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30 Sep, 8 tweets, 2 min read
It would be Canada's largest housing development. In addition to being a demonstration of land use under Indigenous authority, it'll be a beautiful example of public lands extracting revenue for public good--in this case the good of the Squamish. dailyhive.com/vancouver/sena…
I've been following this for a few months now and what fascinates me the most is, in addition to seeing what Indigenous land use looks like, this is very different by Western standards. You see this in East Asia a lot but not the West.

theguardian.com/cities/2020/ja…
The homes would be mostly market-rate and affordable for Squamish. The logic from the nation's council is straightforward:
A) Vancouver is suffering from a housing shortage and they want Squamish to live there
B) Being the owners of these homes generates revenue for the Nation.
A Vancouver city councilmember said the density and lack of parking was inconsistent with the "livability" of Vancouver.

But NIMBYs have no power here under Squamish Nation's land use authority
On October 6-7 theres a conference happening based in Montreal where a Squamish representative will present the project. For those interested link below:
vivreenville.org/rendez-vous
Project website

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Even Color of Law got this wrong. The famous HOLC redlining maps were hardly used. The real redlining maps by the Federal Housing Administration that prohibited Black people from getting loans were destroyed and never recovered after a Civil Rights lawsuit
governing.com/context/redlin…
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I don't have a problem with people hating on 5-over-1 buildings. I have a problem with people trying to pretend that streamlining construction designs are fundamentally Capitalist or praising streamlined Capitalist buildings like Brownstones and Victorians just cuz they're old
You like mass constructed boxes with pretty ornaments on them built by Capitalists and were hated by the architecture critics of the time.
Housing construction standards in Communist countries dismissed unique designs considered inefficient at the goal of mass housing.
Architects under Capitalism: All these buildings look the same cause Capitalists are lazy money grubbers

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Trying to celebrate a birthday at Jack London and i guess this just has to take two hours just to fucking get there
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"I should just drive"
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Today I learned I can't say ma'am anymore, I guess. I'm in the store a woman impatiently cuts in front of me to self checkout and I'm like: "Ma'am, I'm next in line."

"Who are you to be calling me ma'am?!"

Me: "Uh."
One of the store clerks found it hilarious and after she stormed out the clerk tells me she thought I was calling her old. So I guess I'm stuck with Miss and Misses except I have to guess if you're married or not which I dont have to do with ma'am.
It's probably best to to avoid ma'am for like gendering purposes but me and the store clerk was pretty sure she was inferring I was calling her old.
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