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As a resident of Toronto I feel less bad about the visual display of the city and worse about the outflux of artistic talent. So many artists I knew a decade a
by TimPC 7y ago
As a resident of Toronto I feel less bad about the visual display of the city and worse about the outflux of artistic talent. So many artists I knew a decade ago are living far out in the burbs, where it is harder to find events and develop talent. There are new artists but the artistic communities are becoming a mix of young people and people with corporate jobs. Very few people pursuing their craft full time are making a viable wage in Toronto and this bodes ill for future generations of art in the city.
- ivankolev 7y agoCase in point, close to where my humble abode is, there is a newly built artscape center, a supposed hub of a condo tower with spaces for installations and happenings. Well, since it is a newly built unit, it falls outside of rental control bylaws, thanks to the boneheaded legislature introduced by the wrecking ball that is Doug Ford, and the rents there promptly went up 20% or so at the end of the initial one year leases, so all the struggling artists that this artscape hub was supposed to provide home to, started leaving in droves.