Not any more friend. I left there in 1995 and the urban decay had already started. Lenient immigration policies, Jamaican and Somalian gangs taking over entire areas. There was a mass murder in a trendy area dessert shop weeks before I left. They stole a few hundred bucks and killed all four employees before leaving. There are no go zones there just like in parts of Europe whether the government wants to admit it or not.
I hear you.
I was so impressed with Toronto when we visited it in the 1980’s - the place felt completely safe and was spotless. We went there again in the late 1990’s and it didn’t even seem like the same place.