(Toronto) T.O.'s too expensive, dirty, dangerous

The Toronto Sun ^ | Fri, July 14, 2006 | CONNIE WOODCOCK

[dfwgator]

T.O.'s too expensive, dirty, dangerous

But the Cowboys signed him anyway.

[fanfan]

Canada ping.

Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[Cyclopean Squid]

"Why you all be sipping on Haterade?"

[fanfan]

I posted a football thread?

Who knew?

;-)

[Pravious]

I remember visiting Toronto for the first time about 25 years ago, and was really impressed how safe and clean the city felt. The last time I was there (about three years ago), I wondered if my memory was playing tricks - the place no longer felt safe (not for any particular reason, mind you), and it was certainly not the clean city I thought I'd remembered.

Your post suggests I'm not going insane (well, insofar as Toronto is concerned anyway!) - so thank you :-).

[goldstategop]

The city of my childhood... it has its quaint charm but now its too dangerous and expensive. Its not the Toronto Canadians know so well and it seems like it could care less about visitors. I can just see the slogan: "Toronto: Where Everything Costs More." Wow! That'll kill the city's meal ticket. And you would think City Hall and the Province Of Ontario cares. Hardly. Buhbye Toronto!

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

[Kenton]

Going back 30 years or so, Toronto was a great place for a weekend trip.

Now, don't think many Americans feel very welcome in Canada. I'll spend my money here in America, thanks.

[fanfan]

Your welcome.

I suspect one is safer in Baghdad than Toronto right now.

There were 4 murders in Toronto again last night.

[Vinnie]

I visited Toronto back in the 70's.
It was a beautiful city, though I thought Ottawa was more so.

After my last experience crossing the border, circa 1994, I will never cross again.
They searched my car, luggage, everything but strip search us.
Never again.

[fanfan]

You'd feel comfortable in Ottawa, rural Ontario, and the east coast, or anywhere out west.

Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are like our blue states.

[hedgetrimmer]

it has its quaint charm but now its too dangerous and expensive

It has been internationalized by the transnationalists. Coming to, if not already at, American cities near you. Watch what happens in New Orleans.

[Lx]

Interesting. My wife used to work for a company based out of Toronto and her coworkers said the Toronto was becoming a gay Mecca.
Does anyone know if that's really the case?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

That's too bad. I always liked Toronto, the Royal York Hotel and the underground shops.

[goldstategop]

I prefer my native Montreal to Toronto. The island on where I was born has an intimate feel and once you're there, its a familiar sensation of being able to move around. Everything is laid out with French Cartesian exactness and the nightlife and the cuisine give it an Old World ambiance. And after awhile, one completely forgets the presence of a different language. Or as I would say it in Quebecois:

Ou comme je le dirais dans Quebecois: Je préfère mon Montréal natal à Toronto. L'île sur où je suis né a un sens intime et dès que vous êtes là, son une sensation familière d'être capable de bouger autour de. Tout est disposé avec l'exactitude Cartésienne française et la vie des noctambules et la cuisine lui donnent une ambiance de Vieux monde. Et après un moment, un oublie completement la présence d'une différente langue.

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

[Lx]

When did they search you, going into or out of Canada?

I came back into the U.S. via a small border crossing to avoid the mess at the main one from Vancouver. They practically stripped my car looking for who knows what. I remember seeing them remove the radiator cap and wondering what they expected to find there besides really hot water.

The funny thing is I had rented a room on the U.S. side and that's where my pistol was waiting for me.

They finally handed my keys back saying that they had searched everywhere and hadn't found anything.
I know I was profiled because at the time I had really long hair and a beard. Will CAIR represent me for this indignity?

[headsonpikes]

I visit T.O. at least annually on business. I have found the best view of Ontario's capital city is through a Westjet window while ascending.

[CholeraJoe]

When guns are outlawed, only outlaws have guns.

[DTA]

>>>>>I suspect one is safer in Baghdad than Toronto right now. There were 4 murders in Toronto again last night.<<<<

The most of the killings are related to drug trade. Toronto is not only a market for local consumption, it is net exporter of narcotics. Billions are in the game.

Perhaps we are now where NYC was in the 1970s.

[puroresu]

Toronto was for years known as "Toronto the Good" because it had so few of the problems that big cities often experience. Toronto residents apparently liked being known for being good, but after Trudeau's election, the liberal media turned it into a negative. "Toronto the Good" became a synonym for boring, bland, unable to have fun....

Well, the liberals have changed Toronto. It's no longer good, and no longer safe and clean. It's also gone from being a conservative stronghold into a liberal one. Toronto is Canada's version of California, where the once Republican-leaning Golden State has been transformed into a socialist rat stronghold that no longer attracts Americans ("California here we come!") but sends them packing.