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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Greekfreak wrote: |
| The Diodes and The Viletones... Steve Leckie had/has a gent's clothing shop called "Fleur Du Mal", and he's still suitably weird looking. |
I still bump into Steve(B.F G) Johnson whenever I'm in Kensington market Ironically he still looks the same as he did in 1986.
I can also remember that hole in the middle of Kensington market refered to as Fort Goof. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
Cold, indeed. And unfriendly. After three years in Seattle and used to that American style open arms polite we'll talk to anyone about anything sort of way, I noticed how unfriendly and cold people were in TO. But again, that tends to be a product of living in a big city. |
I disagree. NYC is very friendly. How did that happen?
I'm not from here, but I've lived here for years. It took me a while to warm up to the place. I wouldn't rather live anywhere else in Canada, especially for culture. Montr�al? Please.
The worst part of it is no real natural attractions. I miss that.
As for the center of the universe mentality, there's a real renaissance among younger people, spearheaded by the Spacers, to take civic pride in the place. While it's nice to see them get so involved, it can be grating. Although this doesn't expand much beyond the downtown core so it's unlikely that anyone else in Canada knows it's going on.
Unless you read the Globe or the National Post or the Star. |
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tigerbluekitty
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Their persistent self-belief that Toronto=NY, although it might be closer to the Bronx than anything. |
I never encountered anyone in Toronto who thought that. What is your basis for this opinion? |
Whenever I ask my "friends" from Toronto about how it's like living there, they always make the same reference "It's like living in New York."
Yeah, they wish!  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| tigerbluekitty wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Greekfreak wrote: |
| Their persistent self-belief that Toronto=NY, although it might be closer to the Bronx than anything. |
I never encountered anyone in Toronto who thought that. What is your basis for this opinion? |
Whenever I ask my "friends" from Toronto about how it's like living there, they always make the same reference "It's like living in New York."
Yeah, they wish! |
I still don't know anyone that makes that comparison. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| tigerbluekitty wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Greekfreak wrote: |
| Their persistent self-belief that Toronto=NY, although it might be closer to the Bronx than anything. |
I never encountered anyone in Toronto who thought that. What is your basis for this opinion? |
Whenever I ask my "friends" from Toronto about how it's like living there, they always make the same reference "It's like living in New York."
Yeah, they wish! |
I still don't know anyone that makes that comparison. |
I've never heard it either. |
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cosmicgirlie
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:28 am Post subject: |
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In all my living and hanging out in Toronto I've never heard anyone make a mention of "it's like living in New York". I have heard friends in London, ON say that living in London is like a mini-toronto--which I usually inform them it's not.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I actually love Toronto--it's not that bad of a city and the only 'cold' part I've ever encountered in this city is the downtown core during business hours--even the Annex isn't that terrible of a downtown neighbourhood. The other 'cold' parts of Toronto is the GTA--and I don't consider that Toronto--and call it centre of the universe thinking but Newmarket or Mississauga or Burlington or Oshawa are nothing like Toronto. All are very cold and bland bedroom communities.
I'm also going to go out on a limb here and say that the rest of the country has a hate on for no real reason other than they think it's what the rest of the country does so why not join it. I can understand that whole hate on for the Leafs--either you like them or you don't--but is that the only reason--seems pretty silly if you ask me. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Good things about Toronto:
Toronto has a lot of jobs. You can do more here than pour coffee or work in a factory. Get your foot in the door in a real corporation.
Toronto has a subway. If you live on the subway line and work on the subway line life is fantastic.
Multicultural. Eat all kinds of great and wonderful foods.
Live close to the lake. Beaches. Islands.
Acceptable symphony, opera, art gallery, ballet.
Politically liberal if that's your thing.
Good international film fest.
Lots of newspapers and media organizations.
Good hospitals.
Bad things about Toronto:
High rents and landlords want a lot of money for crappy apartments.
Subway hasn't kept pace with expansion of the city.
Bad traffic if you have to drive.
Unfriendly.
Not much for natural wonders.
Cold winters, hot summers. |
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