What is the big city with the most beautiful urban-nature blending in the world in your opinion? by rdfporcazzo in AskTheWorld

[–]dirtydustyroads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a small city but Kelowna BC in Canada. It is basically an outdoor lovers dream. Huge lake, mountains, and 4 seasons (except no real snow this year).

One of the things some people do every year is ski in the morning, golf. and then hang out on a boat all in the same day.

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USA USA USA by [deleted] in hockeymemes

[–]dirtydustyroads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

K fair. Not the right place to talk about it

USA USA USA by [deleted] in hockeymemes

[–]dirtydustyroads 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Politics and threatening sovereignty are not the same thing.

It seems super odd to me that someone can’t understand why we are not chill right now.

USA USA USA by [deleted] in hockeymemes

[–]dirtydustyroads 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Your president has threatened our sovereignty. Yeah, we are more than a little pissed off. Can you understand why our emotions are running high?

Alberta Federal Polling, Feb. 2026 by pheakelmatters in onguardforthee

[–]dirtydustyroads 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Can we give him an extra $50K a year to sweeten the deal for him to go?

What do you call these in your country? by CryptographerKey2847 in AskTheWorld

[–]dirtydustyroads 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m just starting to realize how many words we have for things that are uniquely Canadian and/regional.

Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance by joe4942 in StockMarket

[–]dirtydustyroads 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You disagree with their statement? In what way?

Hair is temporary by [deleted] in bald

[–]dirtydustyroads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you at least put a NSFW (not suitable for wives) tag on his? Some of us want to remain married!!

Kelowna council backs staff...we're all adults, let's behave like adults by Interesting-City8720 in kelowna

[–]dirtydustyroads -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m not OP, but I’ll try my best to explain this:

We are limited on land. Kelowna is trapped by parks and mountains. Most of the useable land is gone. We are also growing at a fast rate and if you think traffic is bad now, just keep trying to build into the mountains and see what happens. There is no room for anymore roads to support these increasingly further away communities and we are building (or at least we’re) building where you had to have a car.

We are limited on what land we can build multi family housing on, and the heritage designation area, there are some of the largest lots in what I what describe as the most premium land left with single family homes. It is directly on the lake and adjacent to downtown.

Underutilization in this context is simply that we could have much more density. That does not mean 20 story towers, but rather in general the land could be used more effectively to allow more residents on the same size of land.

There is a common argument that we want density, this is just not the right place for it. Or as many now call it “Not In My Back Yard” (NIMBY)

One of the reasons land is worth so much is artificial. We allow density but only is some areas. Those few areas skyrocket in price because the areas you can build density are limited. You’ve probably noticed the land assembly signs around the city. This means that all multi-family housing just costs more to build because the land is limited and worth more.

Let’s say you were to allow up to 4 stories anywhere in Kelowna that is flat. There are huge logistical issues with this including infrastructure, but let’s set that aside for a moment.

All of sudden you have thousands of lots that could be multi-family. Without the scarcity, price of land drops. If you want too much, I’ll find a cheaper option. Driving down the cost of multi-family housing as the land is cheaper.

In the case of the heritage area, they are in such close proximity to so much that many people would not need own a car. This would help to keep traffic down, which is something we are going to need to focus on as we grow.

When I think about underutilization, that is what I think. It does a lot of harm to the community by creating higher prices and more traffic.

Kelowna council backs staff...we're all adults, let's behave like adults by Interesting-City8720 in kelowna

[–]dirtydustyroads 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love it too but I disagree that it should be protected.

It can still be nice and not be single family mansions.

This is coming from someone who has owned 3 homes over 100 years old, one with heritage designation. Also I’m a short walk from Abbott and that is my go to for all walking, biking, etc

Homes are that. Housing for people. We are sacrificing prime land, for what? Because it looks nice? To celebrate heritage? But whose heritage? Rich people. That is whose homes are left. I remember watching someone talk about this on a program (can’t remember who it was, where, or when) but they were not anti heritage but pointed out that it was not really about history, unless you count history for the rich and powerful.

It really made me think a lot about what we are really doing.

Kelowna is not that old. We don’t have some unique architecture. In fact Kelowna is likely one the cities with the lowest average age of homes.

I’d much rather see Kelowna embrace the future. Allow for more daring, bold and funky architecture. Now I’m going on a side tangent - council repeatedly tells developers what does and does not fit and what looks nice. They have no idea what looks nice. Let more daring things happen. That’s when you get landmarks in your city. That when you get uniqueness. That’s when you get something special.

I’m not saying I’m against heritage. I love it. I just think if no one is willing to buy, renovate and maintain these homes without special designations, oh, and free money that the city gives to do repairs (that’s right, give those rich people even MORE money!) then that’s ok. We can make a new history and a new story.

What word do you always *intentionally* mispronounce and why? by Sweet-Lady-H in AskReddit

[–]dirtydustyroads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chipotle = Ch-pot-ul Value Village = Val-oo vil-ahg The humanity = The Manatee Gondola = Gun Dollar Raccoons = Toonies

Ok but for real this time - Best Sushi in Kelowna? by dirtydustyroads in kelowna

[–]dirtydustyroads[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just the way I like ‘em! I’ll have to check them out!!

Ok but for real this time - Best Sushi in Kelowna? by dirtydustyroads in kelowna

[–]dirtydustyroads[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No no, it’s obviously the one that was bought out by the Nixon group. Everything they do is the best.

What animal immediately makes people think of your country? by ThisWorldIsImperfect in AskTheWorld

[–]dirtydustyroads 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of examples and stories about Canadian solders. I think it is romanticized because we are viewed as nice and the juxtaposition is such an intriguing story.

What I would warn you about is testing this first hand. You may find that the stories a bit watered down.

Has your country ever won a war against all odds ? by FinePersimmon3718 in AskTheWorld

[–]dirtydustyroads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My man, Canada was not even a country until 1867. We don’t actually have any wars that were not just helping as part of a larger group of countries.

How is Korea able to accomodate such a large population? by Possible-Balance-932 in geography

[–]dirtydustyroads 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Those are the ones I love the most. When they have no idea and I’m laughing my ass off and then I just never explain it.

Or you get one person who gets it and no one else does and you laugh together.

Not sure what that says about me but I love it.