Lived here my whole life and will never get sick of it!

The only thing that sucks is that not all of my friends are into the same things I am, and it gets lonely though there is always someone to talk to.

When I was in high school and university, I felt like great things were ahead, but now I just feel like everything is passing me by, and I need excitement again. It's not the city doing that, it's me. When I was younger, I would fantasize about becoming an EC dancer and was crazy about muchmusic, but now not so much at all, I barely even watch Much. I think most of my life I felt like "that other side" was for when I grow up, but I don't know what I want anymore though there is so much to do here.
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Been here for about 2 1/2 years and I REALLY like it.

Barring (maybe) London, it's perhaps the most multicultural city in the world; it's safe and clean (don't listen to Erin ); the schools are of quality despite being tight on cash; it's got year-round city events; it's in workable driving proximity to many other cool North American cities along the Atlantic seaboard (Montreal, Boston, New York, for example); its airport services darned-near the entire world without requiring a thousand connecting flights; and while it's definitely a big city, it doesn't quite smoulder with the chaos of a New York or Chicago.

My main complaints are the highest cost of living in Canada; homelessness; the lack of a signature architectural aesthetic; and neighborhoods that, while every bit as diverse as, say, New York's, lack a certain "oomph" or steeped personality.

I'd love to see some attention given to better defining specific neighborhoods, bolstering the importance of common spaces and throwing up things that may seem frivolous (fountains, statuary, gardens, public art), but actually really help give a city character.
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I'm glad you like it

I don't have to pay PST

luv4u said:

You Albertans are darned near anarchists!
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and BC is full of assholes :p

Lammastide said:

Take a trip to Montreal for that.

JustErin said:

Definitely.

Montreal is more pleasant and lively at night than Toronto IMO

alphastreet said:

Absolutely.

Hotter, more stylin' people too.

Lammastide said:

JustErin said:

So true. It's like they all take hotness lessons or something.

Lammastide said:

It's the European influence. Shopping there is utterly amazing.

alphastreet said:

Even with the Internet?


I used to feel this way. But then I realized that you can never do it all and most things are - ultimately - empty, anyways. Everything you need for bliss is within yourself.


What makes you happy? Never mind what other people tell you should make you happy - what actually makes you happy?

I've lived in Toronto and it is one of the best cities to live in. Clean and safe.

I could do without the winters, but I looove this city! New York and L.A. have many great things about them, but NYC's too crowded for my liking, too many douches in L.A. and getting sick in the US is a one-way ticket to wearing a barrel. London's groovy, but I perceive a strong current of people wrapped up in out-cooling each other in a lot of its 'hoods.

Montreal? It's a small town, compared to Toronto. And what does it offer that you can't find here in spades?

alphastreet said:

You don't find TORONTO "lively" at night?!

Ace said:

Super Sexe every 5 feet...?

JustErin said:

Umm, Erin, have you ever been on Queen, College or in Yorkville (for starters)?

Ace said:

Yes. Wanna meet me there this Saturday?

JustErin said:

Are you really gonna be here?

Ace said:

No, I'll be in Montreal not this weekend but the next. Wanna meet there?

Ace said:

Toronto is definitely lively at night (not that I ever go out at night since having a kid ), but it could use a bit more romance. Old Montreal, parts of the Latin Quarter and McGill's campus and Mont Royal offer a bit more ambience for... lurve than places in TO. What do you think?
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Lammastide said:

Yes.

JustErin said:

That would require leaving my apartment. And meeting people. And I don't like those things.

Ace said:

Lammastide said:

You've obviously never spanked someone who was bent over a Berkley Horse while overlooking the skyline.

JustErin said:

Don't take it personal: I hate everyone!

Ace said:

It's such a shame that you've turned into a freak who doesn't like to leave his apartment.

JustErin said:

Why would somebody want to leave their apartment?