Shacks by the Stacks: The Great Canadian Shacks in the City Thread - Page 5

MonkeyRonin · #81 Posted **Sep 6, 2020, 7:26 PM**

How're these for some juxtaposition?

https://goo.gl/maps/SNNFDD5XCP5YAARY9
https://goo.gl/maps/tqdM4egSCWoDqGzL8
https://goo.gl/maps/Ann7oiTwukMeLULf7

Djeffery · #82 Posted **Sep 6, 2020, 11:59 PM**

Another one for London, this time "old east" rather than downtown. First one is a small remaining collection of older homes in various states of disrepair (although not "shack" quality yet), and then the second is directly across the road from them.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.98979...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.98969...7i13312!8i6656

Djeffery · #83 Posted **Sep 7, 2020, 12:07 AM**

Not run down shacks, but 3 different eras in London, with the oldest home in the city, from the 1800's on the left, early 20th century homes on the right, late 20th century highrise next door.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.98448...7i13312!8i6656

dreambrother808 · #84 Posted **Sep 7, 2020, 4:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

One thing that is very interesting about Shanghai, Seoul and other Asian Mega cities (even Tokyo) is that you will find rows of ramshackle shacks nestled within the canyons of skyscrapers and otherwise very modern areas.

Now the shackiest place (if we count cinderblock shacks) that I have yet to visit has to be Lima (Peru).

That looks pretty organized compared to a Brazilian favela.

MolsonExport · #85 Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 6:18 PM**

lio45 · #86 Posted **Oct 4, 2020, 9:27 PM**

We rented a U-Haul cube yesterday and I learned something from it that checks several boxes:

https://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/...modern/alberta

Building a Wooden Shack aircraft carrier on a landlocked Alberta lake. (I'm not making any of this up!)

lio45 · #87 Posted **Oct 4, 2020, 9:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

That was over two years ago - I'm curious to know whether it sold and if so, how much it changed hands for.

It's actually somewhat tempting to start to buy and flip Vancouver West End houses (one at a time, making sure I receive my personal mail there for at least 366 days before selling to a BCML for a lot more than I paid for it, rinse and repeat).

(I would like it even more if the rules for capital gains on residential real estate changed though.)

itom 987 · #88 Posted **Oct 4, 2020, 9:55 PM**

^^ It goes to show how desperate we were to win the war. That was a top secret project back then, which is why you are shocked to hear about it.

someone123 · #89 Posted **Oct 4, 2020, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

It's actually somewhat tempting to start to buy and flip Vancouver West End houses (one at a time, making sure I receive my personal mail there for at least 366 days before selling to a BCML for a lot more than I paid for it, rinse and repeat).

To follow Vancouver best practices, don't forget to rent it out as a slum property while having your mail delivered there.

MolsonExport · #90 Posted **Oct 5, 2020, 2:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

We rented a U-Haul cube yesterday and I learned something from it that checks several boxes:

https://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/...modern/alberta

Building a Wooden Shack aircraft carrier on a landlocked Alberta lake. (I'm not making any of this up!)

Must have ended up as yet one of many other things to do in Okotoks.

biguc · #91 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 3:59 PM**

For some reason I've been looking at a lot of streetview Hull lately. I don't know why. I guess I can't reconcile expectation (central, Quebecois area in a majorish metro shouldn't suck) with reality (it sucks). Shacks by the stacks are like a lifestyle out there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4276...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4353...7i16384!8i8192

This is the kind of dumpiness I expect from Prairie cities.

Then I got all worried about these new buildings across the river, and wouldn't you know: shacks by stacks by the stack. Plus crack(heads).

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4271...7i16384!8i8192

1ajs · #92 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 4:42 PM**

heres better ones from wpg

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.89331...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.88942...7i13312!8i6656

Acajack · #93 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by biguc

For some reason I've been looking at a lot of streetview Hull lately. I don't know why. I guess I can't reconcile expectation (central, Quebecois area in a majorish metro shouldn't suck) with reality (it sucks). Shacks by the stacks are like a lifestyle out there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4276...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4353...7i16384!8i8192

This is the kind of dumpiness I expect from Prairie cities.

Then I got all worried about these new buildings across the river, and wouldn't you know: shacks by stacks by the stack. Plus crack(heads).

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4271...7i16384!8i8192

Why wouldn't it? Québécois were still mostly hewers of wood and drawers of water within living memory. Basically 50-60 years ago.

Even that area of Ottawa you've shown was primarily proletarian French Canadian as recently as the 1980s.

MolsonExport · #94 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 4:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by biguc

For some reason I've been looking at a lot of streetview Hull lately. I don't know why. I guess I can't reconcile expectation (central, Quebecois area in a majorish metro shouldn't suck) with reality (it sucks). Shacks by the stacks are like a lifestyle out there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4276...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4353...7i16384!8i8192

This is the kind of dumpiness I expect from Prairie cities.

Then I got all worried about these new buildings across the river, and wouldn't you know: shacks by stacks by the stack. Plus crack(heads).

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4271...7i16384!8i8192

Hull for sure is well represented in the "shacks by the stacks" criterion. London (Ontario) is no slouch in this dept either.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9798...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9932...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9933...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Go...6!4d-81.228835

O-tacular · #95 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:12 PM**

My favourite shack in Calgary:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0532...7i16384!8i8192

dleung · #96 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

does this count

2020-06-01_05-18-30 by snub_you, on Flickr

This is what happens when the city makes the developer set aside land to develop affordable housing, but doesn't mandate that they do it within a specific time frame. Any housing here won't be affordable unless subsidized by a half-million per unit.

O-tacular · #97 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:19 PM**

Did that belong to Robert Pickton or something?

O-tacular · #98 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:21 PM**

Shack attack!

MolsonExport · #99 Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:22 PM**

all it is missing is PPP and John Baird.

O-tacular · #**100** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

all it is missing is PPP and John Baird.

PPP is inside the Kentucky Bucket with Stephen Harper enjoying a plain austerity measure turkey and salad sub on whole grain bread. John Baird is outside of frame at the Petroleum Producers Club's annual Jason Kenney gay rodeo and Big Mac buffet.