kettal
Banned
what city hall led initiatives in other Canadian cities are so impressive?
I think the city is maturing at a pretty fast rate. Moving back was tough for 6 months or so but I know I like it now because I don't feel I'm missing out on anything by being here. I don't think this was always the case with the city. We used to look to various places like Montreal (in the 70s & 80s), New York in the 80s and 90s and it filled us with a sense of inferiority. But not so much now. Toronto no longer wants to be NYC's little sister and the obsession with World Class seems more like a quaint insult from the ROC rather than a reflection of the city itself.
There's more confidence (and definitely ease) among this city's citizens now. Way less, "Toronto is a nice place to live BUT...". All the defensiveness seems to come from other places in Canada now and it seems Torontonians have become accustomed to ignoring the naysayers.
Getting hosed by the G20 was a hiccup, ( does anyone have a clue if Toronto benefited from this at all )?
FG:
Not sure about the benefits part, but the fact that we had a successful Pride the next weekend on the very same stretch of Yonge within a week of the G20 mess speaks plenty about the maturity of the city.
AoD
"Toronto is the city of the future... and always will be."
-- Allan Lamport
The Bridge is a Canadian police drama commissioned by CTV and CBS starring Aaron Douglas. The name of the series is derived from the bridge which separates the wealthy Rosedale neighborhood of Toronto with its poorest, the St. James Town projects.