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I get asked on 10x more dates in Berlin than in Van.Thoughts on what a city's can-I-have-your-number rate says about it? #csg 5:28 AM Jun 1st via web
Three issues of @walrusmagazine, "with love, from Mom" in the mail today. What more could a roving Canadian geek want? #homesick 5:10 AM Jun 1st via web
A bike around Vancouver, 1974 vancitybuzz.com/2012/05/a-bike… #homesick 11:48 PM May 31st via web
Darn you ConnectTweet, changing the order of my tweets and ruining my joke! I have a hard enough time being funny as is! #csg 2:54 AM May 30th via web
P.S. T'was not intended for that last tweet to be a poem. I'd have written it differently, if only I'd known. #csg 2:19 AM May 30th via web
Berliners: Rent an apartment, or buy? If both were equally possible, which would you choose & why? ow.ly/beLa6 #csg 2:17 AM May 30th via web
Should Berlin be subsidizing more co-ops in an effort to up affordability and housing security? ow.ly/bdd9w #csg 5:00 AM May 29th via web
bikinginla As a society, we've lost the sense that cars are dangerous. It's like keeping bears for pets and acting surprised when they eat someone. 12:09 AM May 29th via web Retweeted by csgmclaren and 67 others
@lilaineurope Will try to make it! Would be nice to meet you too. 11:57 PM May 24th via web in reply to lilaineurope
@aflawson Hehe. #geek 8:07 AM May 24th via web in reply to aflawson
Reading your own Twitter feed is like reading a coroner's autopsy report of your own procrastination #igrewupwithahomicidedetective 8:06 AM May 24th via web
#Vancouverporn RT @pricetags Time capsule: The (Really Amateur) Gastown Grand Prix in ’75 pricetags.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/tim… 8:03 AM May 24th via web
This is so bizarre it's awesome RT @HuffingtonPost Stunning photos of wild pigs swimming huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/bah… 8:00 AM May 24th via web
Compared to other cities Berliners have little to gain & a lot to lose from rising property values: ow.ly/b7Fb4 #csg 6:48 AM May 24th via web
1/2 my city wins when real estate booms but 9 of 10 Berliners have nothing to gain and all to lose: ow.ly/b5F8U #csg 12:05 AM May 23rd via web
@tomslater42 Kind, kind words. Thank you. 11:57 PM May 22nd via web in reply to tomslater42
tomslater42 really enjoyed being interviewed by @csgmclaren today. D.Harvey dedicated SJ&C "to all good journalists everywhere" - she is one of those 12:07 PM May 22nd via web Retweeted by csgmclaren
@Newmanlk Cool. I'm nearby. I'll try to make it. Thanks for the invite! 1:03 AM May 22nd via web in reply to Newmanlk
@Newmanlk 7pm today? 12:34 AM May 22nd via web in reply to Newmanlk
@peterharveyfilm @fascinated Take the train! It's $60! 2:57 PM May 21st via web in reply to peterharveyfilm

Name Christine McLaren
Location Current 10-20: Berlin
Web http://blog.bmwgu...
Bio Journalist, urban dweller, fascinated by how the shape of our cities effects our day to day lives. BMW Guggenheim Lab|log Blogger.