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RE: International Tourists: Try Showing Some Class! A RANT!
Toronto does have a culture which I miss here. Live theatre, symphonies, nightlife, dinner theatre, concerts and hockey games!
Toronto does have a culture which I miss here. Live theatre, symphonies, nightlife, dinner theatre, concerts and hockey games!
All kidding aside, Toronto is a wonderful city, one of the best large cities in the world to live in.. it's just way too big for me now. We're heading back there on a road trip in a couple of weeks to see the children. It's funny that a 4,400 km drive doesn't worry me, but I already dread driving in Toronto traffic. The 401 highway is now up to 18 lanes wide in some sections.... I just can't imagine driving on that thing again. This article claims it is now the busiest highway in the world: http://livetrucking.com/this-north-american-highway-was-named-the-busiest-road-in-the-world/
I like to visit as I have relatives who live there, but I could never live there. It is just too big and sprawling. I hate driving there because of the traffic so I get there by train or plane and bus, taxi and subway where I want to go.
The answer is to live right downtown in one of the areas like High Park or the Bloor West Village or the Beaches, and then take the subway everywhere. Bet it's still cheaper than Victoria or Vancouver.
That is a distinct possibility. My friend lives in Victoria and raised her children there. I remember when she first moved there from small-town Ontario, she found it very expensive. Her mother-in-law lives in Vancouver and the prices there are outrageously expensive. I couldn't afford to live there, that's for sure.