Christine McLaren (@csgmclaren) 's Twitter Profile
Christine McLaren

@csgmclaren

Editor, @rtb_cheerful. Solutions focused.

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One way Vancouver's housing crisis could kill us (if it hasn't already) -- 10 nurses in BC Children's Hospital ER resign over unaffordable housing: union ctv.news/skXTGjM

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Recommended rainy day reading: Harvard JCHS top blog posts of 2018 on housing (un)affordability and migration: jchs.harvard.edu/blog/2018-roun…

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America, like Canada, has had decades of underinvestment in housing from the feds. Poorer levels of state and municipal government have struggled to keep up. In the midst of a growing "silent" affordability crisis, the 2020 US election might change that. curbed.com/2019/1/3/18166…

Christine McLaren (@csgmclaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2019, the year of city-wide upzoning, congestion charges and legal pot. Vancouver really is riding the Zeitgeist... curbed.com/2019/1/2/18165…

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I love that I’ve traveled through the city by foot, train, bus, bike and boat (bike on boat, even!) all in one day, and still feel like a car would have slowed me down

I love that I’ve traveled through the city by foot, train, bus, bike and boat (bike on boat, even!) all in one day, and still feel like a car would have slowed me down
Christine McLaren (@csgmclaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More than 1/3 of American families rent, and 1/2 of those pay more than they could afford. Frightening infographic about how many hours the average working American would have to work in order to afford rent. From home.one

More than 1/3 of American families rent, and 1/2 of those pay more than they could afford. Frightening infographic about how many hours the average working American would have to work in order to afford rent. From home.one
Harvard Kennedy School (@kennedy_school) 's Twitter Profile Photo

According to Harvard JCHS, nearly half of renters in the Seattle metro were cost-burdened in 2017, with 22% spending more than half of their income on rent ken.sc/2RAs1SA

Christof Spieler (@christofspieler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of transit’s big advantages is the efficient use of urban space. The parking garage in the background stores 890 cars. The bus route in the foreground carries 6,200 round trips on an average weekday.

One of transit’s big advantages is the efficient use of urban space. The parking garage in the background stores 890 cars. The bus route in the foreground carries 6,200 round trips on an average weekday.
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 (@grescoe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Imagine twenty-one fully loaded 737-8 MAX going down, with no survivors—every day. That's how many people will die in car crashes in the world in next 24 hrs. In spite of this week's tragedy, planes remain safe. The most dangerous part of any flight: the drive to the airport.

Imagine twenty-one fully loaded 737-8 MAX going down, with no survivors—every day. 
That's how many people will die in car crashes in the world in next 24 hrs.
In spite of this week's tragedy, planes remain safe.
The most dangerous part of any flight: the drive to the airport.
Charles Montgomery (@charlesincities) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I met some nice folks petitioning against the 5-story rental apartment in Kits. Homeowners, of course. “I hope you get to live in Kits again,” one of them said to me, while campaigning against exactly the kind of project that would allow renters like me to return.

Christine McLaren (@csgmclaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a glorious day to launch #RTBCcarfreecommutes! Tip to Vancouver cyclists: if you take the viaduct bike path at off-peak hours (especially on a sunny day), you feel like have a freeway straight to heaven all to yourself!

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Excavating your freezer to #HackYourFridge for Reasons to be Cheerful’s food challenge gets a little weird here on the west coast. You just never know what you’ll find in there.

Excavating your freezer to #HackYourFridge for <a href="/RTB_Cheerful/">Reasons to be Cheerful</a>’s food challenge gets a little weird here on the west coast. You just never know what you’ll find in there.
Christine McLaren (@csgmclaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How about Reasons to be Cheerful #hackyourfreezer? Take one bunch ancient black bananas exhumed from the freezer. Mash. Mix w/ enough oats to make it thick enough for patties. Either bake 20-25 mins at 350 for cookies or fry in the morning for pancakes. Lux option = add chocolate chips