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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 5:04 AM
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I'm still confused about how Quebec City apparently has similar escarpment heights to Hamilton, it just looks so much smaller.
Upper-town Quebec city's elevation varies. 104m is the highest point (actually near the citadel )

See where is the Château Frontenac ? He actually sit between 50 and 60m above sea level. While the city's highest building, Édifice Marie-Guyart (On the left of the Delta hotel ) touch the ground around 90m.

Hence one thing is 100% sure : there is always a good vertical drop between Upper and lower town wherever you are.

Just try it, it's fun. You just need to pick a point where you want : http://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-goo...d-altitude.htm
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 6:51 AM
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agreed. Perhaps the threads could be merged? Though I think both do serve a purpose.

If they were merged, I would hope that this one becomes "The Great Canadian Skyline Thread for CMAs and Suburbs under 1 Million" and the main skyline thread becomes "The Great Canadian Skyline Thread for Core Cities of CMAs over 1 million"... perhaps that would make things more cohesive? Or possibly less? Well who cares anyways
I decided to post the photos here because North Vancouver is a separate city, both officially and geographically, and this thread is more in line with the population. If it was still called Moodyville I bet there'd be less of a problem.

It really isn't anything anyone should be spending too much time thinking about.
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 6:49 PM
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I decided to post the photos here because North Vancouver is a separate city, both officially and geographically, and this thread is more in line with the population. If it was still called Moodyville I bet there'd be less of a problem.

It really isn't anything anyone should be spending too much time thinking about.
It's a bit weird when it comes to the Lower Mainland. Some would call North Van a suburb, and indeed a lot of it feels suburban, yet there are neighbourhoods such as Lower Lonsdale that are very urban in nature. There are parts of Vancouver City Proper that feel very suburban by comparison.

Then you have municipalities such as New Westminster that have almost entirely urban characteristics. It just feels weird calling New West a suburb.
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 6:57 PM
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I decided to post the photos here because North Vancouver is a separate city, both officially and geographically, and this thread is more in line with the population. If it was still called Moodyville I bet there'd be less of a problem.

It really isn't anything anyone should be spending too much time thinking about.
No, the name isn't the issue. This is for CMAs under 1 million, and the Vancouver CMA is well above that. It doesn't matter if the picture is of North Vancouver, Surrey, Port Moody, etc.
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It's a bit weird when it comes to the Lower Mainland. Some would call North Van a suburb, and indeed a lot of it feels suburban, yet there are neighbourhoods such as Lower Lonsdale that are very urban in nature. There are parts of Vancouver City Proper that feel very suburban by comparison.

Then you have municipalities such as New Westminster that have almost entirely urban characteristics. It just feels weird calling New West a suburb.
I think of a "suburb" as a municipality that is dependent on a core economically and culturally. I don't think built form is really relevant; I mean in an ideal world all suburbs would be as urban as New Westminster.
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 8:07 PM
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It's a bit weird when it comes to the Lower Mainland. Some would call North Van a suburb, and indeed a lot of it feels suburban, yet there are neighbourhoods such as Lower Lonsdale that are very urban in nature. There are parts of Vancouver City Proper that feel very suburban by comparison.

Then you have municipalities such as New Westminster that have almost entirely urban characteristics. It just feels weird calling New West a suburb.
New West isn't any more urban than the City of North Van, which is separate from the District. The District is ultra-suburban and has banned high density development of any kind indefinitely on the eastern side. I think calling it the City of North Van really does a disservice to the city and creates a lot of ignorance, just like if New Westminster was called the City of Burnaby.

And I didn't notice there was a third thread for suburban skylines. My mistake.

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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 8:48 PM
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A couple of St. John's from this evening.

Supreme Court clocks:

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

TD Place and the Old Fortis Building:

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

And the omnipresent Basilica of St. John the Baptist:

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by Rabbittownie, on Flickr
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 9:21 PM
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Amazing Quebec City photo!
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2015, 9:32 PM
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Yeah that's gotta be the best QC shot I've ever seen, and probably one of the best pics in the whole thread.
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Love the snow-in-St. John's photos.
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The entire Niagara Region is very odd from an urban point of view.

A lot of different cities but no heart. It kind of makes you wonder why one particular city didn't dominate. They sort of just blend into one another and you never know exactly what city you are in.

There are certainly very nice areas and small towns and there is a lot of history but no real centre despite being bigger than Victoria. I guess Waterloo Region is very similar in that it is the conurbation of 5 different cities but there at least there are 2 major universities while Niagara only has smallish Brock. KWC also is fairly consistent in it's urban form as there are no real gaps between the cities unlike Niagara where there are little splices of land separating non-descript cities and towns.

In terms of urban form I don't think there is another area in the country quite like Niagara.
What's funny is that it's more generic in KWC whereas in Niagara, you can actually differentiate it's cities and towns from one another. Better yet, those in St. Kitts have an opinion of Welland..those in Welland have an opinion of Thorold..those in Niagara Falls have an opinion of St. Kitts..Ft. Erie etc. And then you have the small towns of Grimsby, Lincoln and the country bumpkins in the middle.

For the longest time, I wanted to move back after leaving college because it's such a loose and laidback "whatever goes" kind of area but unfortunately the jobs are incredibly scarce :/
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That QC shot is amazing.
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I'm still confused about how Quebec City apparently has similar escarpment heights to Hamilton, it just looks so much smaller.
The escarpment sticks out in Hamilton because it is essentially two plateaus with different elevations separated by a cliff. The escarpment in Quebec City is not as abrupt as the one in Hamilton but just as high:
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Victoria looks abjectly incredible!!!
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