I have to say, after cycling around the York Mills area yesterday, it has to be one of my least favourite sections of the city. I've not seen anywhere where the number of Chipboard Chateaus so predominates, even as you cycle past a solid six in a row, there are three more on the same block being built. All ugly, ostentatious, and cheap looking. Do these people not have eyes?
That's not to say there are no pleasant buildings in York Mills, but I find it hard to swallow signs proclaiming the age of the neighbourhood with the fact that, more than any other neighbourhood in the city, it's residents are such tasteless conformists.
You can almost hear the thoughts in the air as you cycle past - "But the Harrisons rebuilt, and McArthurs, too".