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Toronto? http://plumber.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/toronto-3.jpg http://plumber.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/toronto-3.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Dundas_Street_West_at_Huron_Street_Toronto_2010.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Dundas_S... http://www.mymetcondo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/TheMet_Yonge_Sept272012.jpg http://www.mymetcondo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/TheMet_... There are some shitty parts in the suburbs, but lots of nice areas (downtown, Kensington market, Bloor West / Ossington, Summerville, Moore Park, High Park, Entertainment district) and it isn't too pricey ($1500 / month for a 1 bedroom down town).

graeme 11y ago
Aren't those older areas? They have some new construction, but the street plan and most of the buildings are pre-war. Toronto's new neighborhood, the condos by the waterfront, is hideous: http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-slideshow/images/articles/2012/03/5068/urbantoronto-5068-15506.jpg http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/displa...
- 3pt14159 11y ago
  If you want to pick on CityPlace, that is fine, but that is an especially hideous point of view / photo. https://i.imgur.com/RKAhkqO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RKAhkqO.jpg is my view (I just took this photo now) and http://vikpahwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140606_5407.jpg http://vikpahwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140606_5407... is my condo (second from the right of the four main condos). I agree that festival tower and the entertainment district is nicer, but it is also way louder, and I like quiet when I code so I moved out of that part of town. But Toronto is currently building 130 towers in multiple neighborhoods, so to pick on the most controversial ones isn't really a rebuttle. Can you show an example of any 40+ story residential building that you like?
  - graeme 11y ago
    Ah, didn't mean to pick a misleading photo. Just searched "toronto new condos" and tried to use one that showed the streetscape. I was actually talking about what it's like to walk around in neighborhoods - what's it like at street level in your area? I can't think of 40+ residential buildings that I like, but that's at least partly because there aren't any in my area. My point was that we used to build dense, low rise neighborhoods. But I like Manhattan, are some of those residential buildings 40+? Manhattan's a great example of a dense, walkable area that's pleasant to be in.

graeme 11y ago

Aren't those older areas? They have some new construction, but the street plan and most of the buildings are pre-war. Toronto's new neighborhood, the condos by the waterfront, is hideous: http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-slideshow/images/articles/2012/03/5068/urbantoronto-5068-15506.jpg http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/displa...

3pt14159 11y ago
If you want to pick on CityPlace, that is fine, but that is an especially hideous point of view / photo. https://i.imgur.com/RKAhkqO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RKAhkqO.jpg is my view (I just took this photo now) and http://vikpahwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140606_5407.jpg http://vikpahwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140606_5407... is my condo (second from the right of the four main condos). I agree that festival tower and the entertainment district is nicer, but it is also way louder, and I like quiet when I code so I moved out of that part of town. But Toronto is currently building 130 towers in multiple neighborhoods, so to pick on the most controversial ones isn't really a rebuttle. Can you show an example of any 40+ story residential building that you like?
- graeme 11y ago
  Ah, didn't mean to pick a misleading photo. Just searched "toronto new condos" and tried to use one that showed the streetscape. I was actually talking about what it's like to walk around in neighborhoods - what's it like at street level in your area? I can't think of 40+ residential buildings that I like, but that's at least partly because there aren't any in my area. My point was that we used to build dense, low rise neighborhoods. But I like Manhattan, are some of those residential buildings 40+? Manhattan's a great example of a dense, walkable area that's pleasant to be in.