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Sorry if my personal anecdotes are droll. Droll means comical, amusing, whimsical. You have not made a single droll comment in your history on UrbanToronto. Your opinions, as many have stated, are negative and boring and unsubstantiated.
I am not fooled by statistics because I have seen first hand how they are used to bludgeon and silence - even when they are wrong. Here's the trouble with personal experiences. I am not young, I wager that I've travelled more than you, and I've only once in 17 years been called "fag" in Toronto. Therefore, Toronto is safer than say, Vancouver, where it happened to me several times in just two years.
It's no wonder newcomers are living 8 to an apartment because they can't afford the rent. I know two newcomers who moved to Toronto this summer, they are living 1 and 2 to an apartment. That is my personal experience. They are the only two people I can think of who have moved here. Therefore, no one is living eight to an apartment, as you claim.
Have we had enough with the personal experiences? Do you need more?
Back on topic:
The fact that Toronto is on a list of most expensive cities has everything to do with the Canadian dollar's rise, and says nothing particularly interesting about the city apart from a comparison of price. You and no-one else has made the claim that our inclusion on a financial list means that we "compare" with Moscow, to which you take such apparent umbrage. Does Moscow really compare with London? Does Oslo? Is that what the list is saying? Or have you in fact hijacked the post with your "Toronto sucks" mantra
By the way, hon, if Toronto is so terrible and you've been called a fag here and it offends your very delicate sensitivities for it to be compared with Moscow, could I suggest something? Go to Moscow's pride parade. Moscow – 27 May 2007: Arrests and violent attacks marred today's Moscow Gay Pride events. Around 20 lesbian and gay campaigners were arrested. Many were abused, threatened and assaulted. I'd be very interested to hear of your own personal experiences there, and how Toronto and Moscow ought not be compared in any way.
Now, that's droll.
I am not fooled by statistics because I have seen first hand how they are used to bludgeon and silence - even when they are wrong. Here's the trouble with personal experiences. I am not young, I wager that I've travelled more than you, and I've only once in 17 years been called "fag" in Toronto. Therefore, Toronto is safer than say, Vancouver, where it happened to me several times in just two years.
It's no wonder newcomers are living 8 to an apartment because they can't afford the rent. I know two newcomers who moved to Toronto this summer, they are living 1 and 2 to an apartment. That is my personal experience. They are the only two people I can think of who have moved here. Therefore, no one is living eight to an apartment, as you claim.
Have we had enough with the personal experiences? Do you need more?
Back on topic:
The fact that Toronto is on a list of most expensive cities has everything to do with the Canadian dollar's rise, and says nothing particularly interesting about the city apart from a comparison of price. You and no-one else has made the claim that our inclusion on a financial list means that we "compare" with Moscow, to which you take such apparent umbrage. Does Moscow really compare with London? Does Oslo? Is that what the list is saying? Or have you in fact hijacked the post with your "Toronto sucks" mantra
By the way, hon, if Toronto is so terrible and you've been called a fag here and it offends your very delicate sensitivities for it to be compared with Moscow, could I suggest something? Go to Moscow's pride parade. Moscow – 27 May 2007: Arrests and violent attacks marred today's Moscow Gay Pride events. Around 20 lesbian and gay campaigners were arrested. Many were abused, threatened and assaulted. I'd be very interested to hear of your own personal experiences there, and how Toronto and Moscow ought not be compared in any way.
Now, that's droll.