Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
May 7th 2009, 1:52 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
Answers strictly via PM I think would be best.
May 7th 2009, 2:04 pm
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May 7th 2009, 2:08 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
I haven't really got to grips with Toronto. The first few times I visited I hated it, thought it very small town. It's growing on me now, the last time I went was with a local and so I saw it in a different way.
If you want an upbeat view of TO then look at Rob's blog.
If you want an upbeat view of TO then look at Rob's blog.
May 7th 2009, 3:24 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
Just came back after spending 2 weeks in Toronto. Wasn't one bit impressed with the city. Most people there moan about how cold winters are, and how the place is full of too many emmigrants.
We live in London and despite it being congested its pretty cosy here.
I toronto we went downtown to the Eaton centre and found it was nothing as nice as the New Westfield center we have in lodnon.
Overall I give Toronto the thumbs down. Only place i liked was Niagra falls.
We were staying in Oakville for 5 days and Butlington for 7 days
We live in London and despite it being congested its pretty cosy here.
I toronto we went downtown to the Eaton centre and found it was nothing as nice as the New Westfield center we have in lodnon.
Overall I give Toronto the thumbs down. Only place i liked was Niagra falls.
We were staying in Oakville for 5 days and Butlington for 7 days
Toronto does not feel as congested as London, there is more feeling of space. I am not going to bother getting into the comment about immigrants, seems such a weird thing to state on an expat site.
As for Niagara, stunning!!!! The town itself - I don't think so.......
May 7th 2009, 3:25 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
All cities have the good and the bad anywhere in the world i guess.
May 7th 2009, 4:38 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
Just came back after spending 2 weeks in Toronto. Wasn't one bit impressed with the city. Most people there moan about how cold winters are, and how the place is full of too many immigrants.
We live in London and despite it being congested its pretty cosy here.
I toronto we went downtown to the Eaton centre and found it was nothing as nice as the new Westfield center we have in London.
Overall I give Toronto the thumbs down. Only place i liked was Niagara falls.
We were staying in Oakville for 5 days and Burlington for 7 days
We live in London and despite it being congested its pretty cosy here.
I toronto we went downtown to the Eaton centre and found it was nothing as nice as the new Westfield center we have in London.
Overall I give Toronto the thumbs down. Only place i liked was Niagara falls.
We were staying in Oakville for 5 days and Burlington for 7 days
Can you spread the word for us so we don't have any of your friends visiting either? If your reasons for moving anywhere is whether it has a nicer mall than the Westfield, perhaps it's best to stay away from Canada full stop. It doesn't look like the kind of mall I'd plan on visiting more than once.Toronto isn't London, and doesn't try to be. North America is a lot different to Europe and doesn't have the same kind of history. The only thing even closely in common is the language, though even the dialects are different. I find Toronto much easier and cheaper to get around in, espescially using public transport.
Niagara Falls is a wannabe Blackpool, though the Great Wolf Lodge is an improvement over Butlins. The US side as previously mentioned is even worse.
Do you have anything positive to say about your visit?
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May 7th 2009, 4:48 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
May 7th 2009, 4:52 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
Nothing like. More than half the population of Toronto was born outside Canada, even Brent doesn't come anywhere close to that.
May 7th 2009, 4:55 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
Even in absolute numbers Toronto has way more immigants. If the population is 3,000,000 that's better than 1,500,000 immigrants, London would have to be 25% immigrants to match that but it doesn't even have a 10% immigrant population. Only Miami has more immigrants by both measures than Toronto.
May 7th 2009, 4:55 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
I chuckled. Sounded like something Yogi Berra would say. "Nobody goes there anymore, there's to many people" I thought it meant that all the immigrants had emmigrated so there were none. How one simple letter can change things ! The original post says that the place was full of emmigrants !
May 7th 2009, 4:57 pm
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Re: Toronto's pretty Ugly compared to London
Looks like Brampton:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southall#Race
Tiny proportion of the population of London though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southall#Race
Tiny proportion of the population of London though.