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On the whole there are significant socioeconomic, cultural and built form differences between Outer Toronto/inner suburbs and the 905. The main differences seem to be Outer 416 was built up by 1970 for the most part, 905 is mostly post-1980 suburbia with an almost "sunbelt" typology A lot...

"Rust belt" is seen by some as a pejorative - so pretty much every city that's not as rusty as Youngstown, Ohio and has had a post-industrial transition will say it's "not rust belt." So the historic Manufacturing Belt is perhaps a better term. Is Toronto part of this region? It's hard to...

It's been over two decades since amalgamation. Scarborough and Etobicoke have "harder" boundaries (Humber River and Victoria Park). But the boundaries the former city of Toronto and the "Yorks" were never as "hard", postal codes and federal ridings never really "respected" the boundaries even...

Obviously whether Tory runs for a third term greatly influences the dynamic. Progressives: The last time "the left" won the mayor's office was in 2006. In the last two elections, the anointed "progressive" candidate received around 23% of the vote. They haven't really been able to break out...

The federal Liberals under Justin Trudeau have won all 25 seats in the City of Toronto in two elections. Will this happen again, or will Toronto have at least one non-Liberal MP (maybe Davenport going orange or something)?

Poll by poll results mapped here: http://election-atlas.ca/fed/

A lot of data here... https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/rcis/documents/Segregation_Trends_in_Toronto_Hulchanski_at_Ryerson_14_Feb_2019_w_Appendix.pdf White-Visible Minority index of dissimilarity: 0.452 White-Black index of dissimilarity: 0.512

Parkdale-High Park and Davenport, the epicenters of creative class hipsterdom in Toronto, have definitely shifted leftward over the past 15-20 years. On the other hand, some NDPers I know blame "gentrification" for the losses of Peggy Nash, Andrew Cash and Craig Scott in 2015 (i.e. these...

...or who did you vote for if you cast a vote in the advanced poll. Oh, and I think 100% of us agree that any Faith Goldy supporters can well...get lost.

I'd say it's basically located between Bloor and the 401, Bathurst and Leslie. This is where most of the city's wealthiest census tracts are, is dominated by the professional classes etc. I'm guessing if you surveyed say, the partners at a downtown law firm, a majority would probably live in...

This article makes a good point about the complexity of TO social geography, but then falls into the trap of calling all of the old City "downtown" (the Beaches LOL). https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/08/11/are-torontos-elites-really-downtown-its-not-so-simple.html

What federal/provincial riding do you live in?

While Yonge "officially" divides Toronto east and west, is the Don more appropriate in terms of a boundary? Is crossing the Don liking crossing the Thames in London (in London there's the urban legend of cabs not wanting to go south of the Thames, it's less served by the tube etc.) The east...

Doesn't exactly make one proud to be a Torontonian...but the mockery is sadly deserved! https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/24/3bn-subway-station-toronto-alaska-bridge-pyongyang-hotel-valencia-city-arts-sciences?CMP=share_btn_fb

Which of the following places are downtown in your view? Vote for all that apply.

1. People who haven't really travelled and used public transit outside Toronto? 2. People who have travelled and used transit extensively outside Toronto?

Lots of data out from the 2016 census is now out. Perhaps the most notable event is that so-called "visible minoritiess" are now the majority (51.5%) in Toronto. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Index-eng.cfm...

Was thinking about this as I walked down Walmer Rd. today. It's probably the street that best "captures" the Annex. It has lots of classic Annex style houses as well as less distinctive early 20th century ones, then gives way to 1960s era high rise buildings and has a subway entrance right by...

Does Toronto lack good mid-rise density? https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-has-lots-of-houses-and-towers-but-not-enough-inbetween/article36030909/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&

It would be interesting to see the residential patterns of frequenters of this site. Do west-siders and east-siders stick to their "side" of town? I've also included a central zone that I think runs from Bathurst to Bayview or thereabouts. I've lived west and central but never east...the...