spider
Senior Member
What happened to that Up and Coming, Highly Desirable Leslieville area?
Leslieville is a great bang for the buck. It's up and coming as you say, without being prohibitively expensive. I'd live there. However, with a higher budget, I'd probably choose The Beach.What happened to that Up and Coming, Highly Desirable Leslieville area?
Not a great selection at that store.Yeah, there's a Rogers Video and Front & Sherbourne (I think). Who rents movies anymore though? That's what the internet is for!
Originally Posted by PukeGreen
Personally, after 6 years in the St. Lawrence Market area, I can't envisioning moving elsewhere. My wife and I would like a bigger place, but we both agree we wouldn't leave the neighbourhood. Anywhere in the King East to Parliament to Esplanade to Yonge box is great, really, and maybe even bit further east than that.
The best thing to me is that it's such a walkable neighbourhood: 3 major grocery chains, the SLM itself, financial district, every bank, the Eaton Centre (once in a while), Dundas Square, Rainbow and AMC theatres, Harbourfront, the Distillery, a zillion restaurants and pubs... are all within a reasonable walk. Plus the King streetcar passes through if you need transit.
Another thing I like is the mix: on King you have furniture stores that sell tables worth half as much as my condo. A block south there are co-op apartments with many low-income tenants and mom-and-pop restaurants with $5 dinner specials. People are from all different backgrounds, ages, income levels, countries, etc, yet there is still a strong sense of neighbourhood with community events, community gardens, etc. While there is still a bit of scruffiness there's not a major visible homeless or panhandling problem. We have a few local street characters but I recognize them in their normal spots, and they are not aggressive like I've experienced other parts of the city.
There are also some beautiful parks (St. James, Berczy, Crombie) and great historical architecture (Distillery, King East, St. James Cathedral, Flatiron, Front and Church, etc.) Finally, the fact that the waterfront and West Donlands developments are now underway will only make this area more vibrant and central in the future. If the DRL ever becomes a reality it would be perfect.
There are no houses there. They're all condos (which is why we didn't stay there). 99% of them are not furnished. (The vast majority of rentals in Toronto are not furnished.)You really DO know how to sell a place! I'm moving over to Toronto early next year (from England) so this thread is proving invaluable.
Puke, what are average rental prices in SLM? I'm either considering a 1 bd place or getting a room in a shared house - but either way, would need it to be furnished.
You sure know how to sell St. Lawrence Market PG. If it wasn't already first on my list as an alternative neighbourhood to live in, I'd have to go back and edit my post!
You really DO know how to sell a place! I'm moving over to Toronto early next year (from England) so this thread is proving invaluable.
There are no houses there. They're all condos (which is why we didn't stay there). 99% of them are not furnished. (The vast majority of rentals in Toronto are not furnished.)
My friends' experiences have been waiting lists of over a year, with no guarantees of course. If you want to rent something quick, it's gonna be a condo (unfurnished).It's not just condos, there are an enormous amount of co-ops in St. Lawrence Market. Market units - 1 bedrooms, $700-900, 2-3 bedrooms $900-$1400 (rough guide). Waiting lists can be from a few months to a year or two, depending on the building and waiting lists for subsidized units are usually longer.
The Annex used to be much quieter, according to those I know who lived there.^who will think of the children?
It's a central neighborhood in a major metropolitan area within walking distance of 2 universities and a few colleges. Do these people expect the placid isolating peace of the suburbs?