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A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by klyrs »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #47
Jcampuzano2 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're simply taking "everywhere in the US" too literally then if your interpretation of that was "almost every store".

"Almost every store" is a direct quote from nomdep.

Nomdep was referring to the pictures in TFA -- the rest of the comments are explaining why a mall may look like that. Not an entire city.

A reasonable interpretation of "you see that everywhere" is "most cities have a mall or neighborhood that would result in a similar set of pictures.

It's incredible how many "hackers" in this thread don't understand how quantifiers work in contexts other than code. How the hell does this industry translate business needs into code without this rudimentary skill?

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by gattr »

pstrateman wrote: post #46
joemaller1 wrote: post #26

> The good thing is that, after 5 years of > construction, a beautiful new mall stan… just kidding! > > This is Canada. The place where construction > has to stop because you’re not allowed to uproot > a tree on your own property. Or a vindictive neighbour > holds up your project in Committee of Adjustments, until > you build them a new deck as a bribe. Or construction > is blocked by a surprise Heritage Listing on y…

surprise heritage listing? that's not a thing, you would 100% know when buying that a building was listed

I've read someone mentioning that in the UK such matters often resolve themselves by means of an accidental fire.

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by ben_w »

mattpallissard wrote: post #30
morkalork wrote: post #17

I can empathize with the author after moving away from Toronto almost 20 years ago, so much from when I was a teenager is gone. I'm not "from" where I live now, and where I'm "from" no longer exists, I just feel perpetually detached from everywhere now.

I've tried explaining this feeling to people so many times. Unmoored is a good word. We now live in a place where the locals are warm and welcoming, but I'll never be one of them. My kids are, but I'm just a little different. When I go back to where I was raised, I'm no longer a local there either, just a little bit different. It's more than the place itself changing. It's as if there is some continuity that's been b…

An old partner of mine described herself as a TCK, "third culture kid": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_culture_kid

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by Xophmeister »

gattr wrote: post #52
pstrateman wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

surprise heritage listing? that's not a thing, you would 100% know when buying that a building was listed

I've read someone mentioning that in the UK such matters often resolve themselves by means of an accidental fire.

Karma’s a bitch:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-68...

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by NikolaNovak »

joemaller1 wrote: post #26

> The good thing is that, after 5 years of > construction, a beautiful new mall stan… just kidding! > > This is Canada. The place where construction > has to stop because you’re not allowed to uproot > a tree on your own property. Or a vindictive neighbour > holds up your project in Committee of Adjustments, until > you build them a new deck as a bribe. Or construction > is blocked by a surprise Heritage Listing on y…

How does a "surprise heritage listing" come up?

I don't know that I'm always a fan of heritage designations, but they're not exactly a surprise to a buyer, right?

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by sidewndr46 »

ultrasaurus wrote: post #36
mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's common in Canada for ethnic malls and stores whose proprietors and customers are mostly first- and second-generation immigrants, that they'd have signage in their own language. There's no rule enforcing it and no rule against it, except maybe in Quebec.

Quebec's language laws are fascinating, the newest version "requires non-French signs to be accompanied by French descriptions that are twice the size." Since the goal is "to ensure French predominates the visual field of storefronts," you can have the logos be the same size as long as the tagline is in French. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-storefront-si... https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/new…

I think the word you are looking for is "totalitarian". The legal system there virtually guarantees French as the only acceptable language. Even native-born Quebecois who are also native English speakers need to go through a process to be permitted to school their children in English.

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by wwilim »

I once went to see an antique palace with my wife, which according to Google reviews was home to a 3-star hotel with a restaurant. Turns out the hotel was long gone, the property turned private, and the new owner didn't notice us and locked the gate when leaving, trapping us and our car inside. We jumped the fence and found the guy and kindly asked him to come back and open the gate.

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by sidewndr46 »

magneticnorth wrote: post #22
nomdep wrote: post #3

Why almost every store have their names written in Chinese (?) and English. Is the post a joke with photos from Asia malls (or AI generated)? Or it’s just common in that part of Canada?

I'm curious where you live that this seems so unusual. I'm in the USA, and any area with a large immigrant population will have a shopping mall or at least a few stores where signage is in English & the language of the local immigrant population.

In most of the southeast you're only going to see English. Even in medium size towns. Texas is completely different however, where you can easily see 3 languages alone set of store fronts.

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by mikestew »

netsharc wrote: post #27
thenewwazoo wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can’t go home again.

Grosse Pointe Blank reference? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50G3ScEKP6Y Ironically his former home got turned to a, well not a mall, but a convenience store.

Grosse Point Blank is making a reference to Thomas Wolfe:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can't_Go_Home_Again

Re: A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go

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Post by amluto »

pstrateman wrote: post #46
joemaller1 wrote: post #26

> The good thing is that, after 5 years of > construction, a beautiful new mall stan… just kidding! > > This is Canada. The place where construction > has to stop because you’re not allowed to uproot > a tree on your own property. Or a vindictive neighbour > holds up your project in Committee of Adjustments, until > you build them a new deck as a bribe. Or construction > is blocked by a surprise Heritage Listing on y…

surprise heritage listing? that's not a thing, you would 100% know when buying that a building was listed

Where I live, an administrator can decide that there is insufficient evidence that a property is not historic to permit unrestricted changes.
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