wild goose chase
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I was just thinking about this after reading this about Chicago. http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/native-numbers-how-many-chicagoans-were-born-city-109680
The article mentions a common perception that Chicago has many people born in or even having lived generations in the area.
"Tracy Miller noticed something about Chicago when she moved here nine years ago. “I meet many people who say they are native Chicagoans,” she says. “It seems like there are more natives still residing here than in other cities I have lived in.” Miller came here from Austin, Texas. Before that, she’d lived in Dallas and Los Angeles. In all of those cities, she says, “Everybody is from somewhere else.” But Chicago seemed different."
Now, I wonder how Toronto compares. It must be very different considering immigration history but even disregarding immigrants, our city has many who moved from other parts of Canada.
How many people in Toronto can claim to be descended from or have many generations living in the city or its vicinity and how does it compare to other Canadian and possibly US cities? I know you can look at foreign-born stats, but that doesn't tell you stuff like mentioned in the article about Chicago -- how many are born in the city or descend from people with long-standing roots there. Does Canada have these stats?
The article mentions a common perception that Chicago has many people born in or even having lived generations in the area.
"Tracy Miller noticed something about Chicago when she moved here nine years ago. “I meet many people who say they are native Chicagoans,” she says. “It seems like there are more natives still residing here than in other cities I have lived in.” Miller came here from Austin, Texas. Before that, she’d lived in Dallas and Los Angeles. In all of those cities, she says, “Everybody is from somewhere else.” But Chicago seemed different."
Now, I wonder how Toronto compares. It must be very different considering immigration history but even disregarding immigrants, our city has many who moved from other parts of Canada.
How many people in Toronto can claim to be descended from or have many generations living in the city or its vicinity and how does it compare to other Canadian and possibly US cities? I know you can look at foreign-born stats, but that doesn't tell you stuff like mentioned in the article about Chicago -- how many are born in the city or descend from people with long-standing roots there. Does Canada have these stats?
