Today, I visited Canada for the first time

And I have a few questions:

1. Why do the lights blink green? We could figure a reason for it.

2. When we entered Vancouver, all the tall, glass buildings looked all 3rd worldish to me. What's with that?

3. Really? A riot?

 

1. In Vancouver, as I recall, a blinking green means that the other traffic will have a blinking red which they treat as a stop sign. This happens in some intersections during less busy times of the day or at others where it's a 'pedestrian controlled' intersection which means it will change to red if a pedestrian has pressed a button to cross. In Toronto, though, a blinking green can mean an advanced green left turn ... almost got a Toronto friend killed the first time he drove in Vancouver.
2. WTF?
3. Go figure.

 

I've never been and really want to soon.
My cousin and her family in Vancouver have invited me.

 

HC, all these high rise, I'm guessing apartments?, didn't have any identifying logos or marks like you'd fine in the States. Just looked weird. Like a video game that hasn't rendered the background. I don't know how to explain it.

 

They do the same in the U.S., but the direction that has right of way gets a blinking yellow light, instead of green. Only ever seems to happen after about midnight.

 

Maybe that's what keeping our great countries at arm's length ...

 

First visit to Canada, stopped at a Tim Horton's once I got to London. Don't know why other than I just had to have Tim Horton doughnuts.