Comments on: Paris http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/2008/04/paris.html Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erigami Scholey-Fuller http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/2008/04/paris.html/comment-page-1#comment-65514 Erigami Scholey-Fuller Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:01:43 +0000 http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/2008/04/paris.html#comment-65514 @Adam: Ottawa certainly has its perks. If you live close to the major transit routes and you're going somewhere on the same route, public transit will work for you. If you want to go somewhere in the 'burbs, you're out of luck. As to landmarks, I'm curious which landmarks you're talking about. I can think of three: the cenotaph on the north end of Elgin, the National Art Gallery, and the Parliament. If you're feeling charitable, you could start including museums, and maybe the peacekeeping memorial (although the only time I've ever heard someone mention the peacekeeping memorial was when it was spraypainted a few weeks back). Do we have any public squares? No. Do we have any showcase public sculptures? Just the cenotaph. Any boulevards? No. As to crime rates: I don't see what that has to do with an attractive city, but here goes. In 2006 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City" rel="nofollow">New York had 637.9 violent crimes, and 1,879.2 property crimes</a> (all numbers per hundred thousand people). In Ottawa, the rate for <a href="http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/resources/crime_analysis_statistics/pdf/Annual%20OPS%20Statistics%20Report%202005-2006.pdf" rel="nofollow">2006 was 580.3 violent crimes and 3,074.9</a> (again, per hundred thousand people). Assuming property crimes are roughly equivalent in the US and Canada, <b>Ottawa has twice the rate of property crimes as New York</b>, and almost as many violent crimes. I couldn't find any stats on the Parisian crime rate or school availability in Ottawa, Paris, or New York. @Adam: Ottawa certainly has its perks. If you live close to the major transit routes and you’re going somewhere on the same route, public transit will work for you. If you want to go somewhere in the ‘burbs, you’re out of luck.

As to landmarks, I’m curious which landmarks you’re talking about. I can think of three: the cenotaph on the north end of Elgin, the National Art Gallery, and the Parliament. If you’re feeling charitable, you could start including museums, and maybe the peacekeeping memorial (although the only time I’ve ever heard someone mention the peacekeeping memorial was when it was spraypainted a few weeks back). Do we have any public squares? No. Do we have any showcase public sculptures? Just the cenotaph. Any boulevards? No.

As to crime rates: I don’t see what that has to do with an attractive city, but here goes. In 2006 New York had 637.9 violent crimes, and 1,879.2 property crimes (all numbers per hundred thousand people). In Ottawa, the rate for 2006 was 580.3 violent crimes and 3,074.9 (again, per hundred thousand people). Assuming property crimes are roughly equivalent in the US and Canada, Ottawa has twice the rate of property crimes as New York, and almost as many violent crimes.

I couldn’t find any stats on the Parisian crime rate or school availability in Ottawa, Paris, or New York.

]]> By: Adam Marbrand http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/2008/04/paris.html/comment-page-1#comment-65424 Adam Marbrand Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:26:46 +0000 http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/2008/04/paris.html#comment-65424 Ottawa might not have the landmarks, streets, or landmarks to rival Paris, but it also doesn't have 12 million people or a history of taxing the rest of the country to benefit itself. When I lived in Ottawa I would often walk my dog through the park across the street, down a few blocks to a larger park, and if it was nice out, I would walk to the park by the river, and sometimes out to Lemieux Island where there's a specific park for dogs. I've lived in 5 cites, and none of them have better public transportation, landmarks, or urban parks. Maybe Ottawa can't compare with cities like Paris in those things, but I wonder how New York or Paris compares to Ottawa in terms of crime, traffic, or public schools. Ottawa might not have the landmarks, streets, or landmarks to rival Paris, but it also doesn’t have 12 million people or a history of taxing the rest of the country to benefit itself.

When I lived in Ottawa I would often walk my dog through the park across the street, down a few blocks to a larger park, and if it was nice out, I would walk to the park by the river, and sometimes out to Lemieux Island where there’s a specific park for dogs.

I’ve lived in 5 cites, and none of them have better public transportation, landmarks, or urban parks. Maybe Ottawa can’t compare with cities like Paris in those things, but I wonder how New York or Paris compares to Ottawa in terms of crime, traffic, or public schools.

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