nfitz
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Another reason is distance.The reason why Pickering, ajax and whitby are so low profile in Toronto is that Durham regions cities are generally very small in comparison to Mississauga Vaughan and Richmond hill plus there are very few jobs in Durham region in comparison to other cities in the region also those 3 cities that you named are all relatively close to subway lines so it simply makes a hell of alot more sense to extend them into neighboring cities that are pretty close to them anyways
If you go to the old centre of the city for measurements - City Hall. Queen and Bay. The distance to Region of York is about 17 km. This distance to Mississauga is about 16 km. This distance to Durham (Pickering) is about 28 km. Heck, it's only 30 km to Halton (Oakville)!
I think people forget how much further Scarborough reaches, compared to Etobicoke. We're talking about extending the Danforth subway to Sheppard and McCowan - 22 km from downtown; it currently goes to Kennedy 16 km from downtown. But no one says anything about the west, where Kipling is less than 14 km from downtown. If we were to go 22 km in the west, it could meet the Cooksville GO station on Hurontario. If you went for 24 km, it would get to Square One - the same distance away as the proposed terminus of the SRT extension at Sheppard East and Markham Road!
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