themarc
Senior Member
One final comment here... Thanx all for the kind responses....
But to be compared to NYC is a compliment and a measure that every city falls short of .....!!
As far as the history of the modern city , New York is the embodiment of all that is Gotham City.
New York is the human experience working, and a logical place for Toronto to be compared to..
N.A. really only has three or four real urban downtowns with 200 000 people!!!
Last I saw Houston had fewer than 2000 people living in the core.
Toronto does somethings better than even New York, and they are both "worlds" larger than life in some regards. ( When your there, everywhere else is nowhere)
Toronto is emerging on the global scene without question, every American knows Toronto, few know our capital when asked.....
I have come to love 2 kinds of Americans, those who have traveled abroad, and New Yorkers......... They are so traveled, within those 5 boroughs!!!!
Anyway , my point is, to be mentioned with New York, even if to fall short, is still a great measure of a former provincial, industrial, town arriving on the big league stage.
The inner city that is Manhattan, is a great success story, and one of the worlds great storys, and to borrow from her is admirable.
That is how a city will flourish, without freeways, with all incomes brackets, and races intermingling generating innovation!!!
Vs suburban stagnation. ......
Should we start a thread "Pride in Toronto" (not to be confused with Pride Festival Toronto) as an area to pound our chests (serious suggestion)?