I just moved up here from Ohio. I'll be here for at least two years, and...uh... I'm already lonely.

I already know a couple of you from the org. Others please introduce yourselves.

Maybe we can be in touch... Maybe we could do coffee (or rather beer for Spats) one day.

Holla.
[Edited 8/30/06 17:50pm]

Spats is there!

jerseykrs said:

He's kinda scary.

...But he probably knows where all the fun is.

luv4u said:

Hi there. You're too far away for coffee -- well, except for: . But thanks for saying hi.

Apparently, my upstairs neighbor just flew out for Edmonton Monday night for work. I'll have to make my way to Alberta one day.

Lamma!

Where'd you end up settling?

Ace said:

I'm on Avenue Road in the Allenby neighborhood. Good choice?

Lammastide said:

The job market in Alberta is hot, hot, hot!!!

Hello! Welcome to Toronto!

Why did you move up here? For work? You'll like the city because you are new. I am bored with it. I think i need a change of scenery.

I was on Avenue Rd 2 hours ago. But at Avenue Rd and Bloor St.

Spats said:

Ive never been to TO, Ive only gone West....I suck as a Canadian!

PurpleThunder said:

what's this crazy talk aboot?

madartista said:

Ive only travelled in half the country, Ive done more traveling in the US than here

madartista said:

Thanks for the prayers.

Lammastide said:

Congrats on the move! Enjoy your studies--savor it all, because you forget a great deal of it when you are out.

Spats said:

I came up for a graduate "programme." (I'm trying to spell like y'all.) I wish I'd known you were bored with the city -- I'd have swapped my Cleveland home with you. Then you'd REALLY know the meaning of boredom.

bluesbaby said:

Sign up for continuing ed classes here! The more the merrier.

welcome to canada lammastide

you will have to go to the purple parties they have there! check fan gatherings

Lammastide said:

It's a bee-yootiful day in the neighbourhood, wouldn't you say?

oh and "program" will be just fine thank you

only thing we are sticklers on is "cheque" instead of "check"

do you drive a car? holy crap southern ontario has the best gas prices right now... almost makes me want to make the three day drive just to be able to say i filled up for 76 cents a litre!!

Lammastide said:

God has me headed in a different direction, my brotha.

Welcome to Hogtown, "T.O.", "la Ville Reine" ("Queen City").

Toronto is a model city compared to most North American metropolis(es?). Although it's not as clean as it used to be and familiar urban problems have been on the rise, it is by and large a big city on a human scale, with absolutely world-class values of diversity, tolerance and openness. Here, all the various groups get along because no one really dominates. Over half the population was born elsewhere, often in another country.

From an urbanism POV, the city has the distinction of having kept a very diverse downtown that is not overwhelmed by any one factor. One of the richest neighborhoods is smack against one of the poorest and there's a lot of middle class gentility in between.

Aesthetically, "T.O." could afford to be more audacious. There are a number of big projects such as the AGO and the ROM, but overall the city has lacked vision and ambition for a good 15 years now. It has partially regained some of its vitality after many years of crushing pressure caused by the downloading of provincial responsibilities to the municipal level and an amalgamation that failed to deliver any efficiencies. Personally, I blame the usual economic factors but also the rise of US-style conservatism, which lead us to treat some of our poorest citizens as harshly as they are treated in the US. As a result, the homeless population grew rapidly while social services, mass transit and the likes took a huge hit.

I reside in the gayborhood (Church Street) and work downtown, so I never see much of the city. I couldn't tell you jack about the city north of Rosedale. Avenue Road is very close (two blocks away).

So, Bienvenue/Welcome!

Lammastide said:

Lammastide, you live in Toronto now? Cool! Can't say I blame you for moving, Cleveland sux. I hope you adjust so that you're not so lonely. Being lonely is no fun.

Lammastide said:

Ain't that the truth.

psychodelicide said:

Don't worry. I'll be down on holidays and the occasional weekend. We can still do coffee or something!

Lammastide said:

I would love that! I've always wanted to meet you.

Aerogram said:

Nice work, Aerogram (although I'll take issue with a few points):



Still cleaner than any American city of its size.


Say what you will about the CN Tower, SkyDome, Roy Thomson Hall, New City Hall, Four Seasons Centre, the Absolute Towers, etc., but they certainly don't lack audacity.


Toronto has lost vitality?


Again, we do much better on these issues than any American city of comparable size. And would you really say that "US-style conservatism" is on the rise in a city that elected David Miller??


...Oh - and Spats? I'll save you the trouble:

Spats will say: