It isn’t entirely unfair, but Canada is largely lacking in certain demographics that tend to turn entire neighborhoods into Beirut or Mogadishu.
While these have been growing somewhat, it is still a very different ball of wax.
And for the most part, you won’t find me defending Toronto much—I live about two hours north of the north-eastern corner of the GTA—but size wise both the city and the area are something like Chicago—and I suspect perhaps a little worse in terms of attempting to drive through.
I’ve heard of tactics used to deal with LA by people who live in Orange county, and have adopted them profitably.
Do you have a list? Sounds interesting...