Chris Ritsma
@hambicycleguy.bsky.social
From urbanism, arises cultures 🌆
#YIMBY for market & social housing, rides a #bicycle 🚲, thinks Car Dependence is destroying our society living in #HamOnt🔨
#YIMBY for market & social housing, rides a #bicycle 🚲, thinks Car Dependence is destroying our society living in #HamOnt🔨
YouTube version: youtube.com/shorts/g_78e...
🚗 The illusion of a parking lot: Supermarket design creates the illusion that you’re parked closer.
YouTube video by Urban Cycling Institute
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December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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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...
Now?
Source (and more pics): www.reddit.com/r/CherokeeXJ...
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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...
Now?
Source (and more pics): www.reddit.com/r/CherokeeXJ...
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 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.
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
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.
My name Chris Ritsma is okay for attribution if you use them.
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My name Chris Ritsma is okay for attribution if you use them.
All Hamilton Ontario
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
All Hamilton Ontario
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.
I may be wrong about that divide, but it's been my experience.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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.
I may be wrong about that divide, but it's been my experience.
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
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.