Complete muddle over where to live
Jul 8th 2015, 2:36 pm
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Re: Complete muddle over where to live
The fact that the Lakeshore line runs all day as well was important for us, since I often go into Toronto for social stuff in the evening after work, and my husband sometimes goes out for drinks after work... so being stuck on the schedules where it's just 3-4 trains in in the morning and 3-4 trains out in the evening wouldn't really work out.
My husband has taken the trains out towards Milton etc a few times in the evening, and he DESPISES it. The trains are always completely rammed full of people, and they aren't express trains at all, so it's lots of stops. He says the Lakeshore lines are significantly more civil - he always gets a seat, if he misses a train it's not a big deal since they are just that much more frequent, and the trains aren't completely packed full.
My husband has taken the trains out towards Milton etc a few times in the evening, and he DESPISES it. The trains are always completely rammed full of people, and they aren't express trains at all, so it's lots of stops. He says the Lakeshore lines are significantly more civil - he always gets a seat, if he misses a train it's not a big deal since they are just that much more frequent, and the trains aren't completely packed full.
All depends, dunnit. I found living downtown to be very sociable, easy going. In a few years in Leslieville I never spoke to anyone, in the Beach it was sociable but very competitive; people looked down on me because I'm only an associate member of the yacht club.
Guelph is a satellite town full of hipsters, it's not sociable unless you knit your own yoghurt. Port Credit was friendly enough, I only knew francophones but there seemed to be plenty of them and they drank frequently. I haven't tried living in one of those godforesaken tracts of newer houses; I even refused to take the kids to birthday parties in Oakville or Mississauga (NoftheQEW) for fear of never finding the way out.
Now, deep in the country, sociable waving is the done thing. Speaking is not.
Guelph is a satellite town full of hipsters, it's not sociable unless you knit your own yoghurt. Port Credit was friendly enough, I only knew francophones but there seemed to be plenty of them and they drank frequently. I haven't tried living in one of those godforesaken tracts of newer houses; I even refused to take the kids to birthday parties in Oakville or Mississauga (NoftheQEW) for fear of never finding the way out.
Now, deep in the country, sociable waving is the done thing. Speaking is not.
Exactly, which was why I pointed out my extreme bias against those godforsaken tracts of newer houses.
Jul 8th 2015, 3:03 pm
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Jul 8th 2015, 3:43 pm
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Re: Complete muddle over where to live
dbd33 @post# 44
the most pleasant period living in the city was on Woodfield Rd (Coxwell/Gerrard) then to Browning Ave just North of Chester Ave/Danforth, followed by the long period in South Leaside, then with children it was move out to 'fresh air' of suburbia, then a few miles further east of that.
Depends on what the OP is looking for - different strokes for different folks & one major factor is 'what they can afford'
the most pleasant period living in the city was on Woodfield Rd (Coxwell/Gerrard) then to Browning Ave just North of Chester Ave/Danforth, followed by the long period in South Leaside, then with children it was move out to 'fresh air' of suburbia, then a few miles further east of that.
Depends on what the OP is looking for - different strokes for different folks & one major factor is 'what they can afford'
