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I do offer solutions and I participate offline, including a stint as a PR intern at city hall. And you're right, it's not half as fun as making comments on a message board.

Your post is double as embarrassing considering you're defending the practice of watching cars drive in a circle and planes looping in the air through a veil of attacking the "elitism" I explicitly denounced. Ridiculing those activities (and the others I mentioned) doesn't automatically turn me...

I'm convinced that Ford (the person) had nothing to do with killing Transit City. It is my theory that the province, transportation planners and Metrolinx killed it because it was a bad idea. That's only my theory though... According to discourse by Steve Munro, Layton and Co. were vehemently...

You said it. Thanks! The politics at city hall are unbearable. Take a look at the current TTC board and the wards they represent. For a while I was wishing the private sector would come in and save us. My thinking was that they would "cherry-pick" the downtown lines and improve service, but...

My bad. The search function on my browser wasn't working. Here is my reply: "Steve: I beg your pardon. I live downtown. I know what it’s like trying to get on an overpacked subway, and if I were not using a Metropass, I too would scream loudly about paying $3 for a short journey with the...

Where is this thread, and WHY on earth is it not here?: http://stevemunro.ca/?p=5896

Here's some news for you: the exodus is happening and it's been going on for some time. This is not "one of the best countries". There is no "best country" but for those who like cities with a cosmopolitan flair Toronto is NOT it. I left for six years and can't believe it could actually have...

Touche. It seems you skimmed my earlier post and missed the point. Reading is fundamental, so try again. Then go to Steve Munro's blog and read the whole thing before coming back here and trying to tell me he's minimizing the need for a DRL. Thanks in advance.

Well they have to beer-filled to make it more interesting I suppose. After all, it is just cars going in a circle or planes making loops in the air. Ha! And the DRL should be planned mostly for us with some thought being given to connectivity with the new GO central station. But to plan it...

I got more cultural tips, but I rarely go out in the winter because it's so cold and I'm not waiting for a bus in this weather. And btw, I live in the most dense area of CANADA and we don't have a subway stop nearby. But at least you can take a subway through a neighbourhood of two-story homes...

Come on...planes flying around in loops in the air, cars racing around in a circle? How can you call that "entertainment" when it's kind of elementary and pollutes the air? I don't think I'm an "elitist", communist and would never go to Starbucks. I just have taste for things that exercise my...

My thinking is this....if they approve this "Transit City" plan (i.e. stubs from nowhere to nowhere) with no mention of DRL, I'm out of here. I want to settle eventually, but not in a city that is dedicated remaining backwards. And you can thank city hall for that, I know first hand, I worked...

You're correct. It's a great exercise in patience when there are about 70 of us packed into a car, all waiting for one car to make a left turn. Personally I try to practice Qi Gong, and cultivate more inner awareness, perhaps using The Secret to wish for a day when the private sector comes in...

Medieval Times.....ha! Hmmmmm......maybe I should call my friends and go to Ontario Place for a 3D movie at the IMAX! We'll get nachos with that fluorescent cheese sauce and corndogs........lololol /sarcasm

No. Next time the Ex is on check out the hastags like #theEx to see what downtowners think of circuses, airplane shows, and the riffraff that goes to sporting events like the INDY, UFC, ETC. Downtowners hang out on Queen, the Distillery District, Village, Bloor West, The Danforth...etc.

I lived in Athens for six years and my family is from Istanbul. I've also been to every other place you listed, and much of the states. To say that Toronto has a better system than those places is comedy. This city is so poorly run is an understatement. The quality of life is lower than people...

Culturally speaking, people who are living in those condo towers along Front street have little reason to visit the Exhibition. That's why it's best to loop it up North and forget Exhibition altogether.

You're so out of touch, especially the "happy Canadians" part. Jump on a streetcar during rush hour and do a poll of how "happy" people are. No streetcars, no subways, no parking and a whole lot of shit = TTC expansion planning

Cheers. How about a few less fighter jets and a DRL with an extension to Exhibition thrown in. Too much tax money is being taken by higher levels of gov't.

And my post is not slanderous at all. Your reaction however demonstrates that my words affected you emotionally, prompting you use such a term. Don't get emotional, it's just a subway. And whether they get built or not becomes a problem when the most talented young people leave this city...