Attention Toronto,
You can do away with your inferiority complex. A resident of Manhattan told me three important points today:
1) That he loves Toronto
2) That Toronto is the only other place he can ever imagine living
3) That Toronto is similar to Manhattan in a lot of ways - except that Toronto is friendlier.
So I know, good news. I guess now we can stop trying to impress the world by throwing summer-long parties to pretend Toronto is a World class city.
OR
Instead of a summers full of circuses, how about we make the major investments in arts/culture and infrastructure that would lead Toronto to become a real World class city by providing year round entertainment and access that would be appreciated not just by tourists but also by locals and would help make life simpler for the people who live here by reducing the disruption caused by having a different set of street closures every weekend for the whole summer.
Sorry, I'm just bitter that it took me more than an hour to travel the 4.5 kilometers home from work on the streetcar tonight thanks to disruptions caused by a street festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, VFest and the Vegetarian Food Fair and the chronic underfunding of the TTC which has led to unreliable service on surface routes.
Keep on Tranglin (unless you need to take a streetcar, in which case it might be faster to walk),
Anthony
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7 comments:
you're just nit picking.
Yeah. You should be sunny and upbeat, like Nick.
Did you know he's a thirdie?
Don't turn my BFF against me!
Like you have a friend.
Ouch.
where are you studying mister?
Nick and Ubie: Don't you have your own blogs to fight on?
Dia: I'm still at Glendon.
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