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  • lisa9805
    lisa9805 Posts: 303 Member
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    Melissapaige1 wrote: »
    Why does the rest of Canada seem to hate Toronto? I know I dislike the city...but I'd love to hear why others do?

    I don't know that it's necessarily that they hate Toronto but dislike the idea of going there (traffic, feeling unsafe etc)
    Toronto offers alot of attractions but I would not feel safe living there. I blame the news coverage, always so negative
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
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    Rude American baseball player.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
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    lisa9805 wrote: »
    Melissapaige1 wrote: »
    Why does the rest of Canada seem to hate Toronto? I know I dislike the city...but I'd love to hear why others do?

    I don't know that it's necessarily that they hate Toronto but dislike the idea of going there (traffic, feeling unsafe etc)
    Toronto offers alot of attractions but I would not feel safe living there. I blame the news coverage, always so negative

    I think the safety is a big thing. Maybe people are intimidated by a big city? I don't know I live in Toronto and while I don't go downtown a lot I never feel unsafe. I mean I avoid the sketchy areas but I know lots of people that live in those areas and are perfectly happy
  • LouLouStBijou
    LouLouStBijou Posts: 987 Member
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    Maximus wrote: »
    Not just American, a Texan

    Surprising??? LOL

  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
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    Maximus wrote: »
    Not just American, a Texan

    typical, they're pretty smarmy
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
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    life

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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,641 Member
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    Maximus wrote: »
    Not just American, a Texan

    He's from Venezuela...
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    Toronto is like the Canadian version of New York, and Montreal, Paris. New Yorkers don't seem to much care about the rest of the country. Why need they? New York has everything. Toronto can come off like that too.

    I have lived in Toronto but spent most my life in western Canada, both in urban and rural settings.
  • pechepanda
    pechepanda Posts: 7,939 Member
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    wasnt the election last year?
    im glad the conservatives didnt win, though our elections are never as entertaining as the US, i think we need to step it up
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,214 Member
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    synchkat wrote: »
    lisa9805 wrote: »
    Melissapaige1 wrote: »
    Why does the rest of Canada seem to hate Toronto? I know I dislike the city...but I'd love to hear why others do?

    I don't know that it's necessarily that they hate Toronto but dislike the idea of going there (traffic, feeling unsafe etc)
    Toronto offers alot of attractions but I would not feel safe living there. I blame the news coverage, always so negative

    I think the safety is a big thing. Maybe people are intimidated by a big city? I don't know I live in Toronto and while I don't go downtown a lot I never feel unsafe. I mean I avoid the sketchy areas but I know lots of people that live in those areas and are perfectly happy

    I adore Toronto. I go downtown all the time, including walking through some of the "sketchy" areas. There have been a few times when I have been a little uncomfortable (it's hard to face the homeless), but I can't recall feeling unsafe. Massey Hall is one of my favourite concert venues, the shopping is incredible, Jays games, Rogers Cup, the new aquarium, the CN Tower, the restaurants, I could go on and on. I don't even find driving there to be intimidating. Drivers are generally courteous. Versus New York where we sat like a rock in a river trying to inch forward among a sea of aggressive drivers towards the Lincoln Tunnel.

  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
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    Funny you say about the driving. My parents hate driving with me when up where they live north of the city. I'm too much an aggressive city driver...sadly I'm pretty meek compared to most real city drivers.
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,006 Member
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    Downtown T.O is something you have to see. So many strange birds doing all kinds of goofy things. Thank-god they have HW 407 so I can zip away from the 401 parking lot. I would pay double what they charge to avoid that traffic... :)
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
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    Maximus wrote: »
    @salembambi wrote: »
    life

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    That's not right. Normal people don't eat bear peanut butter @Iguessicandothis

    No one said Canadians are normal
  • gettinthere
    gettinthere Posts: 529 Member
    edited May 2016
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    This Canadian girl is late to the party....
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
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    synchkat wrote: »
    Maximus wrote: »
    @salembambi wrote: »
    life

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    That's not right. Normal people don't eat bear peanut butter @Iguessicandothis

    No one said Canadians are normal

    ammmericans just salty cause their peanut butter is absolute trash ;)
  • Dr1nkbleachndye
    Dr1nkbleachndye Posts: 441 Member
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    salembambi wrote: »
    synchkat wrote: »
    Maximus wrote: »
    @salembambi wrote: »
    life

    z6scbmhtcc95.jpg
    p6do374o22z8.jpg

    That's not right. Normal people don't eat bear peanut butter @Iguessicandothis

    No one said Canadians are normal

    ammmericans just salty cause their peanut butter is absolute trash ;)
    Peanut butter sucks. Slows metabolic rate.

    Almond Butter FTW

  • ExileFromTheNorth
    ExileFromTheNorth Posts: 3,038 Member
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    what happened to @Iguessicandothis ?
    Is she still on the forum?

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