canmark
Active Member
I don’t know, the east side of Toronto (east of Yonge Street) contains many interesting and charming (and affluent) neighborhoods, including: Rosedale, Cabbagetown, Riverdale, the Danforth, the Beaches, St. Lawrence, Lawrence Park, Bridle Path, Bayview Village, Guildwood. Yes, there are rougher and less affluent neighborhoods like Malvern, but the West End has Jane/Finch.
Attractions include the Science Centre and the Toronto Zoo, the Beaches and Scarborough Bluffs, to many ethnic neighborhoods such as Greektown, Little India, Flemington Park and Asiancourt. The Gay Village is east of Yonge, so too is the Distillery District and Brick Works.
Now, the West End may have more hipster areas, like Ossington and Liberty Village. And certainly many other interesting (and affluent) neighborhoods, including the Annex, High Park and Forest Hill. There is the University of Toronto and the Exhibition grounds, Koreatown and Little Italy, and yes, Yorkdale has more high-end stores then Scarborough Town Centre. But then the Ford family and all their drug-fueled antics all take place in the West End – not a great advertisement.
So I don’t know if you can say objectively that the west side of Toronto is so superior to the east side. Saying “Most of the trendy neighbourhoods outside of Riverdale and Leslieville are all west of Yonge Street” isn’t really much. I mean, do we value trendy neighborhoods more than other things? We could just as easily say Toronto south of Bloor Street has all the trendy neighborhoods. “Obviously, there's the Scarborough problem as well.” I’m not sure what problem that is. I grew up in Scarborough, have many relatives living there, and see it as one of the most multiethnic parts of the city – multi-ethnicity being one of the strengths of Toronto, one of the things we brag about. (It still bugs me that when crime happens in Scarborough it’s blamed on Scarborough, but when crime happens in Etobicoke it’s labeled as “West End.” Why don’t we hear about the guns and drugs and gangs in Etobicoke, the Ford stomping grounds?)
Attractions include the Science Centre and the Toronto Zoo, the Beaches and Scarborough Bluffs, to many ethnic neighborhoods such as Greektown, Little India, Flemington Park and Asiancourt. The Gay Village is east of Yonge, so too is the Distillery District and Brick Works.
Now, the West End may have more hipster areas, like Ossington and Liberty Village. And certainly many other interesting (and affluent) neighborhoods, including the Annex, High Park and Forest Hill. There is the University of Toronto and the Exhibition grounds, Koreatown and Little Italy, and yes, Yorkdale has more high-end stores then Scarborough Town Centre. But then the Ford family and all their drug-fueled antics all take place in the West End – not a great advertisement.
So I don’t know if you can say objectively that the west side of Toronto is so superior to the east side. Saying “Most of the trendy neighbourhoods outside of Riverdale and Leslieville are all west of Yonge Street” isn’t really much. I mean, do we value trendy neighborhoods more than other things? We could just as easily say Toronto south of Bloor Street has all the trendy neighborhoods. “Obviously, there's the Scarborough problem as well.” I’m not sure what problem that is. I grew up in Scarborough, have many relatives living there, and see it as one of the most multiethnic parts of the city – multi-ethnicity being one of the strengths of Toronto, one of the things we brag about. (It still bugs me that when crime happens in Scarborough it’s blamed on Scarborough, but when crime happens in Etobicoke it’s labeled as “West End.” Why don’t we hear about the guns and drugs and gangs in Etobicoke, the Ford stomping grounds?)
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