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Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by VHRanger »

rotifer wrote: post #84
mrgriscom wrote: post #2

I've actually been here: http://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/2/ Quite a weird place, though definitely not 50m tall.

From a bit later in the trip is a photo from the shore of Manicouagan Reservoir. According to Wikipedia [1], it's an annular lake formed about 214 million years ago by the impact of a meteor 5 km in diameter. It has an outer diameter of about 72 km, and it's "the Earth's sixth-largest confirmed impact crater according to rim-to-rim diameter", and one of the oldest known. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicouagan_…

There are a few oddly shaped lakes in the inconceivably large northern part of Quebec.

One of my favorites is lake mistassini[1], an immense lake shaped like claw marks

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mistassini

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by mcnugget »

tharkun__ wrote: post #94
jamiek88 wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Train.

Or bus (Line 747 from airport to a metro station and back 24/7) and plane ;) Tho technically you get a bit of fresh air for that one.

Until the REM is up and running, then truly never need to go outdoors.

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Post by TulliusCicero »

manholio wrote: post #59

I don't understand high density housing in low density neighborhoods with huge empty lawns. Seems an artificial, Le Corbusier style of utopia where the actual inhabitants are forced to conform to the architect's vision of how they should live. When people want to escape suburbia, the natural higher density option is the 2-3 story terrace, rows of individual homes that share lateral walls and have front access to the…

Yeah the setup they got there is weird.

> The next, even higher density option I've seen in some european cities is to squeeze the frontal street, remove all parking there and move it in the back yards.

I lived in Munich and it seemed like the default was almost always having underground parking. Our first place was in an apartment complex of maybe 10 units, and it had its own underground parking garage. Next place was a backyard duplex with a 6-unit complex in front, and this combined complex also had an underground parking garage.

I'm not sure I've ever seen tiny little underground parking garages like this in the states for small multi-family housing buildings, but in Munich they were everywhere.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by ceejayoz »

ralphc wrote: post #96
kens wrote: post #43

This interview with a stripper in Fermont provides an interesting look at the culture there: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dpwqzk/life-as-a-stripper-ne...

A place with a strip club and a school in essentially the same building, that wouldn't fly in the US.

Well…

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/photos-show-principal-laughing...

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by melissalobos »

cmehdy wrote: post #33
mig39 wrote: post #26

I was in Fermont a long time ago. I was driving from Goose Bay all the way south. in the 90s, the Labrador highway wasn't paved, it was just rough gravel. I got a flat tire somewhere near the border, then pulled into Fermont and tried my best high school-level French to find somewhere to fix my flat tire. I asked the guy at the gas station: "Excusez-moi, savez-vous où je peux trouver un garage pour réparer mon pneu c…

FWIW your French is impeccable, and indeed there's no shortage of culture shock between France and Quebec for this sort of stuff. source: French from FR living in QC :)

I think that is the point they was making. Also I read this in a Brunswick french accent until the word shortage, and it kinda worked(as franco-english like they were describing).

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by stringfood »

brokenodometer wrote: post #66
mrgriscom wrote: post #2

I've actually been here: http://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/2/ Quite a weird place, though definitely not 50m tall.

I didn’t expect to end up reading this whole thing, but I did and really enjoyed it! Love a good old fashioned travelblog without the bs “hacks”, ads, and affiliate links.

I always appreciate how HN links to sites that hardly have any ads, reminds me of old internet pages from a few years ago

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by andreskytt »

Vitruvius, “Ten books on architecture”, talks extensively about city design and how to make it so there are no wind corridors. An excellent reading and most relevant to software architecture: he distills things down to basics shared across time and disciplines.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by lkuty »

Gys wrote: post #37

A while ago I saw a tv series 'The Wall' (2019) [0]. Took me a few episodes to understand the name relates to an actual building that really is like a wall. [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11577386/

Original title "la faille" (fault, rift) translated as "the wall". I always wonder why the translation from english to french (usually, or the other way around) often changes the semantic. note the "la faille" in french may also mean "the flaw".

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by manholio »

TulliusCicero wrote: post #103
manholio wrote: post #59

I don't understand high density housing in low density neighborhoods with huge empty lawns. Seems an artificial, Le Corbusier style of utopia where the actual inhabitants are forced to conform to the architect's vision of how they should live. When people want to escape suburbia, the natural higher density option is the 2-3 story terrace, rows of individual homes that share lateral walls and have front access to the…

Yeah the setup they got there is weird. > The next, even higher density option I've seen in some european cities is to squeeze the frontal street, remove all parking there and move it in the back yards. I lived in Munich and it seemed like the default was almost always having underground parking. Our first place was in an apartment complex of maybe 10 units, and it had its own underground parking garage. Next place w…

In high density cities, the idea of covering the unsightly parking and keep the people and greenery out into the sun is a no brainer. It's even better for the car.

But in some cities, for example highly priced London areas, people have been starting to do the opposite: they dig lavish basements at enormous expense and keep large front lawns and wide streets with ample parking spaces, all in the name of preservation of the area's "character", as understood by the local council doing the permitting. Humans are a wierd bunch.

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