Toronto VS. New York

[enemyone 1]

Toronto's great. You can get anywhere for 2.75$ Thank god for the TTC, and transit links most of the metropolitan area together. Ive never been to New York, but it seems like it would be a nice place to visit, but not somewhere that would be really livable. Toronto's got a lot, I think one of the nicest things would be the number of parks and ravines. The cliffs in Scarborough are really nice. And the moraine is an interesting place to wander around in. And the Islands are cool too. Toronto's fun though, and its an interesting hegemony of cultures. You can travel between a dozen ethnic communites all within blocks of each other. Taste of the Danforth is definately the best though.

[diamonddog_74 32]

Toronto is a nice city, but I think it's closer in comparisons to Chicago. And even then, Chicago seems better put together. My favorite Canadian city is still Montreal.

[Mebert 5]

Well, my source was a trivia book published in 1994, so I guess it was out of date.quote>

Well, Fresh Kills didn't close until seven years later, so perhaps at the time, it was accurate.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: enemyone Toronto's great. You can get anywhere for 2.75$quote>

Subway fare in New York is $2.00. Less if you buy in bulk.

[Mebert 5]

And, you get a much better value, given the size and scope of the MTA.

but not somewhere that would be really livable.quote>

I think about eight million people might disagree with you on that one.

[Duke87 1,070]

Actually, the eight million people would be, to a lot of people, exactly what makes it less livable. A huge city like New York is the kind of thing that, if you're not used to it, can easily overwhelm you and make your head spin. It's too big for some people's tastes. Some people prefer smaller cities.

Thinking that it's too big may be the most common reason for people not liking New York.

Well, other than being a Red Sox fan, anyway.

[patriots_1228 51]

^ Being a red sox fan is a perfectly legit reason to hate new york ...although I do feel sorry for them...with newspaper headlines such as "A-Rod goes Deep, Wang Hurt"

ROFL.

anyway, whats the point of this discussion. Its just a canadian fantasy of a world where toronto is even near new yorks level. as has been stated before, toronto is a great city, but no where close to new york. Its like comparing your high school sweetheart to adriana Lima.

[Estanton22 0]

Toronto is smaller than NY, but it is certainly not a small city. Toronto is a big city, and many people who dislike NY for its size will also dislike Toronto for the same reason.

[greg22 0]

Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America, so ya, its not small

[Mebert 5]

Well, it's all in how you count it. The actual municipality isn't that big; it only compares to New York when you count the metropolitan area.

[sedimenjerry 1]

The metro Atlanta area is larger than Toronto's.

In population anyways.

[Haljackey 17,354]

Let's compare the metro area of the two with Google Earth from the same zoom.

Keep in note that the population of the NYC area is much denser than the Greater Toronto Area.

NYC:

Toronto:

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As I said before, this is a no contest.  NYC is a class A world city and Toronto is a class B.  It's like comparing apples to oranges.

In this case, the Big Apple to a smaller apple

Best,

-Haljackey