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oh no spare us the vacation photos, LOL. Just kidding post away. i liked San Fran as well but not as much in terms of my experience compared to the other N.A cities. Maybe it will improve if I visit San Francisco more often.

My loose criteria for"favourite" - should be walkable (a small village could be just as appealing as a large urban city), cultural activities, nightlife, general sightseeing, and general personal security In North America, other than Toronto, it would be NYC and Montreal with Miami & Vancouver...

Oh gosh, where to start.... First I usually ignore any posts that generalizes through personal experience. On the other hand, this is an internet forum so I"ll contribute my own irrelevant, unrepresentative, day to day experiences: 1. I lived in Toronto for over 20years and noticed an...

TD has a "fixed rate advantage option" on their HELOC allowing one to lock in a rate which mean the rate will not float with prime.

IBM CityOne - I wanna it now!! LOL I credit simcity2000 and another urban forum in sparking my interest in urban planning and economics. I didn't major in urban studies but i definitely took elective courses to feed my curiosity

There is a time and place for slang but I agree that people should make an effort to speak English properly. I wouldn't go as far as ignoring someone but eventually poor communication will negatively affect them down the road. For example, my younger brother used to say "like" in every sentence...

i personally like to see all our Canadian cities prosper. We all know Toronto is number one (and working hard to stay that way). So, we shouldn't get into a tizzy that Toronto gets hosed while the Economist chirps about Calgary. Yes, Intelligent Life thinks Toronto is boring, blah, blah...

Welcome! I met so many Maritimers throughout my career who moved to Toronto (and eventually returning home after they made their mark). Anyways, great to have more of you here. I suggest going to www.mapquest.ca or google maps and type in 1 Yonge Street. Then scroll around to get a sense...

YES! But i think most of the sales are from the big box stores. I bought a good quality queen size mattress during boxing day (week) a couple of years back for 50% off regular price and they (Sears Home) threw in free delivery and an extra 10% off as well. However, the high-end or...

The connection to ACC is convenient during the winter but during a series of visits to the CMA office during the morning crush, I was pushed and shoved by those GO trainers going the opposite direction. The next few days were the same, I tried heading down York and Bay during the morning rush...

ok folks, this may have been done before but I want to get a sense of the political/social spectrum on this Board. Is it full of left-wing granola chewing hippies or far-right, souless capitalists? Are you? 1 - Tree-hugger, localvore, environmental crusader with a touch of annoying human...

i also have this uneasy feeling that investors (domestic and foreign) continue to inflate demand and prices of condos. i live in the NYCC area and I'm keepin an eye on how Menkes Gibson Square will sell. Although, it is in a prime location in NYCC, I don't see how people are willing to pay...

I heard this remake of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" on the radio. Instead of NYC, it's Toronto. I'm surprised how slick it sounds. It's also nice to see civic pride coming through our local hip hop community. This includes Kardinal, Drake, K-os, and to a lesser extent K'Naan ...

you can find helpful links from this blogger who moved from NYC to Toronto. The blogger's views are far too "progressive", "left-wing"...for my tastes, but the site also contains some helpful information as well as links to gay and lesbian americans who made the move to toronto. Look for the...

I don't see why this is a surprise. I know a real estate investor who bought units at Pulse and the Tridel building near Yonge and Finch. When the buildings were completed, he made a handsome gain (>30%) when he sold his units at both buildings after 2.5years. this investor just bought...

i live in a 5 yr old building in north york. i don't hear my next door neighbours at all, except for the infrequent hammering of a nail. the door is definitely not sound proof in many newer buildings (i.e. such as mine). fortunately i live in a unit that's not near an elevator, trash...

Financial Services employ about 250,000 people in the Toronto Area. Each of the big six Canadian banks employ tens of thousands of people across the country . I think RBC has over 80k employees alone. Retail banking has been the big banks bread and butter. Investment Banking is glamourous and...

A [Vancouverite, or insert ROC here] sees the billboard and mentions to his buddy next to him: "Oh yeh Toronto people are cold, why the hell would they live there?" Meanwhile in Toronto.... A Torontonian is talking to a co-worker at the water cooler: "Hey did you hear there are billboards...

I remember reading that sales in video games and game consoles are more than double the movie box office sales. The future location was reported to be downtown, but it did not come directly from the company... Province kicks in $264M toward billion dollar Ubisoft games studio Financial Post...

i really like the shot of Meto Hall and surrounding development! i'm amazed how cityplace is growing, even though it's fast becoming a drunk, "20-somethings" ghetto.