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| Enjoying outdoor cinema: Byrant Park NYC |
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Decreasing affordability (also with proportionate decreasing of enjoyment of things I like - see previous post Jan 29). Its no joke. Toronto IS becoming more expensive. This is good news for the rich who can still ride on this wave but bad for the middle class and worse for the poor. $20 used to carry me a long way were I going out - but now, if I wanted to travel around more than just to and from home I'd spend atleast half of that on the TTC and then probably the rest for a low-budget meal.
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| Marketplace: Padua, Italy |
3) Public space. Again something that I love. Except what Toronto considers public space is quite contrary to what I have in mind. New York City has Central Park - a huge green oasis that residents and tourists alike can enjoy year round. In Toronto - well there is the
Toronto Music Garden (easily 1/10th of Central Parks size), the
Toronto Islands (enjoyment is seasonal at best), Dundas Square,
Mel Lastman Square (concrete oasis)... BUT none of the aforementioned are more useful then for a spot to eat before you dash to your next location. I'm better off relaxing in the city's many cemeteries. Atleast I get my peace and quiet there.
4) The TTC. Delays. Poor service. Increasing fares. People not doing their work. Weak connection of metro stops to bus stops. The TTC is just digging their own grave.
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ugh, I hate ethnic enclaves. It's one of the things that bothers me about multiculturalism is that it further encourages it. It annoys me that in so many schools I've been to every group just hang out with "their own" I strongly prefer America's melting pot foundation of their civic identity. For me it's gotten to the point where I actually get annoyed when I hear people speaking foreign languages (when they already know english).
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