And immigrants continue to come here in record numbers so obviously there is an attraction and an international reputation. Toronto is growing from teenager into adult, maturing , exploring ideas, it is becoming a magnet because you get the sense that its on the cusp of something both new and old, the cities you mentioned above have already gone through these phases many times over, while Toronto is emerging, its not there yet, almost there it just needs to break through its shyness to the other sided, self realization, momentum, bouncing back ideas, connections, not being scared to be different!
PukeGreen Active Member. What makes Toronto Toronto is the fact that even though it is one of the safest, most vibrant, most diverse, and most livable cities in North America, many people for some reason want to insist that it is a terrible crime-ridden ugly hell hole. I can't think of anywhere else where the gap between reality and perception is so strong and so prevalent. Nor can I think of another city that is defined so strongly by those who do not live there, or who rarely if ever visit it.
In my travels through Europe I was continually shocked by the sameness of the people I saw. I remember riding with hundreds of people on a train in Germany and realizing that if I had to describe any of them, the descriptions would all be the same.
Almost every person was tall, thin, blondish, with similar facial features. Contrast this to a streetcar in Toronto where it would be quite normal to find people from a dozen or more ethnic backgrounds. Similarly traveling in Europe I quickly tired of the sameness of the food in each region.
A street might have 20 restaurants on it, but all of them would sell variations of the same cuisine. Walk past any random 20 restaurants in Toronto and you could have your pick of virtually any cuisine in the world.
I also find claims of ghetto-ization of self-segregation of different groups in Toronto to be odd. Compared to most other cities, including those I've been to in the US, things are very thoroughly mixed here.
Sure we have Chinatowns and K-Towns and Little India, but they are more of a marketing label, clusters of similar businesses, frequented by Torontonians of all stripes. There is no experience similar to, say, Chicago, where you can cross one street and find yourself in an almost entirely Hispanic neighbourhood, then cross another and find yourself in an all African-American neighbourhood.
Another thing we take for granted in Toronto is the vibrancy of the downtown, and the tens of thousands of people who have chosen to live in condos downtown over the past decade back this up. On any given day in Toronto I can choose from a half dozen food festivals, cultural festivals, music festivals, film festivals, and so-on, across dozens of neighbourhoods each with their own flavour. And this is a totally normal summer weekend.
In many cities, especially in the US, the downtown cores are unpleasant, with a small financial or business area surrounded miles of "projects" where nobody who has a choice lingers as they flee to the suburbs at sundown. I cannot think of two places more different. Also i think Torontonians cant just wait for culture to be handed to them by a small group of people , becoming passive consumers of entertainment, it they want a taste of real flavour, they have to participate and become active co-creaters, the most interesting powerful current day forms of music for example ,come from the street level and work there way up!
I've heard that from people before "toronto is becoming like Detroit" i dont understand how they can think that, its nothing like Detroit. However I doubt Downtown is going to hell. Click to expand Urban Shocker Doyenne. For me, the strength of the city is that it acts as a neutral medium within which I can arrange my life as I wish with the least interference. Repeated on a larger scale, the Toronto ethos is one that allows people to opt into whatever they want to opt into - rather than one which imposes some sort of ghastly "melting pot" sameness on them.
Northern Light Superstar. My Toronto First off Have you ever been? Despite how much heritage has been lost, a remarkable amount has been preserved. Toronto has one of the largest collections of Victorian Homes on the continent if not the largest Our ravines aren't merely impressive And surprisingly, perhaps, its increasing But shh, Rouge Park is growing, new parks are going to be added Scarborough City Centre over 10 acres worth and new parks are being added along the Scarborough and Etobicoke Waterfronts, with more still to come.
Forget Chicago's magnificent mile By the time Toronto is done, I fully expect an uninterrupted 25 mile 40km long waterfront park system, connect to even more of the same east and west of the City. Toronto's Diversity is astonishing. While some may think it overrated I too have had the experience through travel of going through Europe and the U.
To a person, we can't think of any City or Country where diversity is as ubiquitous as Toronto. In Europe, most Cities feel almost like 'White people reserves' and where diversity does exist, such as in Paris, it is often confined to low income suburbs. Asia is no less dominantly Asian in most Cities, and the U. We could market that. Then there's the weather. Not a problem! How many cities offer you the chance to experience frostbite and howling gales as you enjoy the fireworks at the end of May?
When we were 40 per cent off, Americans didn't care if Toronto was a little cold or seedy. Now that we are fully priced - plus GST - we've got to add more value to the visitor's experience. Take Queen's Park, right behind the Ontario legislature building.
It should be a green oasis. Instead, it's a dilapidated wasteland with sketchy grass and battered benches lashed together with rusty chains. So here's an idea. Let's invite socially conscious gardeners from all over the world to come and fix it up. They could plant some flowers, paint the benches and clean the bird poop off King Eddie. We could give philanthropic tourists a genuine Third World experience, without the bother of having to go there.
With a little vision, we could make Queen's Park as nice as your average park in Mexico. Tourists complain that there's nothing new to see or do here, just the same old stuff. But they're wrong. Let's take them through Cabbagetown, where they can marvel at the biggest garbage bins in the world. Toronto ranked highly based on its safety, cost of living, business environment, liveability, food security and democracy. Toronto is a great place to catch live music.
Toronto is major city for global finance and business, not to mention an attractive place for entrepreneurs.
A long list of restaurants, dance halls, venues, museums, cultural spaces, bars, breweries, bookstores and coffee shops keep Torontonians busy day and night. In Canada, hockey is the sport to follow. Lucky Torontonians are proud of their team, The Maple Leafs. Gorgeous public spaces make this wonderful city even better whenever the weather warms up. Toronto offers many top-notch performing arts spaces.
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