Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 9231909)

I thought I'd made my view clear, suburbia is bad for children because it ties them to their parents for transport to everything, the city's better for them. Once they grow up and leave, if the parents want to choose Oakville well, that seems odd, but good luck to them.

On edit: Oakville/Burlington/Ajax/Whitby/Brampton/etc.

Originally Posted by dollface (Post 9231911)

In your opinion.

Originally Posted by dollface (Post 9231856)

My home is not cheaply constructed, I back on to Bronte Provincial Park, so hardly without trees or scenery. My neighbours are varied in culture, shows you how much you know. Do you realise how bitter you sound? Horses for courses and all that.

It may not be your cup of tetley, but it's just dandy for others. Those others don't appreciate your continual scathing remarks of where they live and their homes.

If everywhere in the GTA is vile, why do you still live on it's outskirts??

Originally Posted by ireland2canada (Post 9231925)

The GTA is comprised of Toronto, Durham, Halton, Peel and York. Guelph is located in Wellington County. The transition between being in the GTA and entering Wellington County is palpable.

Originally Posted by dollface (Post 9231971)

Exactly my point:confused:

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9231860)

Where, exactly, do your friends live? More to the point, how long have they lived here?

There are older neighbourhoods (and I live in pretty much the oldest) which are not shit-holes, merely surrounded by them.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 9232506)

Well, having lived for some years in Toronto (house in Beach, condo on the Esplanade, house in Leslieville), on a hobby farm north of Orangeville, in Mississauga (flat in Port Credit, house in Lorne Park) and in small town Ontario (Guelph) I have, at least, tried a variety of options. When I say the least appealing, to me, is the "nowhere in particular" suburbs, I do so knowing something of the subject.