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To be honest, I don't know which is worse. Is it that the highways, along with the roads and public spaces in Toronto itself, look so trashy or the fact that so many people who are interested in such civic matters - i.e. the UT world - seem to consider it normal and not a worthy issue. .

All of the characteristics of a first rate world class city? Multiply this by dozens of little incidents every day and you start to realize why some people may regard TO as a junky city even though they live there and were brought up there. Vulgarians? Hicks? Trash? Hearing voices...

And it can spoil the whole day for the suicidee. In most places the barriers - assuming they are of the platform to roof sliding variety - allow for air conditioning of platforms in summer and heating in winter without pouring most of the cool/warm air into the bottomless pit that is the...

Yes Im really sure the rest of the system is delight to behold and would be aesthetically devastated by having sliding barriers. And following from that, let's do nothing anywhere because everything is just fine. Ahhhh Toronto.

Let's stick to what we have: Rather than anything different: That having been said, as already stated, we won't get anything this tasteful. .

OK Torontonians, once again from a great height - DUMP. There is a map like this as a work of art in the Bangkok Centre for Contemporary Art and Culture (maybe not exact name but I can't be bothered googling it; you get the idea of the venue though). It is entitled something like...

Let me be the devil's advocate. First of all, I would agree the guy is nuts if these are the reasons he wants to move to NYC and away from TO. Nevertheless, for what its worth and having lived in Manhattan for over 20 years and still a regular passer-through, taking each of his points in turn...

I would suggest, in all seriousness, that if it looks like a surgical procedure and a few days or more in hospital then it would be worthwhile flying to Thailand. Do some shopping when released and you will not come out behind financially if you attach any value at all to your sense of well-being.

Give credit where credit is due As a periodic resident of Toronto I have watched over the years as service continued to plunge. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse the TTC found another way to add to the dirt and grime, to slow down maintenance and just generally add to the lack of...

Kidding, right?

USA is hardly likely to make a bid for the Summer Olympics until the US Olympic Committee and the IOC mend some badly damaged fences and until Homeland Security is a bit more welcoming of foreigners visiting the country. Canada will pay dearly for its inability to mount a national bid...

This is kind of a scary discussion. Canada suffers from a dysfunctional relationship in the taxing authorities of the three levels of government. It was fine when we were a rural small population country but has long since ceased to be functional. Yeah, let's blame it on Miller, let's blame...

A 32 year old man has sex with someone other than his regular partner and lies about it. Is this news? Unusual? Actually I was glad when I heard he had a regular partner. Before I had always assumed he was too insipid to have any sort of sex with female or male. I have a newly gained...

Just another in an unending stream of "jumping the shark" moments for Toronto.

The video is worthy of someone running for social director of a suburban high school. As far as mayor of a serious city - "Toronto, I think we have a problem."

I think I love the creative use of old newspapers to cover the doors. This exudes class - white glove developer.

Power to the People!

Sleeping on the job Wonderful to see the sleeping TTC fare collector at McGowan go viral. It is attracting quite a few comments at the Torstar website. It stimulated me to wake up - but I'm not on the job - and send the photos of the grunge wall at Bloor and Yonge along with the question of...

Canadians are a modest people........... .

It says a lot for Toronto that this can be considered as routine and acceptable; it will be taken care of, no sweat, have a nice day. It's a bit like the last days of PanAm when lights didn't work, seats wouldn't recline, etc. These were all things that would be taken care of at the next...