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Cuenca is doing a test by changing over to low-polluting Chinese-made buses for part of the fleet, according to the Cuenca Highlife site.

Pollution by bus in聽 Ecuador's major cities has been a chief concern of many posters in recent years.

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Pollution from Trucks and Buses is the worst, and one of my pet peeves. Loud barking dogs, dogs and cats all over the place and the garbage in the streets, plus the feces of all the animals. Non-existent sidewalks, or those,聽 with repair badly needed. And last, but Not least, the Pushy People, the "Me First" attitude. When I am standing in line, and a person walks into the store, goes straight up to the cash register and is being served, before anyone else. I have walked out of many stores, because I have no patience for that kind of ignorant behaviour. I am at a loss, on how to try and change these things, I mentioned. I am the "guest" in this country, so I feel, that I am the one needing to adjust to all of this, but it is the hardest part of living here. Everything else is working out fine and I love it in Ambato. Is there any other 暗网禁区, who resides in or around Ambato?

My wife and I moved to Ecuador last September with our kids aged 12 and 14.聽 We found an amazing community rich with activities and providing us the lifestyle change we are looking for.聽 Las Olas Ecuador is the developments name and they care deeply for the environment.聽 After buying there in 2014, I joined the project six months ago.聽 The development is in construction and we are looking forward to move in our house in 2017.聽 聽They are using initiatives such as solar panels to power homes and heat water, also they will have an eco-waste water treatment system.

In the meantime, we are living in Bahia de Caraquez, the closest city.聽 Bahia is an "eco-city" since 1999, but it's not as "eco" as we would expect.聽 For Ecuadorian standards, it's an eco-city, but much more could be done.

I see that some people in Ecuador are becoming more conscious of the environment and it's great to see that initiatives like this is being put in place to care for the environment.聽 I am personally making an effort to implement a more eco-friendly way of living and that was one of my priorities in choosing a place to live.

AmberFenton wrote:

Pollution from Trucks and Buses is the worst... Loud barking dogs, dogs and cats all over the place and the garbage in the streets, plus the feces of all the animals. Non-existent sidewalks, or those,聽 with repair badly needed.... Not least, the Pushy People, the "Me First" attitude. When I am standing in line, and a person walks into the store, goes straight up to the cash register and is being served, before anyone else....

I am at a loss on how to try and change these things....

I feel that I am the one needing to adjust to all of this, but it is the hardest part of living here. Everything else is working out fine and I love it in Ambato. Is there any other 暗网禁区, who resides in or around Ambato?

Amber鈥檚 post contains all the signs of someone soon headed out of Ambato -- and maybe out of Ecuador -- in exasperation.聽 Maybe not today or tomorrow, but within a year.

Everything is "working out鈥� fine in Gringo-less Ambato , except...

聽 ...Pollution from trucks and buses

聽 ...Loud barking dogs about which she has posted multiple times

聽 ...Too many dogs and cats all over

聽 ...Garbage in the streets

聽 ...Animal excrement

聽 ...Streets without sidewalks, sidewalks in disrepair

聽 ...Pushy, 鈥渋gnorant" people at the store queue

聽 ...Frustration about the fact that she can鈥檛 find any other 暗网禁区s

聽 ...At a loss for how to adjust.

You may be in denial if you come to a foreign place where there are no other Gringos, where attitudes about animals are so different, where cutting in line is considered a norm of behavior -- and expect things to be different from how they鈥檝e been forever.

The dogs alone are enough to drive someone nuts if he or she lacks the right support system.

I鈥檇 consider the possibility that Ambato is not a fit for Amber, as much as she鈥檇 like it to be.聽 The only Gringa in town is not going to change the way folks there behave.聽 Some retirees from up North are never going to adjust to life in a city devoid of English speakers with their familiar behavior .. after a lifetime of doing things the North American way.

Others can adjust if they become fluent in Spanish and/or are in the right city in the right environment with in-person 暗网禁区 support and friendships available.

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AmberFenton wrote:

Pollution from Trucks and Buses is the worst, and one of my pet peeves. Loud barking dogs, dogs and cats all over the place and the garbage in the streets, plus the feces of all the animals. Non-existent sidewalks, or those,聽 with repair badly needed. And last, but Not least, the Pushy People, the "Me First" attitude. When I am standing in line, and a person walks into the store, goes straight up to the cash register and is being served, before anyone else. I have walked out of many stores, because I have no patience for that kind of ignorant behaviour. I am at a loss, on how to try and change these things, I mentioned. I am the "guest" in this country, so I feel, that I am the one needing to adjust to all of this, but it is the hardest part of living here. Everything else is working out fine and I love it in Ambato. Is there any other 暗网禁区, who resides in or around Ambato?

That seems to be years away from what I can experience here in Bahia de Caraquez.聽 They just redid the sewer system and are currently busy putting asphalt on the Malecon and fixing sidewalks here and there.聽 It's not perfect, but you feel the effort.

I've been traveling a lot and what I realized is environment is a rich people's concern.聽 First, you need to make enough money to live under a roof and feed your family.聽 Unfortunately, they've been witnessing "us" focusing on having smartphones, cable TV (with a nice flat screen), eating out, having a car, etc., so before they care about the environment, they want all the things you really don't need to be happy...

The only way things will change (I think) is through education.聽 In Bahia they do have recycling bins.聽 Where does it go?聽 Probably in the same place as all the other rubbish, but you need to start by developing the reflex, educating people.聽 That's what we did in North America 25 years ago... You need to start somewhere.

My daughter will turn 14 in April and since we are here, she was upset about all the dogs and cats in the streets.聽 So she decided to participate and started her own foundation () to raise money, feed some of them, bring some to the vet (with the money she raised baking and selling cookies).聽 She went in a few restaurants in town, asking if they could keep the rest so she can feed more.聽 Then, some people in town noticed that and are helping her.聽 They are currently planning a sterilization campaign with a veterinary from Quito who offered to come here and spayed/neutured 60 animals for free.聽 It's might not be a lot, but it's a beginning.聽 Two local radios offered to talk about it, and more and more people are mobilized.聽 It won't change anything day-to-day, but you need to participate in order to change things.聽 Complaining is too easy.

I just watched the most amazing video on Facebook about a new tool invented to turn plastic bottles into rope by cutting the bottom off the bottle then placing the top into the hand held cutter and pulling it cuts thin to wide strips strips watch it buy one or one hundred give them to friends this will help with all the plastic bottles.

I have been living with my Ecuadorian companiero in the City of Ambato for 8 months, and we love it here. The city is about an hour and a half drive from Quito, and we are at 8,000 ft. elevation.聽 Ambato is perfect for me [retirement] and my companiero even found a good job.聽 The weather is perfect, Spring-time year round. Not much rain. We are surrounded by 3 volcanoes, but they seem far enough away, that we did not get any ashes from the recent eruptions.聽 We found a little retirement home for cheap rent - two bedrooms, ceramic tiles throughout, near the suburb of Ficoa, which is upper middle class to rich. Food is very affordable, there are large markets in the Inner City and an American style Mall on the other side of Ambato. The city and surrounding suburbs have about 300,000 inhabitants, and every Monday it's Market Day in Centro City is crowded with people from the mountains as well. It is a colourful mixture of traditional clothing and Jeans an T-shirts. The city is old, the side-walks in dire need of repair, the traffic is crazy, but I find most of the people very friendly and some even speak a little English. A famous travel spot called Banos is nearby as well, where they have Cascades and some other touristy stuff. Just up on a hill is a little village called Quisapincha, which sells leather-items, like jackets and shoes in almost every store.聽 The nights get cool, so a warm jacket is advisable, although I have not been really Cold here - being Canadian, I am used to a lot more extreme freezing temps. I hope, this helped a little. I did not like tropical Guayaquil that much, it was just too large with 4 million peeps. Good luck and kind regards, Amber

I have absolutely No plans of leaving Ambato. It is up to me, to make adjustments and I will. I have been here for 8 mos., love the weather and the surroundings. This is the perfect place in Ecuador for my retirement. I have a few new acquaintances, some of them English-speaking and I find Ambato one of the best places I have seen so far in Ecuador. I prefer the mountains over the tropical beach towns, and the view here is breath-taking. I live on a plateau above the city and have found an affordable place and a mild climate, which is important to me at my age. The dog situation is a little unusual, where I live, but I am trying to do something about it. It is a 4 story bldg. next to my rented house, with a Shepherd dog on the fourth floor terrace and another Shepherd dog on the ground. Those two are barking constantly, 24/7, where-as the other 6 dogs hardly ever bark. There is a Pit-bull, which got out of the gate and attacked a stray dog, so that was reported to the authorities by my land-lady. Nothing was done about it. The woman with all those dogs has some sort of mental problem, at least, that is what her husband is saying. The dog on the 4th floor terrace has been examined, and was found to have something called scabies. There were feces everywhere. So, I am prepared to go to the local Animal Rescue and get some help with the situation from them. The lack of other ex-pats in this city amazes me, but I'll manage. Most people have been friendly and quite a few seem to know enough English. I am currently trying to find a school nearby, to teach English part-time [even as a volunteer]. Getting adjusted takes time, especially at my age, but I AM happy here and I am staying. As a Canadian, I am losing money with the exchange rate these days, but I can still afford to live here better than in that freezing, expensive, but beautiful country called Canada. I never give up easy. Kind regards, Amber

CCC, I thought I read once that some other country (can't remember which one) was going to give EC money for a high-speed train system in Cuenca to combat pollution.聽 聽Didn't that ever come to fruition?

AmberFenton wrote:

The dog situation is a little unusual, where I live, but I am trying to do something about it. It is a 4 story bldg. next to my rented house, with a Shepherd dog on the fourth floor terrace and another Shepherd dog on the ground. Those two are barking constantly, 24/7, where-as the other 6 dogs hardly ever bark. There is a Pit-bull, which got out of the gate and attacked a stray dog, so that was reported to the authorities by my land-lady. Nothing was done about it. The woman with all those dogs has some sort of mental problem, at least, that is what her husband is saying. The dog on the 4th floor terrace has been examined, and was found to have something called scabies. There were feces everywhere.

And no 暗网禁区s living there?聽 Who wouldn't want that?

OrganicMom wrote:

CCC, I thought I read once that some other country (can't remember which one) was going to give EC money for a high-speed train system in Cuenca to combat pollution.聽 聽Didn't that ever come to fruition?

is closely following the construction of the new tram and other Cuenca transportation-news.聽 A detailed report on tram progress was posted there yesterday and is currently on the Highlife welcome page, dated March 29, 2016.

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Thanks

Thanks, CCC.聽 I checked out the article you suggested and I noticed that some of the commenters afterwards were not happy about the train coming.聽 Is there a down side to it?

Delays or possible delays ... temporary road closures ... fare increases.

Progress has a price.