coffey1
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THIS!!!!!
OMG THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Why can't the Scarborough Defender coffey1 think this way?????????
Why is this so hard to do??? It boggles the mind!
I feel the same way. Just the opposite viewpoint.
I lived in in the 905, I live downtown for 3 years, and now Scarborough. The awkwardness and disdain from inside the core & media towards its suburbs is unjust. Most people even don't even realize it & truly believe it doesn't exist. Its truly saddened me to see intelligent people so far out of touch in a different life that they cant even notice this major issue. Most have rarely ever been to Scarborough a few grew up and left for better transit, careers etc. Some had family member who worked near GO stations and all was good. Many others do have the means to pay $15 GO plus $6 TTC a day to get to work. There are so many differing situations here
This doesn't mean I advocate the most expensive solution. I want to see plans the put the highest value on inclusiveness to the current network in this City. This isn't the 905 is TTC and Toronto were connecting. Im about inclusiveness and fair integration with well thought out plans. Some figures in this debate are true and some are political motivated. Some are true but were created to justify a motive. But the issue is these numbers and figures are selectively pulled a will to fit a narrative on either side. Almost all of these figures that are being used were never the standard when previous lines were built. The argument on both side is absolutely Political monkey business. Scarborough's side doesn't get told until elections because no one listens & they don't have a media spreading "facts" to justify a cause.
I see from this forum that their is a huge lack of understanding that cant be easily solved. But I see hope in the fact that politicians are taking a strong stance against those that don't care, are misinformed/mislead, or just completely unaware. What's the cost of a compromise that prioritizes integration for Scarborough? There are solutions better than what we have to atleast give Scarborough a bit more integration than Transfer City while given those that have transit some idea that we are not just eating money on crazy one stop extension.