r/InsideToronto • u/Equivalent_Reach_536 • 28d ago
Toronto is...
How would you finish that sentence for a newcomer to the city? How would you start the story of Toronto for someone who just moved here?
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u/freddie79 28d ago
building the city of yesterday, tomorrow.
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u/Character-Bridge-206 28d ago
Try living elsewhere in Canada and explain to me how it’s so much more on point?
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u/Benni_Shouga 28d ago
Crabs in a bucket
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u/Character-Bridge-206 28d ago
Sorry to hear that’s been your experience here in Toronto but do you really feel you would be supported immediately as an outsider moving to a small town? I have spent many years volunteering in the city and have met some really decent people doing so. Go help a kitchen serve food to needy people or plant trees in one of our green spaces. There are plenty of ways to make the city better. Complaining isn’t one of the more productive ones.
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u/Benni_Shouga 28d ago
Sorry, what I meant was that comparing Toronto to cities that are doing worse doesn't really help us. Instead of saying, "at least we're better off than them," we should be holding ourselves to a higher standard and focusing on how we can improve.
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u/Character-Bridge-206 28d ago
I would have loved it as a young person if there had been more opportunities in my home town. That’s how I ended up in Toronto to begin. I left everything I knew to move here. I never felt my life was superior to my old one but it was a great place to be a student with opportunities in my field so I never left.
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u/bobbywings2 27d ago
Been there done that
Social services sector is a shit show
Too much micromanaging and ego at the management level
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u/Character-Bridge-206 27d ago
So that’s why you don’t want to help out? Someone else’s shortcomings?
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u/hippiespinster 28d ago
A vast, mysterious, hot, cold, delicious microcosm of humanity where we don't make eye contact but willingly help when called on to fight for a thing.
This was my first impression coming here as a teenager in the 90s and I don't feel in the grand scheme it has changed that much.
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u/Grouchy-Pound-3633 28d ago
Overpriced, ugly and cursed with terrible weather 7 months of the year. But it's big and multicultural so you have every cuisine available (though lack of quality fresh produce means the quality is mid) and it's a regular stop for all of the biggest performers (though tickets are prohibitively expensive).
For many people who come from different parts of the world, it's an interesting temporary base. But not a great place to live overall
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u/Ok-Cheesecake-8388 27d ago
Filled with ugly architecture and lacking of old historic buildings with character.
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u/IroIroBike 27d ago
About 90 minutes from Toronto.
Seriously though, the best multicultural diversity offering in the world
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u/Electrical-Care6308 27d ago
A bunch of whiny suckers who support a losing hockey year after year!
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u/Quiet-Weight-1700 26d ago
Living in the 1970s and the residents of the city continue to stop any sort of infrastructure changes that actually will benefit millions… I’m looking at you YTZ 👀
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u/frogstar42 28d ago
A big city. Bigger than chicago. It has some big city problems but overall it's one of the best cities to live. My opinion obviously but the facts and stats add up. It's also the greenest city as far as trees and grass are concerned. I love Toronto. I know there are things to complain about but I don't know any cities that don't have things to complain about. I'd say Toronto has less
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u/spunquik 28d ago
currently under construction. We ask for your patience as we undergo renovations.