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I resemble that remark! Okay, I'll give you that during the weekday lunch hours some of the (smarter) folks from the financial district sometimes wander over near the market for lunch, but aside from that, the area is very mixed. I don't think you can generalize residents of the neighbourhood...

Agree with Android that landing a bartending job right off the bat with no past experience will probably prove to be difficult. I believe some sort of certificate or course is required to serve alcohol in Ontario, but I've never done it so I'm not sure. It may be more realistic to start as a...

My downtown condo has two full time concierge staff. One is the "head of security" and he's the go-to man for pretty much everything. He also attends the annual condo board meetings and is able to speak to any security issues there. The other has less official power but is equally capable...

New brewpub! New brewpub called Duggan's will be opening soon on Victoria St. near Richmond, in the historic Strand Hotel building. This is the place that used to be the Denison's brewpub, which sadly closed right when I moved downtown. This new place sounds pretty good. The brewmaster has a...

But... in a way, don't we all vote for a candidate based on information we hear about them, mostly from partisan ads or editorials intended to swing us around to vote for the candidate the author likes? It's only a matter of degrees if I choose to vote for Stephen Harper because I saw a TV...

This is exactly what Obama did not need right now. They think they are honouring him, but all they're doing is putting a spotlight on his lack of accomplishments right when the issue is starting to bubble up in the mainstream. And he will be mocked for it even though he had no idea he was even...

I live in the SLM area and I love it. It's very livable with a good mix of businesses of all kinds, and very accessible to other areas of the city by walking or transit. The Market itself is a foodie paradise if you cook at home often. Be aware the neighbourhood is not a "bohemian" or trendy...

Frankly I don't think most people buy houses or condos to get rich. They buy them because they want to a decent to place to live which is in their own name, even if ownership is mainly with the bank for a few decades. If they make some money over time, that's just a bonus. Real estate in the...

Same on my floor, we have no balcony but our window screen is covered in them. It happened last fall as well, so I guess it's a seasonal thing. We have a resident spider who is feasting on them so we're just letting nature take its course. They don't seem to bite or do anything other than sit...

I'm hoping Miller's decision not to run will reduce the likelihood of a serious backlash vote that puts a hardcore right winger into office. Another left-of-centre candidate should be able to run successfully, and be mostly free from the negative baggage Miller carriers from this summer's...

Insurance is absolutely mandatory, you cannot skip it. I was in my late 20s when I sold my last car, a 6-year-old Japanese compact, and it was costing me about $160/month to insure it (with a virtually flawless driving record). That was back in 2002, so I imagine prices have increased...

Kunstler makes some valid points, but he takes them to extremes that I feel are not logical. There is a large middle ground between business as usual and the end of the world. The suburban way of life is wasteful, and we are slowly starting to comes to terms with the fact that a more dense and...

I wonder if the recent publicity about unsustainable fishing practices contributed to the name change. Bluefin Tuna is one of the most endangered fish in the sea, mostly due to its desirability for sushi in Japan...

Honestly, this site is one place where you will find the most reasonable discussion, participated in by people who actually love and defend this great city (although there is plenty of disagreement, too). Spacing magazine (and their Toronto blog linked above, http://spacing.ca/wire) is also a...

There have been a few threads on this topic in the past: http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?t=8063 http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?t=6781 Basically, about half the people feel that it's a bad idea because you are limiting the people you can resell the unit to. They see it as a bad...

Hahahaha. So, basically, nothing ever changes.

True. It's out of the scope of this thread, but it is amazing how people who drive daily on roads built and maintained by billions of dollars in government funding over the past half century will scream "socialist state! transit should pay for itself!" whenever someone complains that public...

Lipstick on a pig might be harsh, but it is only a partial solution, and mainly cosmetic. I can tell just by looking at that photo that cross the street from the Save on Foods to the Canadian Tire would be a "taking your life in your hands" proposition, with a constant stream of cars turning in...

I share your dislike of big box stores, but I'm not sure that an arbitrary square footage limit would fly with most people, or if it would solve the problems. Perhaps a more complicated formula would need to be applied, something involving miles from nearest public transit, the surrounding...

There are known problems with the heating and cooling on some TTC buses. My wife experienced the same (hot air pumping from the vents in a bus on a hot summer day). The driver apologized and said something was wrong with the circulation: whenever he turned the A/C on, it came on, but the heat...