I actually do have some pride about celebration square. I thought it might be used once a year. Instead it’s used regularly. It’s a success story no matter how you look at it. So I do have pride about it.
Does any other suburb have a main area where their people congregate? Brampton, Pickering...
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You think misssissauga road and burnamthorpe represent lower socioeconomic status? Or ponytrail drive and burnamthorpe?
I mean it’s not Lorne park but it’s not exactly where they hand out food stamps.
But I do agree with your premise that mcc being a considerable distance from Toronto...
I think his point is that there are plenty of suburbs in nyc. Brooklyn is a suburb. Yet Brooklyn has its own distinct culture and feels more like it could be its own city.
I don’t expect hurontario to ever have patios but the buildings should still face the street like university avenue. If we are going to put a lrt on hurontario and pretend it’s our Yonge street then we shouldn’t completely give up on the idea of making it more aesthetically pleasing. There’s no...
I’m your neighbour and to be honest it’s a bit frustrating on the east side. But I’m hopeful that all the development that happens going forward learns from what’s taking place on the west side. Plus the east side will have the lrt which is a big advantage.
There is some major developments that...
Yup. It feels like I hear there’s no pedestrians in Mississauga all the time. But confederation, living arts drive, Duke of York all contest that negativity. If what’s happened in these areas keep happening in the new areas than there will be an urban core.
I spent a lot of time downtown when I was in Scarborough. Almost none at STC. In fact if I wanted a mall we went to Fairview. Downtown will always be a bigger draw but there’s no denying the events that take place at celebration square or living arts centre. Sheridan in the core makes a...
In some ways I agree with you. But I grew up not far from Scarborough city hall and we never went there for any event. We always went to Scarborough town centre.
In Mississauga you can go to square one but you might find yourself at celebration square for a busker fest or for the raptors...
That maybe. But Mississauga having its own city hall will mean that the more it grows the more it will be its own distinct city. Meanwhile Scarborough town centre will always be torontos suburb and the taxes flow to the core not to the outskirts hubs of its city.
For example the main library is...
Don’t worry the goal posts will move. Was university avenue an urban street? It’s three lanes in each direction! Is Yonge street an urban street it’s two lanes in each direction. That’s the same as confederation. But soon it will be a no car street and torontonians will act like these pedestrian...
We aren’t talking about a minor service upgrade though. We’re talking a substantial overhaul. And at some point we’re going to have this conversation anyways. Why not have it before we hire a bunch of new people which won’t take kindly to being replaced by robots.