Dan416
Senior Member
I can't remember where I heard someone in the media refer to something in the "west end" and the story was about something in Mississauga. It was probably either on 680 News, 99.1 CBC Radio One, or CP24.
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Still a lot of ignorance from the downtowners re: T.O?
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nfitz
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It's all about context. If I'm talking to people in a downtown context, I'd never say that I live downtown (in Upper Beach). If I'm talking to people elsewhere in Toronto, I or them more likely to refer to where I live as downtown.
Also for example, when I was overseas and lived in Kitchener, I was more likely to tell people I was near or in Toronto than I was in Kitchener ... as it wouldn't give them any frame of reference. But if I was in Kitchener ... well I told them I lived in Waterloo.
Also for example, when I was overseas and lived in Kitchener, I was more likely to tell people I was near or in Toronto than I was in Kitchener ... as it wouldn't give them any frame of reference. But if I was in Kitchener ... well I told them I lived in Waterloo.
FAC33
Active Member
Similarly-- friends outside the GTA all consider me to be living "in Toronto."
Those within the GTA use "Ajax."
CDL.TO
Moderator
A friend in Niagara complained about all the traffic in "Downtown Toronto". When I asked him to specify where in "Downtown Toronto" all this traffic was, he said "Mississauga".
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nfitz
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Yikes ... traffic in Mississuaga horrifies me ... seems much saner downtown.
King of Kensington
Senior Member
Wouldn't "I live in the Upper Beach" be suffice to most Torontonians?
nfitz
Superstar
Old Torontonians perhaps ... doesn't do much good I find with someone who rarely goes south of Eglinton.
King of Kensington
Senior Member
Tell them you're "just west of Scarborough."
Dan416
Senior Member
Listening to CBC Radio One's traffic report and they reported that the 401 was busy in the west end at Hurontario Street (obviously in Mississauga). I heard this yesterday I think it was. If CBC calls Mississauga the "west end", then it must be true because the CBC cannot lie.
Bruvyman
Active Member
Funny, because on my way home last night I heard them do the exact same thing on CFRB's traffic report around 7pm. I thought about this thread when I heard it.
SlickFranky
Active Member
I think we need to face facts...
-the GTA is now 'Toronto'
-Toronto is 'Toronto-Toronto'
-Old Toronto is 'Downtown Toronto'
-Downtown is...come to think of it, I'm sure how 905ers refer to our actual downtown
-the GTA is now 'Toronto'
-Toronto is 'Toronto-Toronto'
-Old Toronto is 'Downtown Toronto'
-Downtown is...come to think of it, I'm sure how 905ers refer to our actual downtown
nfitz
Superstar
Not Toronto-Toronto-Toronto?
Does that make the old part of downtown near Parliament and King - Toronto-Toronto-Toronto-Toronto?
FAC33
Active Member
I'll bet they never said the west end OF TORONTO, however.
Traffic reports generally cover the entire GTA.
Eug
Senior Member
Yes I've often heard the traffic news report something like "To the west on the 401 at Hurontario there are delays due to lane closures" but the traffic reports I listen to never call it "Toronto".
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I expect that folks in Mississauga, Stouffville, Oshawa, Georgina etc. would take exception to that.