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Top Comments of this video!! :3
The worst part about living in Philly is the constant feeling of abandoned trolley lines underneath your tires.
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That last comment about idling engines hit me, its depressing how so much of the background noise of our every day lives is an internal combustion engine.
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Meanwhile in Seattle, we can't even agree to make the Pike Market a pedestrian zone. This is a street that can take about an hour to drive a block on a weekend.
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Lifelong Portlander here. My grandfather, a blind man, relied on Portland’s trolley system back when he was a young man commuting to and from work. Really shows you how we’ve actually regressed while they call it “progress.” Now in the last couple decades we’ve been re-introducing a streetcar system, and it’s wonderful, but it’s still nothing compared to what was originally here before the mid century automobile boom. My grandpa passed away before I was born, but from the stories I’ve heard and photos I’ve seen, it sounds like he was an awesome dude. I wish I could have met him
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For some reason, my brain chose to interpret "predates the automobile" as in "hunts and eats cars." That would have been a very different video. 😂
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I live in the Kenton neighborhood and I never want to leave .The fact that we have a MAX stop and good bus access as well as bike infrastructure really makes my life possible despite being poor. The East side neighborhoods in Portland is my favorite thing about the city I just wish they were still all as well connected as Kenton is.
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The neighborhoods featured in this video are what many people would call charming. The only person that I have heard call a suburban neighborhood charming is a real estate agent.
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BLACK PEOPLE APPRECIATE YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS RAY!!!
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The streetcar legacy for so many cities is interesting, thanks for the Portland insight
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Former long-term Sellwood resident here: The east side now draws some of the most insane housing prices + cost of living in the state. Our family (with our high 6 figure income) was forced out and will not likely be able to return. Only the lucky who bought cheap + wealthy families buying now can afford a family home in the area. It's frankly the best place to live on the west coast if you're into an urban life. It makes me sick that it's on the fast track to become the next exclusively wealthy, urban enclave. That we have to fight an impossible battle for this level of livability everywhere is beyond discouraging.
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I appreciate how excellent Portland looks and not the Urban Hellscape some want to have us believe. Bravo Portland! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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the idea of a neighborhood getting together and convoying the kids to school on bikes is way cool. you go PDX.
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My two daughters and I live in a townhome in South blocks PSU and Art museum adjacent, we love the availability of streetcar,bus, Max line all within three block radius. Yes, downtown has had a ruff run past 5 years, improvements are happening, streets are getting cleaner, people are getting displacement services finally.❤🎉😊
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Speaking up to defend gray skies. Different courses for different horses. I've lived in desert areas. I find bright, sunny days glaring & oppressive. I much prefer gentle gray skies as a background. They make the flowers and moss POP. I understand that some people have Seasonal Affective Disorder. This is not the town for them.
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Could you please make a video about Celebration, Florida, and other New Urbanism communities of the 1990s?
I went to high school and community college in Celebration, and being one of the original families was definitely an experience.
I recognized at a young age that I was fortunate to live there, and I recognized that it was not an affordable place to live compared to the rest of car dependent Orlando suburban sprawl.
Most of the videos about Celebration focus on the Disney connection, the development process, how it was a “social experiment,” or the two murders that happened in the 25 year history of the town.
It definitely inspired my love of urbanism, which is why I left Florida and went to UW-Milwaukee, which has an incredibly walkable urban campus.
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I moved to the Sellwood neighborhood last year! Portland isn't perfect but it's such an improvement from where I was before. It was fun seeing my new home featured here.
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I greatly dislike car dependence in the 95% of our cities. I used to drive, but my glaucoma worsened to the point where I'm not able to anymore. That's why I moved to Portland. Its one of the only cities that offers some kind of amenities for people who cant drive. I wouldnt be able to survive on my own in most other places.
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Washington, D.C. used to have a robust electric streetcar/trolley network but, tragically, it was stopped in 1962 after a whole century of service. Ray’s assertion rings true here: the corridors where the streetcars traveled are now some of the D.C’s most vibrant, in-demand, and transit-friendly areas. And there are still remnants of the streetcar network, such as trolley turnarounds turned into parks and bus terminals.
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Nice job, Ray. I especially liked your observation that cities that developed while streetcars were still in existence have this quality as opposed to the ones that developed during auto dependency.
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