I thought it was a good idea to write a quick note to say Hi - you all seem like a friendly bunch.
I'm a traffic engineer, but please don't hold that against me - I'm actually a nice guy
I have my own practice based in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. I'm interested in urban design and making neighbourhoods liveable, and am involved in a reasonable amount of subdivision and centre planning.
Welcome from the humid state of Florida! We like traffic people (former transportation planner here).
Welcome! Glad you joined us!
Welcome!
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin
Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO- HOO what a ride!'"
Welcome from the Florida panhandle. Put Trail Nazi on ignore.
A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.
There are plenty of transportation types around here. You'll fit right in.
Greetings and welcome to "Fantasy Island".
"And all this terrible change had come about because he had ceased to believe himself and had taken to believing others. " - Leo Tolstoy
Speaking of the Florida Panhandle.....does New Zealand have a "redneck" riviera?Originally posted by RichmondJake
Welcome from the Florida panhandle. Put Trail Nazi on ignore.
Welcome from New York....er.....SE Florida......
On the ground, protecting the Cyburbia Shove since 2004.
Hello from Houston!
"We do not need any other Tutankhamun's tomb with all its treasures. We need context. We need understanding. We need knowledge of historical events to tie them together. We don't know much. Of course we know a lot, but it is context that's missing, not treasures." - Werner Herzog, in Archaeology, March/April 2011
Hi from central Florida, just north of Disney World!
Welcome from the Hoosier State along the Ohio River.
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
Greetings from the north shore of the mighty Ohio River, 607 nautical miles downstream from its source. The sight of a lifetime is to see the mighty beluga jump the Falls of the Ohio. Quite impressive.
Thanks for registering -- if you bump into JNL, tell her I said "hi!".
I have seen
old ships sailing
like swans asleep
welcome
"Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how." -- Edward T. McMahon, The Conservation Fund
Welcome from NW Ohio, on the southwestern edge of Lake Erie, the 4th largest Great Lake, and the shallowest. Our water is not salty, there are no "belugas" (sorry Gedunker), fish are trained to jump in boats, and contrary to popular myth you can see the bottom......if you are on the beach, in about a foot of water.
Enjoy your walk in Cyburbia.
Bear
Occupy Cyburbia!
Welcome from the crossing of the Illinois Central and Big Four Railroads
Well hello there, another Kiwi at last! I'm Wellington-based and work on crime prevention and community safety issues, and am interested in wider issues of urban planning and design.
Was in Auckland on Friday... glad to get back to Welly!
Welcome aboard! I have learnt a lot from participating in these forums.
Hi JNL
I'm surprised we are the only Kiwi's here - we will have to spread the word a bit.
Auckland's not that bad once you get to know it
I'm interested to see the work your team has been doing lately - we could use some more of that.
Our draft national Crime Prevention through Environmental Design guidelines are open for submissions at the moment - I could send you the details if you like?
I don't think of crime when I think New Zealand......what do they steal there? Bubble Gum......??)
On the ground, protecting the Cyburbia Shove since 2004.
Thanks JNL, already have a copy (via MFE Urban Design Protocol List).
You'd be surprised how often bubble gum buglaries are reported in the papers! Its a serious problem, but they are making progress on this - they just busted a ring of dentists for a string of buggle gum jobs here in Auckland
JNL is obviously better placed to talk about our crime stats vs other places, but there is always room for improvement. There are public places I feel uncomfortable in daylight, let alone in the dark, and I'm a guy. For example pedestrian walkways and reserves with no supervision from neighbours or from the street.
Welcome from theprairies!
Welcome from the south island, Wanaka that is
A guy once told me, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner."
Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro): Heat 1995
Things would really be put into perspective if we had some South African planners here.I mean seriously, how do your murder rates stack up to the Europeans and US?? Other crimes? Can't be that bad.......might be a good topic for a thread......(by someone other than me
Hello and welcome Wes - part of the second wave in the antipodean takeover of Cyburbia.
Yeah, traffic people are fine here, but New Zealanders.... Well, you should just watch your back.Welcome from the humid state of Florida! We like traffic people (former transportation planner here).
Nah, we got nothing but love for the Kiwis. Actually last weekend the wife and I met and hung out with a couple originally from Gore, South Island. Great people.
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