unimaginative2
Senior Member
I can speak with some authority on the subject of Berlin and Brazil, having been in both places this week. I would say that I feel just as safe in Toronto as I do in Berlin, and somewhat more safe than in this rather peaceful corner of Brazil. Obviously with bad neighbourhoods in Sao Paulo, there's no comparison. It's ridiculous to suggest that Scarborough (a place I have walked around many times at night) is remotely comparable to real bad neighbourhoods in the first world, let alone the third world. I'd probably take Scarborough even over Marzahn or Hellersdorf.
If you're talking about maintenance of public facilities, Toronto -- despite its recent decline -- still comes out far, far ahead of both places, especially when you exclude the federally-funded national capital bits.
P.S. the idea that there are neo-nazi gangs rampaging in the streets of Berlin is absurd. It's one of the most progressive cities on earth, aside from occasional unfortunate graffiti in the poorest bits of the old East.
If you're talking about maintenance of public facilities, Toronto -- despite its recent decline -- still comes out far, far ahead of both places, especially when you exclude the federally-funded national capital bits.
P.S. the idea that there are neo-nazi gangs rampaging in the streets of Berlin is absurd. It's one of the most progressive cities on earth, aside from occasional unfortunate graffiti in the poorest bits of the old East.