Really glad to see you back in toronto.❤ After graduating from college, my son spent almost a year looking for a job in Toronto.He just bought a car and now he finally works nine to five. Thank God.
Watching the "like" counter go crazy. You got some attention with this one. Lots more Toronto-lovers-to-be out there! Also building the suspense for your reveal. Tricky - great as usual.👏
I agree, I was about to leave myself but then i got an electric scooter and started to explore the city more and wow, its got marinas, beaches, parks along the lake. The winters got warmer and the summers cooled off, its like a paradise for weather here now too, as far as 4 seasons go anyway. Just enough rain and sunshine mixed in. I had an urge to go back to LA but keep asking myself why, Toronto has everything, its just missing one thing, the magic. But thats for the people of the city to make.
Toronto has so much festivals, concerts, activities going on all year that if you get bored of Toronto your bored of life. Toronto is Canada's New York. Great video Alina and great points.
0:48 Wow, This is such a wonderful park and The sky is clear. I can't believe how beautiful this city is, This is such an amazing city and I can't believe you're there. Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us, Have a great day Alina.
There are many beautiful parks in Toronto, I mean, many... several waterfront parks, High Park, Edwards Garden, Sunnybrook, Humber River park, Rouge Valley, these would be the biggest ones + many smaller ones.
Thank you for this amazing video about Toronto. I have already been to many major cities in many countries, and Toronto is my favorite city and Canada is my favorite country.
Hi Alina. Glad you come around to Toronto. 😊 Toronto will always welcome you no matter where you move to. Despite all the not-so-great development, you can be sure that it is still 'home.'
Oh so super Toronto positive! Love it and thank you for the Toronto guide. Lived here all my life and new restaurants are always on my list to try 😊Glad you’re enjoying your time here
Nigthlife is amazing too. The best in Canada, not even close if you have been to other provinces. I party my asses off in my 20s -30s there. Was the best time in my life. That was late 90s thru 2000s. You always things goin on from Thursday till Sundays whatever youre into , clubbing, events, partys, its a very diverse selections. The vibe is always energetic in Tdot. Im always up for partying weekends , was so addictive.
Everyone experiences the same night, but everyone's darkness is different. Love and greetings from Turkey to the people who keep hope alive with beauty.
As a Torontonian, it sure is nice to jump on the GO for a daytrip/weekend to visit anywhere along the lines. $10 all you can ride on weekends and holidays, $15 each ride all day when in a group of at least 2 during the week. Peterborough and Niagara Falls to list a couple of places.
I lived in Toronto in 2005, worked on minimum wage, had a place of my own, savings and a used civic. That's right, on minimum wage. I did like working a lot, always did, loved my coworkers so to me work is always just fun so I was always there until close, then i would go out, just ample energy as well and would open the next morning lol That's no longer the case. So, you gotta ask yourselves, why would you live there?
You could do that in NYC in the 90s too. By 2005 though the rents went sky high as Gen Y getting out of college and flocking to NYC driving up demand. I imagine same thing happened to Tronno.
I just wanna say that I discovered your youtube channel about an hour ago and can't stop watching your content 😅 I think I will listen to your peaceful voice every time I want to sleep. Love from boring Ottawa ❤
Hello I just subscribed, great video I really wanna visit Toronto I’ve never been there I definitely wanna go there next year hopefully it’s worth it! :)
We live here 7+ years after Saskatoon and yes my wife in film industry as well..but I miss Saskatoon in certain ways and I think people are nicer there.)
@@James-el6lj Huge country. Surely not Delhi or Mumbai. Darjeeling? Why not Nepal? My good friend Christine went to Kashmir via Delihi I as about the risks for women. Said "I just use my elbows". From ancient times, India has treated women with contempt. "No one killed Jessica" the movie captured a message for women.
Toronto is a great place to live. All major western cities have the same problems, especially since the conflict in the Middle East. Good luck in your new home and looking forward to your videos.
Thank you very much for your videos.They not only help me learn about different knowledge from other places, but also assist me in learning English. Your speaking speed and accent are very suitable for practicing English listening. I'm looking forward to more of your videos, and best wishes to you.
@@AlinaMcleod You could visit Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, Northwestern Territories; Kuujjuaq, Quebec; Iqaluit, Nunavut, Baffin Island . . . just to say you've been there, and we haven't.
Toronto is a dream place where is full of energy and opportunity that comes with a price, an expensive one which I don't think it's worth it. Leaving Canada for good is top of my bucket list!
I agree with the fact that most larger cities in North America are going through a large cost of living crisis-Canada and the US, but visits are always nice!
I believe the rain stops overnight. The forecast of a sunny weather is tomorrow. It's good to live here since I'm not renting. It's worth investing in a property in Toronto. Before you know it, the value appreciates very well over the years. Everything is going up and I'm not bothered. I always look at the positive side. I L😍VE T😃R😃NT😍.
I'm born & raised in Toronto, and it'll always be 'Home', but I had to leave, and moved to Alberta. Not Calgary, but in the mountains. The cost of living in Toronto is ridiculous. Also, the vibe has changed. It's changed a little too much...in a direction I don't like. I'll always go back home to visit family & friends, but just like people in small towns outgrow their hometown, I guess I outgrew mine.
Interesting perspective about the weather in Toronto vs Saskatchewan. I always found that winter was much more enjoyable in Saskatchewan because despite the cold, it was always sunny and there was consistently powdered snow, whereas Toronto winter is generally grey skies with periods of mud wet snow for a few months.
I agree about the nature and food . Toronto also promotes ambition and positivity. If you work and live close to each other and have accommodation sorted it is pretty good However , traffic is a right off disaster and there is out of control crime including random TTC and street violence sometimes extreme random violence which I believe is because of growing poverty and mental health. Is it livable ? It all depends on your personal situation, income and accommodation. If you are a foreigner from second tier country I would say it’s incredible for opportunity but you’ll have to work 25 to 30 years long hours if you are starting from scratch . I miss Toronto but I couldn’t do the gta driving or work in the gta . I had to escape to the Georgian Bay region for 10 years to gain my sanity . Now I’m in Europe. In spit of everything I’d say “ never say never “ When it comes to returning to the big smoke Torono
Yes, Toronto is a great city - I lived there for years when I was just out of university and still enjoy going back there to visit. But the cost/benefit analysis shifts when you get older and start a family. Then housing costs and good neighbourhoods are king, and the Arts scene is less important. My adopted city of Ottawa is much better for families and has a great balance of nature, culture, opportunity and affordability. After living in Ottawa for a decade I looked at jobs in Toronto and Vancouver (which I also love) but there is no way I could afford to live in either of those cities, and sacrifice so many of the benefits of living in Ottawa.
I had a friend who was a multi millionaire and lived in Toronto for most of his life. He had a beautiful home there and he told me that you really need to have a great deal of money to enjoy living there.
As an ex Canadian I agree with your list of reasons people choose to live in Toronto! Montreal would be in the running except for two reasons: language and the harsh winter. Of course, that’s somewhat compensated for by the underground city and the excellent metro but for many living on an island is an adjustment and the culture shock of living in a predominantly francophone society, means its not as immediately welcoming as Toronto. If Toronto weren’t insanely expensive, it would much bigger than its current size and in that regard, who knows what the future holds. Alina, thanks for your review of your favourite city in Canada, stay blessed and looking forward to your next video! 😊
Thank you! Yes, Montreal is a great city as well and you can get by with English, but if you don't speak French it really would be challenging because you're living in a Francophone province.
@@AlinaMcleodMontreal is worth learning French for, in my opinion. It's the best city in Canada. Winter is everywhere in Canada in some shape or form anyway; just have to adapt or snowbird. I'm over Toronto after 9 years here. I'm looking for a change!
Where did you move to that was much cheaper? Just curious as it is insanely expensive around the world now. But, 6,700,000 people manage to make it work here, including me... and I am far, far from rich! 😄
Lived in Toronto for 4 months also recently for 1 week tour family vacation. Lived in Calgary for 20 years. Now in Vancouver since 2017. For me Vancouver is the best. Good energy from mountain and ocean.
One of my relative families had been living in downtown Toronto for more than three decades, they just gave up pensions and sold all their properties then moved back to Hong Kong China three years ago, inflation, drugs, crimes and homeless were the main factors drove them doing so.
Interesting as three years ago none of those things were really brought up as glaring issues in Toronto except by non big city people, and they probably benefited a lot from the real estate prices having multiple properties.
@@froggerc625 They did, they owned around ten apartments and few shops in downtown. And about the first half part you mentioned, mate, I could only say you guys could really tolerate, I visited them in 2019 before covid for about a week after finishing my tour in the states, and I saw quite some homeless people on the streets everyday of that week, and also drugs problem was already quite severe, not as severe as in the US especially if you compare with Chicago and LA I would say, but definitely not something a citizen should not be worried about, in my opinion.
may have been a choice back then. not during, after covid, when china cracked down and imposed their commie rules. Rather druggies than living next to commies.
funny that in other youtube videos that show hong kong ppl wanting to flee hk and go to to other countries like the UK due to ccp in china cracking down on hong kong ppl. am i right or wrong on this?
Hey Alina, while you're in town, make sure to check out the Well and the area around Portland and Adelaide. This is the hippest, happening-est place in TO right now!! We'll always be happy to see you back here. Maybe you could try arranging meetups when you come back to Canada from your travels? So many Canadians are having second thoughts about life here because of the cockups instigated by all three levels of government. They don't realize that people are more mobile than ever and don't have to stick around where they aren't treated well and pay through the nose to maintain a reasonable standard of living. I will always have a home base here, but I hope to travel much more myself in future. 😉
Just walked past you in the downtown area! Wanted to say to you in person, but didn't want to freak you out! Really good to see you though. All the best with your move! Take good care of yourself.
Great video, been years since I last visited Toronto, and as a baseball fan they are the only Canadian city with a major league team (The Blue Jays) I also agree 100% with your take on transit. I haven't driven in 10 years living in the Greater Vancouver area I can get anywhere easily and cheaply. Heck I did some hiking right downtown recently and the Rapidbus and Skytrain get me there even faster than If I did drive. Take care and look forward to the next one.
What do I miss about Toronto ? Casa Loma, which is basically a castle in the city ( CNE ) Canadian National Exhibition ( ROM ) Royal Ontario Museum. What I don't like about Toronto ? It's overcrowded, it's noisy, too much traffic. Always construction going on in the city which contributes to the noise sounds in Toronto.
Love Toronto but still a West Coaster in my heart. Just did 2 vlogs back home in Van after being away a few years and loved it (minus the sticker shock!)
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As a Torontonian, I think my favourite cities include New York City and Singapore: New York City, when it comes to its opportunities and attractions and Singapore when it comes to its cleanliness, weather, attractions and public transport. Toronto is probably one of the cities I would rank near the bottom of the barrel, high cost of living, inefficient public transportation system, rising crime, and sometimes depressing weather.
Lived in Toronto for 2 years and visited periodically since. It certainly has the many good points you mention but has historically derived from what I will call a very 'straight laced' conservative past. In 1984 to 1986 the entire city shut down at about 12.30am. Can't go anywhere. Super hard to get home due to very limited bus transport, can't find any cabs anywhere. Forced to walk long distances in snow with freezing windchill effect. Taking 20 minutes to get the key in the door due to the cold numb hands, then putting your hands under hot water for 5-10 minutes to defreeze them. That was super weird and represented for me the conservative character of the city back then. Very stoic lot which is not a bad thing. Lacked vitality for me back then given a full on fun based Sydney upbringing of those days and then ventures over lots of Europe. Queen Street West best on offer as an arty/music/creative/lively area back then. The overall 'straight' edge lifestyle has changed somewhat now but for me cemented a general conservative attitude into the mindset of most living there. Sorry - but this impression has stuck with me. My experiences of Montreal is it is a lot livelier. Flying over Toronto these days it is amazing how large the urban area has extended.
had a boat ride on the Lake with my girlfriend at the time in 1996, my cousin Jane lives in Scarborough so when she knew I was in Toronto she took us to the Airport, nice seeing our Jane after her brothers wedding in 1990, loving these videosAlina, thanks from Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East England
You're just a Newfie, In a Calgary hat. (A medley I heard in 1986, sailing from St. John's, back down to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. On the ferry. No kidding🎉❤😊!
Ha ha. San Jose fits almost all your criteria: vibrant downtown, very diverse neighborhoods, nature, job opportunity, decent transportation, relatively friendly people and culture/art. Best weather in the world: Jan. hi 60 low 43, July hi 84 and low 60. Very little rain. Now, has a lot of cheap and great housing, thanks to the city and state. It cool affordable housing for the artist downtown for only $800 a month.
Makes me want to visit Toronto. On a side note, I lived in Montreal from 1994 to 1996. That was a great time. I was in my party phase, mid 20’s. I think that’s why I loved it; it’s not a place for ambition - that’s what Toronto is for. Montreal is different. That’s where you move if you are a die hard Canadian socialist republican revolutionary
I was living in Toronto, now I am in Regina. Toronto is the city with entertainment and food, but I think it is the most depressing city in Canada in this moment.
TOOOO busy, TOOOO fast, TOOOO expensive...great for short term visits as I did many times when in Business. For a young person,,,maybe if they can afford to live there....thats my take on Toronto.
haha I'm laughing at all the sufferers of Toronto derangement syndrome in the comments who are outraged that you dared to say that you consider it to be the best city in Canada. There are more positive comments though, which is nice to see. Good video, Alina.
My family lives in Toronto, insanely expensive, farr prefer Thailand, no comparison actually. Just got my DTV Visa for Thailand for my wife and I, 5 years, can't go wrong. Good luck with your Visa to Eastern Europe
Great video! Definitely made me happy about living here regardless of the outrageous rent price 😆 Quick question: do you shoot your videos on DJI Osmo Pocket 3? If so, do you shoot in Log and color grade later? Thanks!
Toronto is definitely on my bucket list of cities to visit someday, I get the impression from your videos and others here on UA-cam that it would be my kind of city for a creative person like myself where I could thrive and make good connections. I also don't own a car and I get around using public transport and walking so when you said Toronto has a good transit system, that gave it another plus in the book for me. Great video and also cool idea with making a Google Maps travel guide for people new to Toronto! :)
Toronto is a good place to live, if you can afford it. It's not about world-class tourist attractions; there are better cities for that. Although visiting nearby Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake (wine country) is great.
I not been Tronno since I a wee lad. I visit a childhood friend. I have great memories of Tronno. I saw Sky Dome. I went on this cruise through some nice marshy area, I dont know. Niagara Falls is close by. It really is a beautiful city. A world class city. But it is has NYC prices and NYC problems.
Alina, Toronto will always have a soft spot in my heart❤ We have friends that still live there. Great Memories. Great Food. Great People. Perhaps, one day we could do a meet up there. Sending much love❤ from Washington DC Harriet, Jim and Yuki P.S. Hope all is well with your travel and visa documents
Don't know if it was on purpose or not (seems like it was), but, the pronunciation of Toronto in the editing kept me smiling throughout the vid. Shot of Toronto: pronounce it like a native Torontonian. Shot of other cities: pronounce it like someone not originally from there. Nice!
My husband and I live an hour outside of Toronto and actively look for ways to avoid going to there. It's a chaotic and stifling combination of traffic congestion, pollution, people, and concrete, in addition to all of the other unfortunate things plaguing almost every major city in Canada now - including extremely high rates of homelessness, and rampant drug addiction.
I agree that in terms of Canadian cities, Toronto is still the overall best choice. At the same time, I think that’s also why I want to spend a lot more time outside of the country. Toronto itself is far from ideal. The weather sucks (I get it, Saskatchewan is worse but Toronto weather still sucks), the traffic is horrendous, it’s too expensive for the value that it offers and the people are really not that friendly (yes they are polite but not a very strong sense of community, everyone kind of does their own thing or sticks in their own groups). I will agree with you on the food though, the food here is very good
I believe Toronto is the seat of Canadian Cinema, and TV. While The Couver is a favorite spot for American MSM companies. A lot of American produced shows are shot in The Couver like 21 Jump Street TV show with Johnny Depp, and Arrowverse shows with Stephen Amell who is a Torontonian. A lot of American Sci Fi shows are filmed in The Couver.
best thing about Toronto is the Island parks. Rest of Toronto is rather ho-hum, especially with the outrageous housing costs. Winter weather is better than the Prairies but not better than BC, especially Vancouver Island.
Alina, have you considered doing a video on different buildings/architecture in TO such as Casa Loma, the Flatiron Building, Osgoode Hall or a walk through The Path (underground city) or around U of T? .
Transit is yet another example of why voting outside the Conservative/Liberal duo is so important in Canada - Saskatchewan (where I live for now) used to have a bus system serving the VILLAGES. (Thanks, NDP!) Now the provincial capital Regina (my current home) barely has a bus system when once upon a time it had an extensive streetcar network, and most of the villages are in the end stages of dying. It's not how it was, and it's not how it could be!
Hoi, Alina, pretty interesting and well done work, as usual. Saw a couple of places well known to me. Seven visits to Toronto are on the map here, flown mostly to Pearson but also BillyBishop, Toronto Island. Following you´re steps, you know. Greetings, Markus
Really glad to see you back in toronto.❤
After graduating from college, my son spent almost a year looking for a job in Toronto.He just bought a car and now he finally works nine to five. Thank God.
Watching the "like" counter go crazy. You got some attention with this one. Lots more Toronto-lovers-to-be out there! Also building the suspense for your reveal. Tricky - great as usual.👏
I've lived in Toronto for 30 years, came here as a 9 y.o. kid. Adore this city. ❤❤❤
Can you help me how to get a visa to Canada. I love Canada and living there. I hope someone can help me even with information
Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️
Toronto, is it better? Or you? I can't decide.
I agree, I was about to leave myself but then i got an electric scooter and started to explore the city more and wow, its got marinas, beaches, parks along the lake. The winters got warmer and the summers cooled off, its like a paradise for weather here now too, as far as 4 seasons go anyway. Just enough rain and sunshine mixed in. I had an urge to go back to LA but keep asking myself why, Toronto has everything, its just missing one thing, the magic. But thats for the people of the city to make.
Toronto has so much festivals, concerts, activities going on all year that if you get bored of Toronto your bored of life. Toronto is Canada's New York. Great video Alina and great points.
0:48 Wow, This is such a wonderful park and The sky is clear. I can't believe how beautiful this city is, This is such an amazing city and I can't believe you're there. Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us, Have a great day Alina.
There are many beautiful parks in Toronto, I mean, many... several waterfront parks, High Park, Edwards Garden, Sunnybrook, Humber River park, Rouge Valley, these would be the biggest ones + many smaller ones.
Thank you for this amazing video about Toronto. I have already been to many major cities in many countries, and Toronto is my favorite city and Canada is my favorite country.
My pleasure!
Hi Alina. Glad you come around to Toronto. 😊
Toronto will always welcome you no matter where you move to. Despite all the not-so-great development, you can be sure that it is still 'home.'
Thank you! Yes, it will absolutely always be one of my home bases :)
I agree! I grew up in Toronto, lived in Montreal for a year and have lived in the Vancouver area for 15 years. I miss Toronto!
Toronto will (I think) always be the love of my life, but there is a time and a place for everything.
Never say never, I guess.
Oh so super Toronto positive! Love it and thank you for the Toronto guide. Lived here all my life and new restaurants are always on my list to try 😊Glad you’re enjoying your time here
Toronto has some amazing restaurants!
Good morning from Toronto. Familiar sights 😊
Nigthlife is amazing too. The best in Canada, not even close if you have been to other provinces. I party my asses off in my 20s -30s there. Was the best time in my life. That was late 90s thru 2000s. You always things goin on from Thursday till Sundays whatever youre into , clubbing, events, partys, its a very diverse selections. The vibe is always energetic in Tdot. Im always up for partying weekends , was so addictive.
Been there several times, never thought much of it. Luckily there's a place in this wonderful country that would suit everyone.
Everyone experiences the same night, but everyone's darkness is different. Love and greetings from Turkey to the people who keep hope alive with beauty.
As a Torontonian, it sure is nice to jump on the GO for a daytrip/weekend to visit anywhere along the lines. $10 all you can ride on weekends and holidays, $15 each ride all day when in a group of at least 2 during the week. Peterborough and Niagara Falls to list a couple of places.
I lived in Toronto in 2005, worked on minimum wage, had a place of my own, savings and a used civic. That's right, on minimum wage. I did like working a lot, always did, loved my coworkers so to me work is always just fun so I was always there until close, then i would go out, just ample energy as well and would open the next morning lol
That's no longer the case. So, you gotta ask yourselves, why would you live there?
Yup people don't believe that in the largest city in Canada people were actually able to survive on minimum wage at one point!
You could do that in NYC in the 90s too. By 2005 though the rents went sky high as Gen Y getting out of college and flocking to NYC driving up demand. I imagine same thing happened to Tronno.
I just wanna say that I discovered your youtube channel about an hour ago and can't stop watching your content 😅
I think I will listen to your peaceful voice every time I want to sleep.
Love from boring Ottawa ❤
Toronto is one of my favourite cities & I wish it was more affordable. Have a great day Alina 😊 !
You and me both :)
Toronto was a fun, diverse place to reside - it's among my most favorite cities in Canada and North America.
Recently ive moved to Toronto to study at a university. So far im loving this city!
Hello I just subscribed, great video I really wanna visit Toronto I’ve never been there I definitely wanna go there next year hopefully it’s worth it! :)
We live here 7+ years after Saskatoon and yes my wife in film industry as well..but I miss Saskatoon in certain ways and I think people are nicer there.)
saskatoon is boring
“I am a sunshine person. I need sunshine to function optimally.”
Amen to that.
@@James-el6lj Huge country. Surely not Delhi or Mumbai. Darjeeling? Why not Nepal? My good friend Christine went to Kashmir via Delihi I as about the risks for women. Said "I just use my elbows". From ancient times, India has treated women with contempt. "No one killed Jessica" the movie captured a message for women.
Toronto is a great place to live. All major western cities have the same problems, especially since the conflict in the Middle East. Good luck in your new home and looking forward to your videos.
Thank you very much for your videos.They not only help me learn about different knowledge from other places, but also assist me in learning English. Your speaking speed and accent are very suitable for practicing English listening. I'm looking forward to more of your videos, and best wishes to you.
Yes! Toronto is a great city!!! I think the food is great! A visit should be on everyone’s list!
Love the trip in Toronto!
Alina’s all over Canada lately. First Calgary, now Toronto. You sure do walk/run fast.
lol I sure do
@@AlinaMcleod You could visit Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, Northwestern Territories; Kuujjuaq, Quebec; Iqaluit, Nunavut, Baffin Island . . . just to say you've been there, and we haven't.
@@AlinaMcleodi want to come at canada plz can you help me
Thanks for the great video Alina! Would love to visit there some day!
I’d love to get there one day
Great video as usual. Stay blessed Alina
Thanks for sharing your experience🥰🍁
Toronto is a dream place where is full of energy and opportunity that comes with a price, an expensive one which I don't think it's worth it. Leaving Canada for good is top of my bucket list!
Fair enough!
a dream place are you sure your talking about toronto not quebec city, i live outside toronto and its becoming more dangerous than new york .
Nice to see you Alina love from Montreal
The condo market has speculators trying to sell so prices should moderate which is great news for renters.
I agree with the fact that most larger cities in North America are going through a large cost of living crisis-Canada and the US, but visits are always nice!
Same everywhere; Europe and the UK are way more expensive than they used to be so it's not just North America!
Thanks Alina for that short video have a good day .
I believe the rain stops overnight. The forecast of a sunny weather is tomorrow. It's good to live here since I'm not renting. It's worth investing in a property in Toronto. Before you know it, the value appreciates very well over the years. Everything is going up and I'm not bothered. I always look at the positive side. I L😍VE T😃R😃NT😍.
That's what I thought. I forgot to leave you a comment. Thank you for leaving your Google Map guide to Toronto.
I'm born & raised in Toronto, and it'll always be 'Home', but I had to leave, and moved to Alberta. Not Calgary, but in the mountains. The cost of living in Toronto is ridiculous. Also, the vibe has changed. It's changed a little too much...in a direction I don't like. I'll always go back home to visit family & friends, but just like people in small towns outgrow their hometown, I guess I outgrew mine.
I lived across from Riverdale Park, which appears at the beginning of the video, for about a decade and loved the neighbourhood.
Interesting perspective about the weather in Toronto vs Saskatchewan. I always found that winter was much more enjoyable in Saskatchewan because despite the cold, it was always sunny and there was consistently powdered snow, whereas Toronto winter is generally grey skies with periods of mud wet snow for a few months.
I agree about the nature and food . Toronto also promotes ambition and positivity.
If you work and live close to each other and have accommodation sorted it is pretty good
However , traffic is a right off disaster and there is out of control crime including random TTC and street violence sometimes extreme random violence which I believe is because of growing poverty and mental health.
Is it livable ? It all depends on your personal situation, income and accommodation.
If you are a foreigner from second tier country I would say it’s incredible for opportunity but you’ll have to work 25 to 30 years long hours if you are starting from scratch .
I miss Toronto but I couldn’t do the gta driving or work in the gta . I had to escape to the Georgian Bay region for 10 years to gain my sanity . Now I’m in Europe.
In spit of everything I’d say “ never say never “
When it comes to returning to the big smoke Torono
I was there in September, I loved the city!
Toronto is my home city ! Grew up also in Vancouver, I think it has more going on compared to Vancouver! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
As an American, I’ve always wanted to visit Vancouver, BC!
Yes, Toronto is a great city - I lived there for years when I was just out of university and still enjoy going back there to visit. But the cost/benefit analysis shifts when you get older and start a family. Then housing costs and good neighbourhoods are king, and the Arts scene is less important. My adopted city of Ottawa is much better for families and has a great balance of nature, culture, opportunity and affordability. After living in Ottawa for a decade I looked at jobs in Toronto and Vancouver (which I also love) but there is no way I could afford to live in either of those cities, and sacrifice so many of the benefits of living in Ottawa.
Yeah people choosing to have families becomes extremely costly in Toronto unfortunately. I have heard that Ottawa is a good alternative.
I had a friend who was a multi millionaire and lived in Toronto for most of his life. He had a beautiful home there and he told me that you really need to have a great deal of money to enjoy living there.
Basically every big cities in the world
@@samuelrigaud6595 I would agree but I live near Mexico City and it's got over 20 million people and it's still relatively affordable.
As an ex Canadian I agree with your list of reasons people choose to live in Toronto! Montreal would be in the running except for two reasons: language and the harsh winter. Of course, that’s somewhat compensated for by the underground city and the excellent metro but for many living on an island is an adjustment and the culture shock of living in a predominantly francophone society, means its not as immediately welcoming as Toronto. If Toronto weren’t insanely expensive, it would much bigger than its current size and in that regard, who knows what the future holds. Alina, thanks for your review of your favourite city in Canada, stay blessed and looking forward to your next video! 😊
Thank you! Yes, Montreal is a great city as well and you can get by with English, but if you don't speak French it really would be challenging because you're living in a Francophone province.
@@AlinaMcleodMontreal is worth learning French for, in my opinion. It's the best city in Canada. Winter is everywhere in Canada in some shape or form anyway; just have to adapt or snowbird. I'm over Toronto after 9 years here. I'm looking for a change!
Where did you move to that was much cheaper? Just curious as it is insanely expensive around the world now. But, 6,700,000 people manage to make it work here, including me... and I am far, far from rich! 😄
Lived in Toronto for 4 months also recently for 1 week tour family vacation. Lived in Calgary for 20 years. Now in Vancouver since 2017. For me Vancouver is the best. Good energy from mountain and ocean.
One of my relative families had been living in downtown Toronto for more than three decades, they just gave up pensions and sold all their properties then moved back to Hong Kong China three years ago, inflation, drugs, crimes and homeless were the main factors drove them doing so.
Interesting as three years ago none of those things were really brought up as glaring issues in Toronto except by non big city people, and they probably benefited a lot from the real estate prices having multiple properties.
@@froggerc625 They did, they owned around ten apartments and few shops in downtown.
And about the first half part you mentioned, mate, I could only say you guys could really tolerate, I visited them in 2019 before covid for about a week after finishing my tour in the states, and I saw quite some homeless people on the streets everyday of that week, and also drugs problem was already quite severe, not as severe as in the US especially if you compare with Chicago and LA I would say, but definitely not something a citizen should not be worried about, in my opinion.
may have been a choice back then. not during, after covid, when china cracked down and imposed their commie rules. Rather druggies than living next to commies.
funny that in other youtube videos that show hong kong ppl wanting to flee hk and go to to other countries like the UK due to ccp in china cracking down on hong kong ppl. am i right or wrong on this?
@@vincentnnyc It depends, on whether you wanna know the facts, or just something you prefer to hear.
Hey Alina, while you're in town, make sure to check out the Well and the area around Portland and Adelaide. This is the hippest, happening-est place in TO right now!!
We'll always be happy to see you back here. Maybe you could try arranging meetups when you come back to Canada from your travels?
So many Canadians are having second thoughts about life here because of the cockups instigated by all three levels of government. They don't realize that people are more mobile than ever and don't have to stick around where they aren't treated well and pay through the nose to maintain a reasonable standard of living.
I will always have a home base here, but I hope to travel much more myself in future. 😉
I love Toronto I do a couple vlogs there. Your videos are nice
Just walked past you in the downtown area! Wanted to say to you in person, but didn't want to freak you out! Really good to see you though. All the best with your move! Take good care of yourself.
Aw thanks! Feel free to say hi next time!
@@AlinaMcleod Definitely hope to when you are back in the city! When do you plan to visit us again?
Great video, been years since I last visited Toronto, and as a baseball fan they are the only Canadian city with a major league team (The Blue Jays) I also agree 100% with your take on transit. I haven't driven in 10 years living in the Greater Vancouver area I can get anywhere easily and cheaply. Heck I did some hiking right downtown recently and the Rapidbus and Skytrain get me there even faster than If I did drive. Take care and look forward to the next one.
Yeah the traffic in major Canadian cities has gotten really bad. They need to build more public transit asap to even things out.
Thank You !!
What do I miss about Toronto ? Casa Loma, which is basically a castle in the city ( CNE ) Canadian National Exhibition ( ROM ) Royal Ontario Museum. What I don't like about Toronto ? It's overcrowded, it's noisy, too much traffic. Always construction going on in the city which contributes to the noise sounds in Toronto.
Love Toronto but still a West Coaster in my heart. Just did 2 vlogs back home in Van after being away a few years and loved it (minus the sticker shock!)
Love u Alina ❤️
Watching from Australia
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Thanks so much, David!
Hi. Alina great video Toronto place. Like your vlogs. Thanks
As a Torontonian, I think my favourite cities include New York City and Singapore: New York City, when it comes to its opportunities and attractions and Singapore when it comes to its cleanliness, weather, attractions and public transport. Toronto is probably one of the cities I would rank near the bottom of the barrel, high cost of living, inefficient public transportation system, rising crime, and sometimes depressing weather.
Lived in Toronto for 2 years and visited periodically since. It certainly has the many good points you mention but has historically derived from what I will call a very 'straight laced' conservative past. In 1984 to 1986 the entire city shut down at about 12.30am. Can't go anywhere. Super hard to get home due to very limited bus transport, can't find any cabs anywhere. Forced to walk long distances in snow with freezing windchill effect. Taking 20 minutes to get the key in the door due to the cold numb hands, then putting your hands under hot water for 5-10 minutes to defreeze them. That was super weird and represented for me the conservative character of the city back then. Very stoic lot which is not a bad thing. Lacked vitality for me back then given a full on fun based Sydney upbringing of those days and then ventures over lots of Europe. Queen Street West best on offer as an arty/music/creative/lively area back then. The overall 'straight' edge lifestyle has changed somewhat now but for me cemented a general conservative attitude into the mindset of most living there. Sorry - but this impression has stuck with me. My experiences of Montreal is it is a lot livelier. Flying over Toronto these days it is amazing how large the urban area has extended.
Great video lovely! 😊
had a boat ride on the Lake with my girlfriend at the time in 1996, my cousin Jane lives in Scarborough so when she knew I was in Toronto she took us to the Airport, nice seeing our Jane after her brothers wedding in 1990, loving these videosAlina, thanks from Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East England
So I did indeed walk by you on the sidewalk. Whew! I was left on the cutting floor. Have a good time in Toronto!
haha you never know, maybe your clip will make it into future videos!
@@AlinaMcleod Please keep me out and I will buy you a coffee😀 Good luck with the visa process！
Thanks for sharing the video 👌
We Love Toronto from Tehran, Iran 🇮🇷❤️🇨🇦
You're just a Newfie,
In a Calgary hat.
(A medley I heard in 1986, sailing from St. John's, back down to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. On the ferry. No kidding🎉❤😊!
Toronto 🇨🇦 is a wonderful city to imigrate iknow but I prefer Vancouver 🇨🇦 Cheers 😇
I agree. I tried Toronto and prefer the ocean and nature of BC - west of the Rockies.
Ha ha. San Jose fits almost all your criteria: vibrant downtown, very diverse neighborhoods, nature, job opportunity, decent transportation, relatively friendly people and culture/art. Best weather in the world: Jan. hi 60 low 43, July hi 84 and low 60. Very little rain. Now, has a lot of cheap and great housing, thanks to the city and state. It cool affordable housing for the artist downtown for only $800 a month.
Makes me want to visit Toronto. On a side note, I lived in Montreal from 1994 to 1996. That was a great time. I was in my party phase, mid 20’s. I think that’s why I loved it; it’s not a place for ambition - that’s what Toronto is for. Montreal is different. That’s where you move if you are a die hard Canadian socialist republican revolutionary
I was living in Toronto, now I am in Regina. Toronto is the city with entertainment and food, but I think it is the most depressing city in Canada in this moment.
TOOOO busy, TOOOO fast, TOOOO expensive...great for short term visits as I did many times when in Business. For a young person,,,maybe if they can afford to live there....thats my take on Toronto.
great helpful information
haha I'm laughing at all the sufferers of Toronto derangement syndrome in the comments who are outraged that you dared to say that you consider it to be the best city in Canada. There are more positive comments though, which is nice to see. Good video, Alina.
My family lives in Toronto, insanely expensive, farr prefer Thailand, no comparison actually. Just got my DTV Visa for Thailand for my wife and I, 5 years, can't go wrong. Good luck with your Visa to Eastern Europe
Toronto is a great city, but it will be greater when we get a new PM.
No the PM is fine. Ontario needs a new Premier.
Great video! Definitely made me happy about living here regardless of the outrageous rent price 😆
Quick question: do you shoot your videos on DJI Osmo Pocket 3? If so, do you shoot in Log and color grade later? Thanks!
Rent price is more extensive everywhere 👀
Hello from beautiful Vancouver (-: Alina where are your sunglasses from? Love them! You're my fav Canadian travel vlogger btw!
Recorded horizontally:)
Went to the Toronto Islands yesterday. The city looks stunning from there. Sadly, I can confirm that things are expensive. Especially hotels.
Toronto is definitely on my bucket list of cities to visit someday, I get the impression from your videos and others here on UA-cam that it would be my kind of city for a creative person like myself where I could thrive and make good connections. I also don't own a car and I get around using public transport and walking so when you said Toronto has a good transit system, that gave it another plus in the book for me. Great video and also cool idea with making a Google Maps travel guide for people new to Toronto! :)
Don't bother, there not much to see
Thank you! I hope you get to visit sometime!
Toronto is a good place to live, if you can afford it. It's not about world-class tourist attractions; there are better cities for that.
Although visiting nearby Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake (wine country) is great.
All that glitters is not gold. Good luck. You will need it.
I would love to take you to Dinner while you’re here as a thank you for getting me through some rough times…
very cool city I am from Michigan. that space needle is cool
I not been Tronno since I a wee lad. I visit a childhood friend. I have great memories of Tronno. I saw Sky Dome. I went on this cruise through some nice marshy area, I dont know. Niagara Falls is close by. It really is a beautiful city. A world class city. But it is has NYC prices and NYC problems.
Alina, Toronto will always have a soft spot in my heart❤ We have friends that still live there. Great Memories. Great Food. Great People. Perhaps, one day we could do a meet up there.
Sending much love❤ from Washington DC Harriet, Jim and Yuki P.S. Hope all is well with your travel and visa documents
Thanks guys! Would be lovely to meet you at some point! The visa documents are coming along but still have to wait a while for my appointment.
Don't know if it was on purpose or not (seems like it was), but, the pronunciation of Toronto in the editing kept me smiling throughout the vid. Shot of Toronto: pronounce it like a native Torontonian. Shot of other cities: pronounce it like someone not originally from there. Nice!
lol it was not on purpose but I noticed it too when I was editing
@@AlinaMcleod Well, it's been said by many a filmmaker that the story is often found through the editing process. 🙂
My husband and I live an hour outside of Toronto and actively look for ways to avoid going to there. It's a chaotic and stifling combination of traffic congestion, pollution, people, and concrete, in addition to all of the other unfortunate things plaguing almost every major city in Canada now - including extremely high rates of homelessness, and rampant drug addiction.
Toronto's Canada's 2nd Most costly city, though a great place.
I agree that in terms of Canadian cities, Toronto is still the overall best choice. At the same time, I think that’s also why I want to spend a lot more time outside of the country. Toronto itself is far from ideal. The weather sucks (I get it, Saskatchewan is worse but Toronto weather still sucks), the traffic is horrendous, it’s too expensive for the value that it offers and the people are really not that friendly (yes they are polite but not a very strong sense of community, everyone kind of does their own thing or sticks in their own groups). I will agree with you on the food though, the food here is very good
Thank you very much!
Where do you get your drone shots from? Or do you shoot them yourself?
Watching from Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇲. Hope you can visit Miami one day, Alina 😎
Would love to!
@@AlinaMcleod If you ever get an opportunity, take a trip to Miami!
@@johngonzalez4298 lol my man wants to get it in eh 😁
I grew up there and what's so great about it? Way overpriced and overhyped.
I believe Toronto is the seat of Canadian Cinema, and TV. While The Couver is a favorite spot for American MSM companies. A lot of American produced shows are shot in The Couver like 21 Jump Street TV show with Johnny Depp, and Arrowverse shows with Stephen Amell who is a Torontonian. A lot of American Sci Fi shows are filmed in The Couver.
best thing about Toronto is the Island parks. Rest of Toronto is rather ho-hum, especially with the outrageous housing costs. Winter weather is better than the Prairies but not better than BC, especially Vancouver Island.
Love your videos Alina, very informative, where are you moving please share, envy your life!🇨🇦❤️👍
Alina, have you considered doing a video on different buildings/architecture in TO such as Casa Loma, the Flatiron Building, Osgoode Hall or a walk through The Path (underground city) or around U of T? .
I've covered those in some of my past videos but I'm not really an architecture expert!
Transit is yet another example of why voting outside the Conservative/Liberal duo is so important in Canada - Saskatchewan (where I live for now) used to have a bus system serving the VILLAGES. (Thanks, NDP!) Now the provincial capital Regina (my current home) barely has a bus system when once upon a time it had an extensive streetcar network, and most of the villages are in the end stages of dying. It's not how it was, and it's not how it could be!
Hoi, Alina, pretty interesting and well done work, as usual. Saw a couple of places well known to me. Seven visits to Toronto are on the map here, flown mostly to Pearson but also BillyBishop, Toronto Island. Following you´re steps, you know. Greetings, Markus
I hope Canada will be affordable to live in near future, I really do. 🙏