To Live and Drive in Vancouver
 

To live and drive in Vancouver - The Globe and Mail

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"Tupac-To live and die in LA" came to my mind as soon as I read the thread title.

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I drove in LA for a week in March and honestly it seemed better then Vancouver. :lol

LOL so wrong in so many ways I don't know where to start. Just check the comments.

i think most of the comments have been blocked by staff already. i can imagine them being racist comments towards certain ethnic groups.

It's a tongue-in-cheek article. Too many people are taking it too seriously... :lol

since when did knight st bridge merge into one lane? and since when was kitsilano a nude beach? so many things wrong with this article...

It's called hyperbole...

I don't know how placing the wreck beach in the wrong side of town is a hyperbole or serve any comedic functions though. That and highways that never crossed somehow has an "intersection"...

When has that ever happened? I dare someone that isn't a cop to bitch at me for speeding. :lol

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The concept of satire and sarcasm has obviously been mastered artfully by everyone.

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:suspicious: So he didn't come to ricemond

i was thinking more of the opposite...in that they bitch at you b/c you're going too SLOW...5km/hr over the speed limit is not enough and you'll get tailgated, honked, high beamed...passed and get the "vancouver stare" that you have the nerve to drive so slow and impede them.

yes it's tongue and cheek but i thought the mercedes and stare comment were pretty bang on :lawl:

Some if this is very accurate: 'The dress code fluctuates between business casual and 1930s hobo.'

That sounds more like it.

It would work better if 50% of it wasn't a spot on representation of Vancouver...

See, that's why it's doubly ironic! It's sarcastic, within sarcasm...i donno if it was intentional or not lol.

http://i.imgur.com/KhbII.png

I feel like I'm going to die every time I make this turn:

http://i.imgur.com/N2MQX.jpg

I make sure I'm always on the left lane turning in from Main Street.

it's all about gap control, if the guy beside you is slow speed up, if not slow down and make your intentions obvious for second guy.



i've been to montreal, it's worse there, understandably

I fukin hate this turn, countless times I been ran out of my lane because people are not paying attention to the lane, the faded marking on the road doesn't help.

I hardly drive anymore. When I go downtown I take my mtb suspension unlocked and I clocked in @ about 30 Km/h +- takes about 45 mins (Cut through the trails where there are no cars) from metrotown area to robson and burrard. Almost the same time as I would have taken a car to park and etc.

I believe road bikes are faster.

I love bike lanes and public transit... Means less traffic on the road for me :troll:
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That's the idea...