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Look at my previous post, there are different studies on this kind of stuff... it is measurable. No, no I agree with you on these points. Yes, one can overcome these obstacles and succeed, I don't think the writer denies that. I think the writer is saying that these problems can often make...

Here, does this change your opinions? http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75-001-XIE/2007110/articles/10372-en.htm#Beck Congrats to you, but I'm sure you understand for every one person that might slightly lean towards hiring visible minorities, there are many more people at the other...

Malthus how do you explain Canadian born visible minorities not getting the same opportunities as their counterparts, despite having a better education. I can't think of any other cause, but discrimination... and if this is true it certainly applies even more so to immigrants. You seem to be...

Reality we prefer to ignore? Why we must talk about race when we talk about poverty Statistics show that economic hardship disproportionately affects racial minorities June 10, 2008 Avvy Go This week, the provincial cabinet committee on poverty reduction is hosting the first of two...

Except the large majority of immigrants aren't becoming affluent. Yea there are a few, but most are trying just to make ends meet. That suburban home is the end goal of most immigrant families after all that hard work.

I also find it interesting that they think immigrants will be the main source of sustenance for the condo market in Toronto. I thought the recurring belief here was that immigrants were moving out of the central Toronto area and to the suburbs.

Dentonia Park area is nice, close to the subway, good parks, decent retail, more affordable than other central areas plus without the pretension that comes with some other nabes.

Haha, yea those lamos, or is it lame-o's? anyway they suck haha

True true, there's also definitely a certain type of snob appeal to Riverdale too, maybe not as moneyed.

Well yea, I agree, South Hill is more expensive area generally, but Riverdale is changing, per square foot it's probably close to South Hill prices. edit - yea I misread your previous post

Yea there's a few, it's become a very expensive area. On MLS right now there's 2, there were some more that have been sold in the 1 - 2 mil range...

^^ yea there are some really expensive houses on huge lots, but there's also smaller, more modest homes on small lots cheaper than Riverdale...

Mystic Point is including the nabe he supposedly grew up in, South Hill as part of the squalid slum. The kids with the expensive houses go to school above St. Clair.

South Hill is a good nabe. I've met different people that lived in South Hill, they get around Toronto. This guy doesn't represent them, either he's a really young kid or not really open to exploring Toronto.

^^^Wowww, you may have lived in Toronto, but it sounds like you've been completely sheltered from actually exploring the city at all. If you actually put any effort and went for a few walks from where you grew up there would be decent nabes all around, nice parks. I mean the Annex and...

someone do pics of the hogg's hollow area

ummm... you're the one who brought up people defaulting on their mortgages.

yes, well I'm not fully inclined to believe those number and even less inclined to believe it from this Linda Leatherdale. Also you missed out the next two lines of the quote which are kind of important. Not sure how your second quote really bolsters the speculator dominance... yes there may...

Well yea, I don't think you have any proof of the condo market being dominated by speculators, but if that's the case than yeah... I don't think it's anything as bad as Miami, just that the sheer amount of construction of condos alone should make one cautious.

That exact same situation happened in Miami where foreclosures in houses and condos went up a huge amount, but because of the huge supply in condos, they suffered much worse. Not to say that something so bad will happen in Toronto, but if it gets to the point where there are many house...