We've moved

We moved; I feel like living in a different city but it's unfortunately not the case. Our apartment looks pretty good already, everything is unpacked, stored, sorted ... I put a "No Junk Mail" -sticker on the mail box. All that advertisement is such a waste. I wished more people would do it because if nobody wants it box stores would hopefully stop printing flyers in the first place. If I am really keen to know what a particular store has on offer I go to their website.
Although we are not planning on living for years to come in Edmonton we threw out all our moving boxes (apart from those lent to us by Bob). Dave's workplace goes through a considerable number of boxes every day, they'll give us some when needed. Luckily, this building complex we moved to has recycling bins, yeah. We don't have the storage space for the boxes anyway. All our rooms turned out bigger than before, except the walk-in storage disappeared. Now we have a bike parked in the living room. Dave walked home from the office today and it took him only 25 minutes - about the same as by bus, unless he has to wait for it. He can cycle once we get bike lights to fight the winter darkness. Also, the second hand bike trailer did not work out. The lady who advertised it has obviously no idea that she has a Renegade bike trailer and not a Chariot bike trailer as per her ad. Chariot is as far as I know the best brand for child bike trailers but dead expensive too. Renegade is something cheap we can't even find on the web so who knows where we would get replacement parts or conversion kits if needed, if they exist at all. It did not look like the trailer would fold up either. Thinking now about a new MEC trailer...
Our new apartment was as hot as the old one when we moved in. The thermostat looks really old and needs adjustment with pliers. With patience and open windows we got the temperature down and to stay down. I don't understand that there's only one thermostat for a whole apartment. From Germany I am used to adjusting the temperature per room, right on the radiator. I don't need my bedroom as warm as the living room, nor do I like my kitchen warm because it does not help with the food storage. How someone could heat a whole apartment up to about 25 C/ 80 F I don't understand. 
On the way to look at the bike trailer we drove past refinery row between Edmonton and Sherwood Park. It's a horrible strip of land. What struck me that night was the amount of lights - like a massive (horizontal) Christmas tree. Flat buildings cluttered over a large area because land is/ was cheap and every building has half a dozen doors, every single door lit up by a lamp. Ever heard of motion sensors? In space and electricity use completely wasteful. With regards to the lights, Bob came up with the business explanation of "different budgets" (electricity vs. motions sensors) which might be true. In that case I suggest some business rules/ practices deserve to be chucked into the garbage bin if this world is ever intending to change for the better.