Best City in the World
#136
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,054
Re: Best City in the World
so you are conceeding then that there is better access here then? All i can say......22000 posts......happen you should be out there. Anyhow me eggs have boiled and must go and fight crime.
#137
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,054
Re: Best City in the World
this is about me and that twit.....he suggested London had better access to the outdoors....i showed it doesn;t, he pushed the issue not me. I had no desire to debate the pros and cons of anywhere and in fact I only bothered saying anything as for some reason I was referrenced in the first post.
best head back to Norfolk as you don't want your kids having to grow up with the stigma of being Canadian now do you.....you are also a twit
Last edited by dboy; Feb 24th 2011 at 2:30 pm.
#138
Re: Best City in the World
Yes, Vancouver is quite clearly the best city in the world and is miles better than smelly old London.
#139
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,054
Re: Best City in the World
my account is now closed.....
Last edited by christmasoompa; Feb 24th 2011 at 3:29 pm. Reason: Personal abuse - rule 1
#140
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 14,227
Re: Best City in the World
I have no axe to grind in this - I don't like London particularly, but have nothing against it. But dbd's claim that it has more green space than Vancouver is so laughable that it's not even worthy of engaging in the debate.
#141
Re: Best City in the World
There's plenty of empty bluster on behalf of Vancouver already. Please provide a link to some credible site showing that the total park space in the City of Vancouver is greater than 22% of the city's area.
#142
Re: Best City in the World
Most of us would just like Dboy to calm down, if for no better reason than for the first poor sod he catches doing 60 in a 50 zone.
#143
Re: Best City in the World
Got it, at last:
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/plannin...duse/index.htm
quite parky. 10% parky. Not at as parky as London, NYC, or Washington but then it is surrounded by wilderness. And beaches.
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/plannin...duse/index.htm
quite parky. 10% parky. Not at as parky as London, NYC, or Washington but then it is surrounded by wilderness. And beaches.
Last edited by dbd33; Feb 24th 2011 at 2:56 pm.
#144
Re: Best City in the World
I very rarely put forward my own position, merely debate such opinions of others. I doubt very much that anyone could argue with any shred of credibility that DBD33 and I are bed fellows. I am frequently the butt of his ascerbic wit, but have learned to roll with the punches.
How did you post that with a closed account. Someone is bending the truth me thinks
How did you post that with a closed account. Someone is bending the truth me thinks
Last edited by christmasoompa; Feb 24th 2011 at 3:30 pm. Reason: Quoted post deleted
#147
Re: Best City in the World
It's fact that London has more green spaces than any other city of it's size in the world with 3,000 parks and open spaces.
Greater London is 610 square miles.
The city of Vancouver is 44 square miles. If you factor in the metropolitan area it is 1076 square miles.
Now I'm willing to bet there may well be more open land in the metropolitan area but having been to Vancouver and also seen Greater Toronto to say these amalgamations make up one city is rediculous. Reading for example is more connected to Greater London than say Brampton to Toronto or White Rock to Vancouver. The "Greater" thing in Canada is more a failed marketing hoax to attract foreign investment into thinking there are bigger markets to do business than, we all know, there really are.
Greater London is 610 square miles.
The city of Vancouver is 44 square miles. If you factor in the metropolitan area it is 1076 square miles.
Now I'm willing to bet there may well be more open land in the metropolitan area but having been to Vancouver and also seen Greater Toronto to say these amalgamations make up one city is rediculous. Reading for example is more connected to Greater London than say Brampton to Toronto or White Rock to Vancouver. The "Greater" thing in Canada is more a failed marketing hoax to attract foreign investment into thinking there are bigger markets to do business than, we all know, there really are.