06-19-2007, 07:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2007, 08:07 AM by Chaerophon.)
FWIW,
I just spent a year living in Toronto and I have to say that it is a very safe and welcoming place to live. Of course, some areas are better than others, but I can honestly say, without exaggeration (having travelled very extensively within the city as a "resident tourist"), that there is not a single street within a five mile radius of the downtown core that I wouldn't feel relatively comfortable walking at any time, day or night. I've spent most of my life in Vancouver, and I have to say that I actually felt safer in Toronto. Having spent varying amounts of time in a number of major American cities on both coasts, I'm pretty confident that there is no comparison (which is not to say that I wouldn't absolutely jump at the chance to live in Chicago or New York for a year). I was very surprised and impressed by just how safe Toronto "feels".
I just spent a year living in Toronto and I have to say that it is a very safe and welcoming place to live. Of course, some areas are better than others, but I can honestly say, without exaggeration (having travelled very extensively within the city as a "resident tourist"), that there is not a single street within a five mile radius of the downtown core that I wouldn't feel relatively comfortable walking at any time, day or night. I've spent most of my life in Vancouver, and I have to say that I actually felt safer in Toronto. Having spent varying amounts of time in a number of major American cities on both coasts, I'm pretty confident that there is no comparison (which is not to say that I wouldn't absolutely jump at the chance to live in Chicago or New York for a year). I was very surprised and impressed by just how safe Toronto "feels".
But whate'er I be,
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II