The Life-Sized City - Toronto, Canada - S01E02 - Full Episode
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- The S01 E02 episode of The Life-Sized City where Mikael takes you to Toronto, Canada.
#urbanism #toronto #canada #immigration #tacticalurbanism
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As someone who lives and breathes this city, loved this video. Are there problems with the city? Yes. Is it growing? Yes. Is it boring though? Hell no, theres always something going on and that's what you get with a dynamic city like Toronto. I get it, a lot of people are frustrated but don't let those frustrated peoples voices deter you from seeing the good the city has to offer. Their situation is not yours either. If you can enjoy the city, you will reallllly enjoy it and don't let anyone tell you other wise.
Its hard to see the good things when you see so much crime and violence happening in the GTA, how many homeless and assorted drug/alcohol/mentally ill people are roaming the streets causing crime and violence and how little our leaders are doing anything about it because they're always afraid of the backlash from 'activists' and certain groups of people who get loud and angry when they don't like something.
I feel like Toronto/GTA could be so much better if it weren't run by people who were so cowardly and/or incompetent and would listen to the quiet majority of people instead of the loud and vocal tiny minority who have far too much influence on what goes on in the city when they should be told to get lost.
@@UzumakiNaruto_ always gotta have a pessimistic answer to an optimistic commenter
@@TheRandCrews I'm sorry but Toronto is the fat girl at the school dance but lacking the sassy, fun personality. It's really-dull, drab, and boring. I travel a lot, and compared to cities like NYC, Miami, LA, Montreal, Toronto seems to lack its own identity and culture and is waaaay behind in many regards. Like the guy said " Toronto waits for other major cities to do new and cool things and copy them 10 years down the road and do it half-ass" Instead, it feels like a watered-down mix of every culture represented here. The architecture is terrible, and city events like Taste of the Danforth or the Asian Night Market are lame. A perfect metaphor is when Toronto paid millions to rent that giant rubber duck one year as "entertainment" for the city. I've lived here since 1989, and I'm really disappointed with what Toronto offers compared to other global-class cities in it's class. Especially when I come back from An Asian city like Seoul, Shanghai, or Toyko I can't help but feel like I've gone backwards in time. I'm starting to consider moving to Montreal.
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@@crystalmethshrimp Maybe you're lacking the sassy, fun personality making it seem dull, drab and boring 🤷♂️ Have fun moving to Montréal 😉
@@zigzag00 you Toronto lovers will continue to deny reality in order to make yourselves feel good about having to exist in this crime against humanity. get out of your bubble. embrace reality.
My realtor asks me, why I love Toronto and not buy in neighbouring city, I needed this video, to remember, how much I love Toronto, and how much of lifeline it is to me. ❤
Toronto has become a lot more bike friendly since this video.
Wasn’t this video released 2 days ago…? Is it old material?
Toronto is a bike lane
@@lours6993
I watched this episode and the entire series a few years back on TV so yeah its old material, but still good.
@@Dabber422 yeah sure buddy
Where is ur smile 😊, that was sarcasm 😂😂
I wish Mikael would do follow-ups to see how these cities have evolved a decade on.
ore devolved in Toronto's case
@@KMcirca82 Nah
That was superb. I luv this city with all my heart. ♥#Toronto
Agreed!
Why? It unaffordable. The traffic is awful. It's increasingly unfriendly. It's increasingly dangerous.
@@stephenh.4476 It's expensive because lots of people want to live here. It's the fastest growing city/region in North America. Traffic is bad because of the forementioned. Like it or not, traffic is a sign of a thriving local economy. Unfriendly and dangerous? No. You must be from a rural area where everyone says hello to each other. It's the safest large city in North America (murder/crime). It doesn't even make the top 20 most dangerous cities in Canada. Look it up. Toronto is nothing like a rural town or village. That's why millions of people want to live here and not there. But yes, it's expensive.
@@stephenh.4476 I agreed. I've been living in this city for 25 yrs now, I think it's time to get out. :( this city isn't how it used to be anymore.
@@chesterfieldjones1055 It's expensive because people from other countries are being let in at rates that the building industry cannot keep up with (also hampered by local politicians preventing construction). Where are these international students and immigrants going to live and work if not Toronto? Traffic is bad because they haven't built enough highways and proper roads (the Allen Rd spadina highway wasn't built to completion, and neither was the crosstown expressway). They constantly close down portions of the Gardiner and Don Valley at terrible times and don't do the work at night. The subway isn't nearly adequate enough for a city Toronto's size.
Ahh, I see now ... this is a re-up from 2017, no wonder I recognized so much as outdated ... things change so quickly here.
a lot of crime, homeless people, immigrants, it is not toronto anymore. it's became a little india
@@trad_view_2023there has always been crime homeless etc thata partt of any big city buts not a lot compared to most cities. It hasn't become little India at all
@@autograndeunlimited no it is a little Monaco 🤣🤣🤣
@@trad_view_2023this is what happens when you spend your entire day watching Rebel News.
Toronto ranks as the 6th most safest city in the world according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index (SCI). The SCI ranked 60 destinations around the world across 57 indicators covering their digital security, health security, infrastructure, and personal safety. Based on this, cities are given a score between 0 and 100.
New York ranked 15th, Los Angeles ranked 17th, Chicago ranked 11th.
@trad_view_2023 way too many indians
Wow!!! I was born in Toronto, but have lived in South Fl for 30 years. This is so inspiring and I can’t wait to visit and hopefully witness some of these initiatives this summer! Thank you!!🙌
@@PunchBuggyDreamsSo you are scared about people knowing more languages and cultures than you. Inferiority complex?
@@thethreatwrestling.7053 Suga sta peepah.
This is a re-upload, right? I definitely recall seeing parts of this before.
@@TookAHikeNowWhat wiki says the episode aired in 2017.
As a Torontonian I really enjoyed this Man U really captured the true essences . I grew up in Kensington lol. Thai video was real Toronto energy for sure. A lot more to see but great video man!
4th generation Torontonian and it is a great city. I believe our identity is a great multi-cultural city. We call them streetcars not trams. My mother used to call the subway the streetcar as it is and was such a part of our city.
If you're visiting Toronto, go to Kensington Market asap, as it's disappearing fast. Dave Meslin gestures to the mural "fruits and vegetables" that, 20 years ago, did symbolize the market. Not now. There is one food store left, used to be around eight. Everything is gentrifying, and it's sad. It's still a great city, overall, though there are increasing problems with drugs and homelessness and infrastructure. All that said, Dave Meslin is a treasure.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Kensington isn't as great as people make it out to be, most of the food isn't that good, it's weirdly expensive but doesn't taste good (relative to the same thing outside the area, yes even compared to small businesses). The service isn't great as the waiters forget about you. FWIW (in my experience) this is more apparent in *non-gentrified* businesses. The park is becoming pretty bad, a lot of very unwell people hanging around there so security is outside all the time. An encampment literally blew up in flames a few months back, and more tents already sprung back up
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I think Kensington is still worth saving and preserving though. Perhaps let it be more a restaurant and bar area and revitalize it as a historic place that Torontonians as well as tourists will want to visit. I really miss the unique neighborhoods that are slowly fading away in Toronto and being gobbled up by big businesses who turn many mom and pop stores into chain stores you can find anywhere else in the city.
80s/90s/early 2000s Toronto really was the best time to live in the city and its been going downhill ever since from quality of life to crime and violence to many great businesses and places that gave Toronto its uniqueness being closed down and torn up for condos and chain stores.
I think the problem with Kensington is thay area should had become pedestrians years ago and the organization in charge of the neighborhood should had followed a similar approach like Parkdale and little Jamaica did. Unfortunately the city doesn't seem to realize that trendy restaurants and overpriced organic shops don't make a community.
"Fear of change, fear of innovation" should be the slogan for Ontario as a whole.
"Toronto could resemble so many other cities..." and it has, in a lot of movies and TV shows.
WoW super vidéo ! Ça fait vraiment plaisir de voir ma ville comme cela. Merci
I just love Scarborough. You know Mike Meyers was from there. Me, I'm a '90s neighbour to Scarborough from North York. Fairview Mall zindabad! Peanut Plaza was the most fun place to drive to! I will never forget those times.
Couldn't beat a Jerk Pork sandwich at Mr. Jerk in the Peanut Plaza.
Enjoy your halal kebobs now.
Mike Myers**
It's back on UA-cam? A while back it was hard to find this episode.
I love TO ❤.... Sweet home!!
little india
@@trad_view_2023 You're thinking of Brampton lol
@@Lol-ww8xd I guess you never been in downtown toronto
very sad that you have such a myopic view of the world.
When was this filmed? I’m one minute in and I was already questioning “how old is this video”. Some of the developments under construction at the time have already been built and those old streetcars were phased out. I’m gonna guess 2015?
Toronto has become a city where the rich can easily afford to live in, much like London or NYC. The rest of us have to live in nearby cities and commute to work.
OR... you could sell everything and retire to Latin America. I dont know why so many people continue to run on the hamster wheel while complaining about it.
Chief Planner is delusional. I lived and worked in Toronto from 88-94. Rode my bicycle downtown to work every day with hundreds of others. Bicycle transport isn’t something new. Love seeing the people taking control of their neighborhoods. The politicians will follow. Maybe. Love Toronto. Great city of the world.
this was done pre covid, opioid homeless crisis did not make a dent yet.
exactly
i like this episode cuz it's pretty optimistic about toronto while the rest of the locals feel like we're in doomer land. he's right though people here are taking iniatives to make the city more comfortable and efficient for everybody. ten years ago honestly toronto was a third of the price and it was pound for pound one of the best cities in the world to live in honestly. it's still dope now it's just more expensive but many cities are the same way
I agree, I hate how negative everyone is acting like Toronto is the only city in the world going through a housing crisis or having homeless people when almost every major city in the world is going through the same and some even worse
@@zigzag00 my theory is that Torontonians and Canadians need to look at other parts of the world and realize this isn't just their issue, this is indeed happening all over the world. I will however say it seems Toronto suburbanites are in denial that they're partially to blame for some of the issues this city is going through, supporting outdated zoning, continuing suburbia in a city, objecting affordable housing. Changes need to happen to continue have a functional city and they know it.
@@MrAlen6e True 💯
My daughter who lives in Tampa came back for a visit and was shocked to see T.O become visibly mostly E. Indian. Like, everywhere.
Release all episodes, please! ❤
Toronto lacks a modern public transportation system and has a poor highway infrastructure. The west part of the city lacks any highways and street cars are are proven to be inefficient. They are there because we can't afford a subway and we can't afford new highways. Not because we don't have the technology, but because housing prices are so unrealistically high in this city that it is impossible to build any infrastructure in the city. Spadina Expressway (Allen Rd) is a prime example of how the city failed building new highways.
I can't watch this, it makes me ill. Please get a stabilizer.
This video is from pre Rona...
A lot has changed here and no one has time for recreational activities with worrying about costs of rent and home prices out of control. People are leaving this shit hole that was once a beautiful world leading metropolis
exactly. I moved to Mexico 3 years ago. best decision of my life.
It’s truly interesting how fast these reviews become so out of date
Jennifer Keesmat blocked me on twitter cause she tweeted that "low income people don't need parking spaces at apartment buildings" and I told her that was crazy to say LMAO
The lack of benches etc. are due to the larger homeless population in the city.
Oh man, this video is outdated. So many more bikeways installed and a ton of transit projects in the works or have completed
and so many more homeless people living under the Gardiner... and legalized drug use centers...
@@RedroomStudios Safe injection sites and methadone clinics have existed here (in Toronto) since the 2000s. The global cost-of-living crisis is what has made conditions worse.
"Epicenter of the Canadian melting pot" is absolutely the opposite. Canadian culture has always been described as a mosaic - distinct, different, forming a tapestry. In school, we contrasted the Canadian mosaic against the American melting pot.
ya, and thats why Canada is going down the toilet so fast. multiculturalism has been proven to be a failed experiment. but instead of slowing it down they speed it up. Canada is on its last legs.
At least with the American model, all foreigners learn to be American first whereas in the Canadian model , all new immigrants act like they're still back in their home countries. It's not uncommon to see immigrants never learning to speak a word of English in Canada. Even after 40 years +.
Please do an update we really need the optimism. 😢
That pigeon rotoscopy at 38:08 😲
I live in greater Toronto. This video has a very slanted view and not realistic at all. No one has time for all of these side projects and art. Everyone is too busy working side hustle to pay rent or mortgage due to high housing cost. Housing here is around 10x income. It has become unaffordable for many and many are going to the US or Alberta for affordable housing
Exactly this video is hard to watch
So much unnecessary bs going on
Instead focus on making homes…
Lived in Toronto for most my life over sixty years plus…None of video strikes home for me…
Who forced you to watch
@@TUXMAN06 who forced you to reply lol
Disagree. This is as real for a number of people. Just because it isn’t your reality doesn’t make it “slanted”. What many Torontonians have in common is saying they’re too busy to get involved.
Main things I've seen change since this aired in 2017: cost of living crisis, opioid crisis + tent cities, mass crime, etc.
a fence keeps ppl and animals from shitting on your lawn. it lets your dog run around. fences arent bad.
this was filmed in 2001!?? damn this is old
Want to make Toronto better license all forms of cycle transportation…
I do not know about this.Hope you will like the style when you pull your curtains and look out and look at something a little bit to creative
I love Toronto but nothing,absolutely nothing is working in this city .
Public transportation is nb one in the city of this size ,what do we have the most primitive system in the world. This is really unbarace
Tell the chow main.
thats what happens when you vote for Marxist politicians at all levels. they claim to be virtuous but in fact have nothing but disdain for average citizens. they know best and they will regulate and tax you to death in order to prove it.
Toronto is currently building the largest expansion of its public transport network of any city in North or South America. Not sure what you’re talking about….public transport isn’t built in a day, and they’ve been trying to make up for the lost 90s and early 2000s when they sat on their hands and did nothing.
to the organizer at thorncliffe park, who do you think is throwing garbage in the park. yes more bins are needed everywhere, but ownness also lies with the ppl
ban cars from toronto and fix public transport, make walking and biking safe and possible. there is not other way around cars ruined this city
Tkaronto is the first name of Toronto…
This video is at least 7 years old. Jennifer Keesmaat, who is interviewed as the chief city planner, ended that job in 2017. I was born and grew up in Toronto - the city is disintegrating - violent, dirty, more dangerous every day.
Nope. Toronto is thriving.
I agree. This is a feel good doc with tons of leftist agenda clips in the story. They even threw in the clip showing Muslims as an example of Toronto's diversity. The city has stabbings and shootings every weekend. It has become a city where only the well off can afford to own a house. Many Torontonians have left the city for cheaper pastures. The people in Toronto are often rude and impatient with any outsiders. The city council mentioned in the video are a bunch of spoiled entitled brats who play unethical politics, using the people of Toronto as pawns.
BS!!!
You obviously don't travel outside 🍁 😂
Today also known as little Mumbai. yes Toronto could really resemble many other cities... in India. Thank you Trudeau. Toronto used to be a great city...
Racist
Immigration to Canada existed before Trudeau was elected in 2015. I don’t know if you‘re aware of this.
@@algonquin91 balanced and wholesome. not like what happened recently
720p? what is this 2010?
newsflash... videos like this are about content, not about video quality. the only content where you need higher than 720p is sports and porn.
Then go watch 144p movies if you're so content with low quality productions like its a decade ago. @@RedroomStudios
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The only amalgamation shoulda been Old City/York/East York
why does that even matter? Toronto only did it so they could claim to be a bigger city than Chicago.
First couple of sentences and it's already wrong. New York skyscrapers are made with steel. Toronto skyscrapers are made with concrete.
All really tall skyscrapers are made with steel these days. No one is using concrete or brick outside of using it as a facade.
@@UzumakiNaruto_ no they are not. The point of my comment is that materials used from ancient times to today still rely on availability and cost of transport. These and other factors have helped shape the type of urban environments we have.
@@robertblue3795 all steel construction !!! You are probably confused when you see the central core with the elevators going up the middle. The steel skeleton then surrounds that.
@@johnmorrison9758 I've been a practicing architect in Toronto for 35 years. Here in Toronto, concrete is the primary material for the structural component of tall buildings.
@@robertblue3795 I was mainly commenting on the original comment that New York used all steel while we used concrete, which is nonsense. I didn't say we don't use concrete.
This is what UA-cam is for! Getting those ideas out there, we the people can proactively make positive change, not by violent riots, but by carefully thought out strategic works. (See 23:00 ) #guerillaurbanism
30:20 FIX THE ZONING LAWS!!!
What's your favorite Canadian city and why?
Quebec City. Creative. Beautiful. Looks good. Tastes good.
Toronto is definitely my second. Big, bold, diverse, exciting, gritty in a good way.
@@aaronlutes3200 Quebec City has that historic vibe to it. Plus the food choices are amazing. Montreal is a great city too.
Sudbury because if you make it through the winter you then know you have the balls of a brass monkey.
toronto, so much to do and see
@@trash_pandaaaaa
Toronto probably is the most busy city in Canada for the number of things you can do here, but at the same time alot of its history is being torn down or renovated for condos and chain stores and a fair bit of its history is also being changed because of SJWs being offended/complaining about every little real or perceived bad thing that happened in history that needs to be corrected even when the majority of the population doesn't want that change.
Biggest example is the changing of Yonge/Dundas Square and the attempted change of the entire Dundas street name because some idiot gathered 14,000 ONLINE SIGNATURES not even real life signatures, just online ones and that was enough for John Tory to push through a motion to change the Dundas street name with no consultation with the public whatsoever. Only reason it hasn't been done yet is because of the ever increasing cost to the city to do it when its facing a huge budget deficit.
Toronto is the Prime example of Champagne Sociaism failing .. and congratulations u got duped into interviewing 1 😂
007 never shows up it's not world-class. Best in Canada, Vancouver or Q.C. It wants to be post modern. Post history, post imagination.
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Toronto resembles a cookie cutter ugly city no idea whose in charge of passing construction on buildings but seriously this city is the worst generic cookie cutter garbage of a city ive lived in it needs a complete redesign with actual architect not rectangles all over in the sky
Love india 2.0😍😍
Most tagging is for drug territory demarcation.
remove gardiner expressway! Give us the land back!
Boring city. High cost of everything
Imagine thinking this lol
Toronto is really-dull, drab, and boring. I travel a lot, and compared to cities like NYC, Miami, LA, Montreal, and San Diego, Toronto seems to lack its own identity and culture and is waaaay behind in many regards. Like the guy said " Toronto waits for other major cities to do new and cool things then copy them 10 years down the road and do it half ass" Instead, it feels like a watered-down mix of every culture represented here. The architecture is terrible, and city events like Taste of the Danforth or the Asian Night Market are really lame. I've lived here since 1989, and I'm really disappointed with what Toronto offers compared to other global-class cities in it's class. Especially when I come back from An Asian city like Seoul, Shanghai, or Toyko I can't help but feel like I've gone backwards in time. Considering moving to Montreal.
Came back from Harbin China with my Chinese girlfriend. Man that city rocks and make this kraphole pale by comparison. What a beautiful and enchanting city Harbin is.
Toronto is soulless, and the only culture thriving there is Indian. They've squashed any semblance of its English heritage. French is only restricted to a small area around Midtown (Eglinton). Housing is ridiculously overrpriced for a city with a mismanaged lake front blocked by a highway, glass condos, and the Toronto Islands which are underdeveloped parkland with wasted potential.
YES.
L take
This feels racist :D!
As a latino growing up in Toronto in the 90s and getting to move and visit different cities throughout my life, I came to realize how privileged I was to grow up in such an ethnically diverse city, one in which I never experienced racism and thought it was a thing of the past that only mentally unwell people thought.
Yes there was only one "token" white kid in my year (the rest had parents or grandparents from italy, portugal, taiwan, phillipeans, jamaica, pakistan, mexico, argentina etc., etc.,) who played hockey and only met more "white" people my age in Mississauga in the 2000s and later in University in Ottawa. The reason was because people with money (who had been in Canada for generations) moved to areas with bigger land/houses and more "safety" (e.g., monoculture).
English "heritage" of a land that was colonized isn't that much of a worry, the city is better being a multicultural haven in the world.
Real estate and lack of community development-wise,though I agree, though I think community development it has improved since the 00s, without a question.
“Public art” = Trash graffiti. Don’t do public art unless your last name happens to be Medici...
Toronto is new capitol of India
Istvanhuszar1816 is the new capital of using the wrong homynym for zero-value comments
I left Toronto. Too many Indians
lol is this a bot or board racist posting all these comments?
Ahh...that's a bit of the Toronto I remember. These days keep that fence up or you will get broken into or worse. I wish we could go back to the days when this city was cleaner, friendlier, realistic and life was affordable...
I wish ppl didn’t vote for Doug ford, just seems like a things took a turn for the worst since he got elected
Thanks again, as a Torontonian we have a lot to improve on.
Never seen this show before but it looks and sounds exactly like another show, Waterfront Cities of the World. Everything from the graphics, music, cinematography, and interview style is the same. Maybe it's the same production team.
Agreed. Urbanization and environmental topics. Not much talking about food
Ask people who drive what they think of the absolutely shitty merger of bikes and cars on the road at the same time. I've lived in 5 different canadian cities for multiple years.
Toronto is big and there's a large population. But planning, structure, people, and everything in between............it's total shit. And yes I've lived here for 5 years as well in multiple areas including the outskirts like Sauga, Brampton etc. too.
And, I drive/travel across the whole GTA all the time including core Toronto quite a bit to see what's what. You're looking at any other big city, with big city problems.
What a dump city.
exactly
If ita a dump city then everywhere else is worse than a dump
@@trad_view_2023says the one dumping hate comments everywhere
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Compared to what it use to be Toronto/GTA is a shell of its former self. Look at UA-cam videos of what Toronto in the 80s, 90s and up to the early 2000s looked like and how vibrant the city was with its own vibe. Now its just glass condos and other assorted soulless buildings to go along with big box and chain stores everywhere while mom and pop stores that made Toronto so interesting are closing down everywhere.
And lets not even talk about the huge increases in violence and crime and tons of white collar crimes that were never this bad even 15-20 years ago. At least a couple of times a week I'll get scam calls or messages telling about how my accounts are compromised and I need to take immediate action etc. That never happened as much as it does now 20 years ago. And lets not even mention that there's a shooting or stabbing happening everyday somewhere in the GTA when before this was never the case decades ago.
@UzumakiNaruto_ no its not. How was it vibrant then and not now? If anything before it wasn't vibrant at all super dull barwlt any skyscrapers or people or attractions meanwhile now it looks gorgeous, beautiful skyline tons of restaurants and attractions lots more parks and people out
LMAO define soulless so beatiful condos soaring high with a beatiful skyline is soulless but stacked outdated bricks aren't? LOL mom and pop shops aren't closing down at all they are evolving they still exist alive and well intermingled
Wrong as a percentage crime including white collar crime is still very low especially considering the massive population increase
The scam calls have nothing to do with Toronto and are a global phonomena the fact you actually tried blaming that on Toronto is hilarious and shows you have no clue what you're talking about. Not to mention scam android phones can automatically block spam calls for a long time now
There isn't a shooting or stabbing everyday you are heavily exaggerating and by that logic that would be a reality in any big city especially as populations continue to increase heavily. As a percentage Toronto has one of the lowest crimes of any big city.
Just admit you're salty and being overly nostalgic and biased instead of acknowledging the objective truth. Toronto has better transit better entertainment better skyline better attractions better life overall if it got worse then people wouldn't keep moving here and prices wouldn't be so high and in demand. Try again
wow, great series and good commentary. want more of this for world class cities
there was an entire series covering many cities... all these episodes are from like 10 years ago.
Posted 8 days ago but copyright 2017. Before proceeding to watch it I have my doubts that it is current. Let`s see, shall we....
Maybe some clarity at the beginning of the description of `originally aired .......` would have been helpful.
you are right. but there is a ton of old content that is constantly being added to youtube.
I've lived in Toronto for 50 years and have never heard one person call a street car a Tram. They have always been simply known as street cars. I don't know where you got that idea from.
I'm from Denmark. Most of the world says tram. I was being inclusive for our wider audience.
He did say a bit later that Toronto called them streetcars. I was surprised when he said tram.
10 years too late. It went to shit
agree
Such a nice blast from the past, nice to see how far we have progressed since then.
The host of this doc looks like he would be a Blue Rodeo fan.
It's all fun and games until.... you can't get around because of gridlock, parks are taken up by encampments, renting or buying a home is out of reach for most, public transit only works sometimes, you can smell urine and pot everywhere, food costs a fortune, everything is under construction all the time, your neighborhood is full of drug addicts bent over in a fentanyl stupor, your car may be stolen from your driveway, squatters don't pay rent for months and there's nothing you can do about it as a landlord, you get knifed for no reason, and so it goes. Not quite the paradise you might think.
This all comes down to one problem: lack of housing. Seriously, even public transit, drug addictions, and heavy traffic.
Don’t forget boring.
Toronto is homelessness personified…
Accurate
@@marihutten And somehow someway over three million people call Toronto home…Toronto is an acquired taste and not for the folks weak of heart.
Guess the good of Toronto outweighs the bad. Keeps people coming on board. Toronto is still young struggling with a bad case of adolescence acne right now. A growth spurt Toronto will survive through…
Is this guys voice really this loud? Good video though. Grew up in T.O but def glad I’m out. Too flat and spread out(car centric)
Is this like a 10 year old doc?
This episode originally aired in 2017. How much things have changed in such a relative short time and much of it for the worse.
@@UzumakiNaruto_ looks like 2004 much better now
It's so important to have context. As someone who's experienced Toronto from the 70's to the present, Toronto has lost so much MOJO its beyond belief. Unless you knew how good it used to be, you have no idea just what a boring, talentless, uncreative, proto-3rd world kumdump it has become. It has fallen so far, I feel I need to abandon my dream city of my birth.
"Toronto has no real identity" officially stated in this video...I guess it's not urban legend :/
My parents immigrated to toronto from Portugal. I wish they didn't leave the azores lol
Is was poor in the 70s
@stevenchow408 I know, people were poor but their was lots of food. The farming was amazing and the ocean in your backyard!! the fish and seafood is so good there. My grandparents had lots of land that they farm on. It'd just beautiful in the azores
@stevenchow408 the housing was paid for because it would get pass down and lots of land to build on
@@marksousa8595 they came to Canada seeking a better life. And some did very well.
I've been to the Azores and it's nice, but of all the places I've traveled in the world, Toronto tops the list! Are you able to move to the Azores? If so, why not go there?
This is solid. Clearly influenced by Bourdain... but in the best way. Love to see it.
Super❤
You totally missed the mark with this doc. This is not the Toronto most people experience, whether they live or work there.
Great
was, long time ago, now it is a dump
@@trad_view_2023
It was great that Michael had made a new episode.
@@Jakob_DK ok
No its not cope harder @@trad_view_2023
Editor needs a raise because downtown Toronto is usually crack central, didnt see any in the video. Nice!
The best part of visiting Toronto is leaving it.
Seems like a bunch of comrades from Leningrad.
Missing a lot here. This is absolutely not the experience of most people who live in Tdot. I spend years saving up to escape that hellish city. Ugh. What an expensive woke dump! You forgot the homelessness, trash, gridlock, expenses, rent, pollution, hours and hours to get to work, (did I mention homeless people and garbage everywhere?), crime increasing, inept police, awful lefty politicians, piles of destructive illegal immigrants and refugees, endless overdosing, fentanyl, empty culture, no night life, parks overrun by tent cities, addicts, nothing for families, gender madness in every school and daycare.... etc... #tdotsucks #nothanks. #notreality
As someone who has been in Torontos for some years now , it interesting seeing the way Toronto has change in the last couples of years. This city use to compete with Montreal but now its so far behind in urbanism its not even trying. This city still incredible but self interest and individualism continues to lead this city and now thats catching up to everyone to a point even the wealthiest residents cant avoid.
Toronto now looks like india
Where are images of the diversity of people downtown Toronto? They do exist. They did not all disappear to the suburbs!
You don't see much blacks or minorities downtown it's too expensive. You will lots of international students.
@@TUXMAN06 yuo see everyone downtown, black white asian european
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Are you crazy? Toronto has been a majority minority city for a while now and you'll see a ton of minorities downtown living, working and walking around there.
@@UzumakiNaruto_ It's one of the best features of the cities. We have some of the best carribean food, Indian food, chinese food, thriving polish and phillipino cultures and a global city with minimal racism (source: only experienced racism when I left the city as an adult) - would be curious to hear from others.
Agreed on the expensiveness though.
This video is giving me so much nostalgia of how toronto was like 10 years ago. Now it's kind of a dump. Everything falling apart, homelessness everywhere, theft and crime. 😢 These useless lockdowns and terrible majors and province PM ruined this once awesome city. I bet if this was done now most of the businesses shown here don't exist anymore and went bankrupt due to the longest lockdown in the world after Argentina and I bet most of these volunteer workers don't have time to volunteer since you need at least to jobs to afford living here.
Too many East Indians now.
is that gordon ramsay?