kEiThZ
Superstar
Whoaccio and northstar:
Well said...and worth repeating...both your comments.
Canada is still a rural nation at heart. And suburbs, are just our way of keeping the countryside in the city. The Canadian (and American dream) is literally a patch of land, not a small condo on Yonge. Canada is urbanizing but until the rest of Canada catches up to us (psychologically anyway) we should be more welcoming of their views....to attract their support and dollars.....
In my experience, the problem lies in how little most Torontonians have travelled through the rest of Canada, resulting in them understanding very little about what Canadians value.
This in turn, prevents us from becoming a centre of Canadian culture. The Brits may hate London or the French may hate Paris, but no Brit or French citizen would want to see those cities taken down a notch. They understand that world class cities represent the nation on the world stage. Canadians don't get that because Toronto and most Torontonians seem foreign (dare I say it...almost American) to them. Indeed, it may seem odd, but I have found that the Prairie folks have more in common with the Maritimers than they do with Torontonians....that should not be the case. Toronto should be face of Canada. That can only happen when us city folk learn to appreciate our fellow canucks more.....
Moose milk anyone? (If you don't get the reference...you haven't travelled enough!)
Well said...and worth repeating...both your comments.
Canada is still a rural nation at heart. And suburbs, are just our way of keeping the countryside in the city. The Canadian (and American dream) is literally a patch of land, not a small condo on Yonge. Canada is urbanizing but until the rest of Canada catches up to us (psychologically anyway) we should be more welcoming of their views....to attract their support and dollars.....
In my experience, the problem lies in how little most Torontonians have travelled through the rest of Canada, resulting in them understanding very little about what Canadians value.
This in turn, prevents us from becoming a centre of Canadian culture. The Brits may hate London or the French may hate Paris, but no Brit or French citizen would want to see those cities taken down a notch. They understand that world class cities represent the nation on the world stage. Canadians don't get that because Toronto and most Torontonians seem foreign (dare I say it...almost American) to them. Indeed, it may seem odd, but I have found that the Prairie folks have more in common with the Maritimers than they do with Torontonians....that should not be the case. Toronto should be face of Canada. That can only happen when us city folk learn to appreciate our fellow canucks more.....
Moose milk anyone? (If you don't get the reference...you haven't travelled enough!)
