clarifies high level what cities/provinces/feds do, in the context of reminding people during election cycles what authority each actually have. Does anyone know what I’m referencing?!

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Everyone and all modes deserve safety and it is also just basic physics that pedestrians and cyclists need more protections because cars, especially recent cars & trucks, are ginormous monstrosities with hoods taller than most children

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everyday i am thankful for the people who are in love with jobs i would absolutely despise oh sorry i meant planning

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housing policies would be so far ahead if the same handful of developer CEOs just tried enjoying the sound of their own voice in the privacy of their heads but no alas we really need just one more out of touch take from another wealthy nepo boy president

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“I feel like I’ve been quite clear of this so far” the sheer entitlement

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And when you ask them “ok but what is your carbon footprint from your actual lifestyle” they’d be the type to say “no, not that kind of sustainability, I meant the kind where I just have to have a couple trees in my massive yard”

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Anecdotally they tend to be the same people who complain about the carbon in concrete buildings but drive everywhere from their single family neighbourhood including to this whatever the thing they’re at to complain about stuff bc they got lots of free time

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When people campaign on “affordable housing only” they’re usually just saying build nothing & hope new older cheaper buildings magically appear or maybe gov’ts just come in and pay for whole new buildings (which is not how gov’t programs work, btw)

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Not to mention the fact that freeways have historically been pushed onto poorer and more racialized neighbourhoods where city and regional funding and plans aren’t priorities. They’re acting like freeways are just *randomly naturally occuring* for beautification

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For my birthday please give me the best gift of going to vote

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i stg the amount of productivity i've had to product for ppl w/ $190k+ incomes who cannot product their outlook calendar or a pdf or their sound in a teams meeting or a file on onedrive costs me SO much more than 2% of their income & is prob the reason why we aren't producing children

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i am not in the dating pool but if i ever were again, the first thing i will sleuth is social media comments during the elections

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i'm not saying those people don't vote, i'm sure they do. might be a huge vote loser with them but i'm glad to be a huge vote loser to people who have values that don't make the type of society or community that i would like to see

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to the people about to comment on productivity & how this impacts your family: what's on your shopping list? what did your child bring to lunch for school? how much does your laundry detergent cost? if you can't answer this off the top of your head pls don't tell comment about productivity thx

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If I'm trying to keep more of my sanity & maximize production of my labour I would 1000000%, require the many, MANY, MANY other people (mostly men) step the f up in productivity. So perhaps taxing more wealthy people is selfishly a much more productive way bc the option above seems near impossible.

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I agree the tax system might be a deterrent. But I will also highlight, for working POC, especially women, and especially women running households with children, there are SO, SO many other deterrents to career advancement at this point, that add'l taxes are the LEAST of my worriess

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Vancouver landlords reddit isn't really people that are top on my priority list at the moment, or ever, tbh... so if they're big mad then I got small tears and a violin

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Don’t disagree with the fact that there are better options like in your list. Can’t say that it isn’t a personal net negative if someone is affected by this. I just assume this is the easier get compared to your list. 👎 you would be affected, 👍 if it gets implemented and helps some other people

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I also suspect that the people who don’t like this would probably have a moving income to tax threshold that moves along with their own income

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And I’m fairly sure I’ve saved being a homeowner than compared to when I was renting, and I’d love to see folks supported more I don’t think $190k+ is median income, which tells me there’s people who make less getting by with less in the same city

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I’m not in this bracket, but if I were affected I think I’d still view this as overall beneficial assuming the taxes go to support people who need support Hence why I’ve long advocated for increased prop taxes, especially over DCCs. My ability to own a home is luck > merit

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It would probably be a good idea to exercise an unhealthy, exhaustive amount of skepticism of anyone on or near Joe Rogan

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like chill on the dave ramsey babble, you can’t pull your bootstraps into an inheritance

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People losing their minds over Eby’s proposed new tax bracket for $1M+ either delusionally think they’re someday going to be in that bracket, or are literally crying more for wealthy people (who they def don’t know personally) than actual people in their everyday lives either way: check yourself

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I need a place for my passive aggressive sarcasm about my toxic industry and the dumpster fire that is our politics i share so we can all suffer together ✨

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

planning & development industry: why are you like this

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Beau Jarvis was the final keynote Spoilers: idk what rants he had about stuff but I left before the final keynote

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Is this a reflection on the content or the people

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On a related note: I don’t quite understand the infrastructure issue for developers Most hate when they’re “forced” by cities to build infrastructure with projects They also hate DCCs They also don’t want property taxes to be raised Where tf would infrastructure funding come from

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“I am constantly defending my (developer) profession to my family. Sometimes planners don’t understand why developers can’t build & sometimes developers are sitting in a room with a watch worth more than the planner’s salary” - on offering perspectives about how we can all learn more

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is it just me or is the culmination of wisdom about trust across the panelists via their decades of experience just the very, very minimum bar (which is on the floor, btw) for most average people lol

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