Jarrek
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The first article is just such a better read. So it must be true.
The first article is just such a better read. So it must be true.
As long as you don't confuse well written prose or poetry to actually mean good content. Shakespeare may write excellent poetry but lets face it, his stories are the equivalent of pop-culture angst for his time period. Just because the lines are good, doesn't mean the story or content is well written (see the Bible / "Holy Scriptures" and Shakespeare).
That comment was not meant to be taken seriously. I thought the Smiley gave it away.
If by quite a few you mean the single murder along Sheppard (excluding Malvern).
The problems with Scarborough lie in what I believe are high concentration pockets of high density low income subsidized housing, and poor urban planning. Scarborough is the city with the largest percentage of these problem areas. Etobicoke for example has them too, but in much lesser numbers and dispersed geographically though distance. It's also interesting to note how its proximity to the airport and major transportation links has allowed Etobicoke's industrial and manufacturing areas to flourish, whereas they have failed in Scarborough.
Is Scarborough really that bad? I haven't been to Toronto in years, but it's just hard to imagine it's as bad as the article says....
If we divide Scarborough into rough quadrants, the NW/Agincourt has 3 murders this year so far, the NE/Malvern has 6, the SE/West Hill has 6, and the SW/Scarborough has 10. I've always believed that if 'Greater Agincourt' and 'Greater West Hill' (and the areas near the Bluffs, of course) were separated from Scarborough, they'd be middle to upper middle class areas with reasonably high property values and very little crime.
It is like once you go east of Victoria Park that you are in a whole different city. It looks really much the same...