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Even so, I doubt anybody will spend $60+tax at zipcar just to have a $20 dinner with a friend on the other side of the city.

Agree with you. They would prefer no developments around what they live and will bitch about everything. They want their dead quiet village right in downtown. If you want your neighbourhood to be quiet after 10 pm, here is an easy way, move to the suburb. And if you want to be close to...

having living in Toronto for just over four years, I have to say people drive their cars because they NEED them. Let's face it, unless you live inside downtown core, or with 10 minutes walking distance from one of our limited subway stations (plus working near a station too), you most likely...

I don't think the absolute income gap is that meaningful. What is meaningful is the upwardly mobility - whether the society makes it easy for people to move up the social status ladder. If the poor people's kids are always stuck with poverty and the rich family always have rich kids after...

the concept of downtown can easily expand on both sides, especially east. It is not like Toronto is short in land.

If a particular location is desirable, people will pay a premium for living in it. I think it is fair. We should feel blessed that middle and up-middle class are willing to live in the core, shouldn't we? Poorer people can still have downtown, they just can't own any property. There are still...

not that I want to keep any building on Shuter street, but can't they develop downtown's largest parking lot just on the other side of the street before demolishing existing buildings? That parking lot looks like it is for Disneyland, not in downtown of a major city. there is another big lot...

I fully understand it is a cultural thing. However, what average people "expect" to own when he was brought up is completely irrelevant. The percentage of detached home living is also irrelevant. The world doesn't change because one keeps "expecting" or feel entitled to something. You accept...

Of course he has the right to criticize. The problem with car dependent ife style is that these drivers pay no where near the true econonomic cost for the pressure they put on infrastructure needs, resources, and the environment. Just imagine if everyone in China and India and Africa lives such...

Many people don't seem to realize that. For example, if people are not crazy enough to live in Vaughan and commute to downtown to work everyday, the city didn't have to spend $billion to extend that subway. Instead the money could have been used to improved transit and other service in a more...

Honestly as city planners, if they didn't see the potential of the lakefront area, it only means they are stupid and incompetent. Any major cities sitting by the lake/river should know the value of waterfront land. There is no excuse whatsoever. Even in the 1970s Toronto was not exactly an...

Metro - the only one within walking distance. I need the lactose free products though, which is more expensive.

dude, when someone doesn't make a LOT of money, why does he think he is entitled to a "detached"? what's wrong with sharing walls with neighbours. Try to accept the fact that in Toronto, DETACHED homes are for the rich people. It is not average working people should expect to own, much like...

Exactly. In Japan, 600sf two bedrooms are everywhere, and they are considered "family sized". I am not proposing that kind of "compact" but the space most Canadians have is extravagant by world standards. The normal concept of family sized space is largely outdated. Try two kids sharing a...

He is probably talking about 2L. Every week I buy 2L of milk for $6.19. Canadians seem to think this price is normal.

^ I am glad people are realizing that it is not so much a bubble but their expectation towards what lifestyle they can afford should change. Toronto is experiencing a big change, transforming into a higher ranked city I would say in a matter of few years. Those who still think they SHOULD be...

An office building is definitely better news than any new condos! despite the lackluster design, it is great news. On the other hand, I still waiting for the news on an office building development on the south east corner of Richmond and Victoria - currently an expensive parking lot - so that...

I like it, especially the color. Bay street definitely need some color. The burano/muranos are boring me. You guys are too hard to please. A box is too boxy, and something different is ”trying too hard". Among all the greyish highrises in downtown Toronto, something different like this...

Agree. King East is a successful street in our downtown, probably more so than the more famous King/Queen west. Bay st north of Dundas is extremely boring and sterile. I have a feeling that east downtown is being developed from south to north, is that right? If you walk in that area east of...

I kept thinking how much nicer waterfront would be without these five buildings? But seems we are stuck with them.