An absolutely staggering amount of Toronto's city planning work ends up boiling down to a debate over whether a building should be 25, 27, or 29 storeys as if that kind of precision was in any way meaningful.

It's not! Meanwhile, we burn time and money in a crisis.
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Briefly felt the YIMBY leave my body out of fear for The Beer Can ngl 😅

Toronto is so frustrating because it's always been close to being an incredible place, and so many of its problems are self inflicted or imposed. The bones of a great place are here, we just need to build on them. What I mean is stop prioritizing cars and upzone the neighbourhoods.

The Chicago Fed Money Museum, where you can get your photo taken in front of $1M cash and roleplay as the Chair of the Federal Reserve. That's... something kids would like, right??