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Chris Ritsma
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From urbanism, arises cultures 🌆

#YIMBY for market & social housing, rides a #bicycle 🚲, thinks Car Dependence is destroying our society living in #HamOnt🔨
Reposted by Chris Ritsma
Had a 97 Jeep Cherokee Sport. Magnificent vehicle—I want another one. Felt "big" when I got it, not dangerously so, just... "We're not in my dad's Lada anymore, Toto."

Now?

Source (and more pics): www.reddit.com/r/CherokeeXJ...
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
For context here, the first photo shows a bunch of commercial/residential properties with negligent landlords, I called bylaw basically every single snow. Second photo shows a bunch of houses but also an AirBNB which the owner never cleared the snow from.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For additional context in this one, the third photo, the house with ice was vacant for 20 years before being bought. I often cleaned the sidewalk. But missed it this time and used this photo for a bylaw complaint.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My name Chris Ritsma is okay for attribution if you use them.
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
All Hamilton Ontario
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's kind of interesting to me, that the divide between YIMBY urbanists and NIMBY urbanists appears to often be age related. I don't know if it's a comfort thing, or because younger people are less likely to have stable housing.

I may be wrong about that divide, but it's been my experience.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The reality is that the arena is and will be a major economic impact downtown for the next few decades, and for a city like Hamilton the arena opening is a big deal, especially compared to a similar sized venue in a bigger city.
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM