I call the Yonge and Elgin Mills intersection the ugliest intersection on planet earth. see for yourself:
Traffic Jam on Elgin Mills and Yonge.
Maybe I am bit too hard on this particular one, most of the GTA or North American big cities intersections are like that.
Add to that, GTA and York Region in particular where I live have some of the obscene architecture in the world. A frequent sight: strip malls.
Businesses closing down, an empty building represent the story of Capitalism
Another piece of artsy GTA architecture
apart from the ugly architecture, ugly cars add to the problem. People on the roads are roaming around showing each other fingers in some of the ugliest vehicle colours and designs that have undergone hours and hours of research how to make them more and more economical and more and more profitable see for your self and now when you sit in them a new Acura is not much different than new BMW and new Benz is not much different than a new Lexus.
Look at that civic does those ugly C represent Civic!
These lights really make me look the other way
Walking or driving on roads should be a rewarding experience where you can appreciate and satisfied and not be depressed
If you look at Canada one thing for sure comes to mind. The 2nd largest country in the world. Its population is a little less than 40 million people. Canada is 4 biggest resource-rich country in the world and that includes uranium, timber, oil, phosphate, and gas. The total value of these minerals is
$33.2 trillion dollars.
Canada is also a leading technology innovator and inventor country. The revenue from technology for Canada is icing on the cake.
This is why I conclude that someone in the high ups has some questions to answer. A quick conclusion is someone is swindling big time.
If Canada wants to project herself as a shining city upon a hill then it should really come up with something to show otherwise this modular architecture is even unsustainable due to ever-looming threat of financial meltdown debt crises and the oil crisis all of which are needed to sustain the modular construction industry.
Update
while on a visit to an adjacent town to GTA Keswick ON, we found these traffic lights that have some design to them. This is a good example of how a little effort can tell a lot about the city designers. They grab the attention and not an eyesore like other bland ugly traffic lights on Canadian roads.