903: What's Yours is Mine

[McNally]

I'm curious to check out Toronto. In Canada, you hear a lot of bad things. But New Yorkers seem to have nice things to say about it. Maybe it's a happy middle.

I don't think anywhere else in North America is quite like New York. I didn't understand the magnitude of it before I came. Its population dwarfs other American cities. It's got double the people of Los Angeles. The gross national product of the Tri-State Area alone is on par with all of Canada. The place is a fucking crazy house.

[revenant]

HAHAHAHA, no wonder New Yorkers like it. It's just enough like home, but with enough of a Canadian touch as to seem nice. You might not hate it as much as NY, but you will hate it. It has smog, garbage, rude people... all the things NY is known for but on a lesser scale. That's my perspective having lived only in Vancouver and Richmond in BC, and that of my friends from here.

[blu]

just too chime in here. Granted I've lived in Vancouver for most of my life and I have spent a considerable amount of time in Toronto. It definitely has it's advantages, the night life some may say is better for example but for me I always get a little anxious knowing that I am far away from an ocean but that's a personal thing I guess. Toronto is heavy on the concrete and not so much with the greenery. Living in Vancouver you get used to tree lined streets and having green grass etc. Toronto is definitely lacking in that department and compared to Vancouver it feels enormous. I feel like Toronto is like Vegas, it's cool to visit, but after 4 days I am done.

With that beign said, I am biased I guess because I love the West Coast and I love Vancouver.

[Kupotek]

Originally Posted by blu

just too chime in here. Granted I've lived in Vancouver for most of my life and I have spent a considerable amount of time in Toronto. It definitely has it's advantages, the night life some may say is better for example but for me I always get a little anxious knowing that I am far away from an ocean but that's a personal thing I guess. Toronto is heavy on the concrete and not so much with the greenery. Living in Vancouver you get used to tree lined streets and having green grass etc. Toronto is definitely lacking in that department and compared to Vancouver it feels enormous. I feel like Toronto is like Vegas, it's cool to visit, but after 4 days I am done.

With that beign said, I am biased I guess because I love the West Coast and I love Vancouver.

You just described every major city I've ever been to.

[batlash]

Originally Posted by blu

just too chime in here. Granted I've lived in Vancouver for most of my life and I have spent a considerable amount of time in Toronto. It definitely has it's advantages, the night life some may say is better for example but for me I always get a little anxious knowing that I am far away from an ocean but that's a personal thing I guess. Toronto is heavy on the concrete and not so much with the greenery. Living in Vancouver you get used to tree lined streets and having green grass etc. Toronto is definitely lacking in that department and compared to Vancouver it feels enormous. I feel like Toronto is like Vegas, it's cool to visit, but after 4 days I am done.

With that beign said, I am biased I guess because I love the West Coast and I love Vancouver.

There's a lot of cool places in Toronto to visit and shop at, but at the end of the day it comes down to the fact that the people there tend to be empty and soulless.
With BC, you have that "out west' attitude - which is just cool, laid-back and party-filled. With the maritimes, you have people who are just "salt of the earth" and the type of people who'd take you in out of the cold if you needed. Quebec - or Montreal where I am - tends to have more of a european sense to it ( without the inherent snootiness ). Ottawa - has Rhian - which is enough to make it a great place.

[Bucho]

Originally Posted by McNally

I don't think anywhere else in North America is quite like New York. I didn't understand the magnitude of it before I came. Its population dwarfs other American cities. It's got double the people of Los Angeles. The gross national product of the Tri-State Area alone is on par with all of Canada. The place is a fucking crazy house.

What you need to do to cure your NYC hate is spend a week in Mexico City or Sao Paulo. They make New York look like a tiny bonzai rose garden and smell even better.