^I largely agree with you that streetcars haven't really done this city any favours; if we would have had a full Queen street subway by now, nothing between Parkdale and the Beaches would be more than a one kilometer (15 minute) walk from a subway station and a bus along Dundas and College would have probably done the trick. The threat that streetcar proponents trot out - that the organic, independent retail nature of Queen street would be subsumed by a North York Centre parade of massive condos - is complete rubbish, given that the subway didn't change the fundamental makeup of Bloor west of Spadina, or the Danforth, or most of Yonge street. It, in fact, enhanced it.
Of course, being a streetcar opponent in this city is kind of like being a Republican in San Francisco or a Pequiste in Westmount...you're just not going to be all that popular. Even worse, most streetcar opponents in this city also happen to be CAA types that are anti-transit, in general. You'll have a tough time convincing Torontonians that you don't think that streetcars are the greatest thing since sliced bread, yet you strongly believe in better public transit.
Alas, streetcars have sealed the fate of subways south of Bloor and, with the Transit City plan, for the rest of the city as well.