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Ah... Torontonians... (pg. 4)
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Truepioneer
Not to mention that Toronto has the outstanding ratio of 7-10 men to one women in almost any given place. If those odds were reversed in my favour guess I might be acting abit on top of the world and pretentious too lol |
i remember some american friends of mine asked me "are all the bars here gay bars?"
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zeidoo
And since the most important part about a city is it's people, I'm just wondering how come some don't see that this city has the potential to be so much more and only they can make it happen.
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I wonder this everyday and its this thought that fuels some of my rantings about toronto.
Toronto has SO MUCH POTENTIAL if only its citizens would get their heads out of their ass. We are sitting on a gold mine of potential here. We really are. |
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| _EuG_ |
I totaly agree with the fact that toronto is a cold city in terms of how people act towards each other... When i came here first 8 years ago my parents and thier friends would call Torontonians, " froozen canadians". It sounds funnier in russian but the point is that the people here are not like in other parts of the world.
I go to york university and the feel around campus is jus so cold, no one looks you in the eyes... people dont realy smile, its depressing.
I believe that this sourt of attitude has a lot to do with the multicultural aspects of the city and the fear of the unknown.
I usualy try to be nice to strangers and random people an it feels great. For instance that time when the ttc went on strike i picked up a hitchhicker that was standing on the way to downtown... he was an older person and i felt the need to help. He thanked me for it and it felt great. This sourt of attitude should taken up by our city.. istead of airing anti-smoking commecrials they should make a campaighn about the treatment of other torontonians. |
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| Jayx1 |
i think the fact that people diapprove when you try to do anything outside the box is another big factor when it comes to the gloom of toronto.
Try and do anything and you have constant opposition to it...
How can a city thrive without any social freedoms? |
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| _EuG_ |
| one of the reasons i realy like afterhours is because the social norms of the city are not present there... and everyone is usually nice to each other.. |
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| Zeidoo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
i think the fact that people diapprove when you try to do anything outside the box is another big factor when it comes to the gloom of toronto.
Try and do anything and you have constant opposition to it...
How can a city thrive without any social freedoms? |
Let me put a little spin to what you said. You know as a general rule, you cannot park your car for more than 3h on the street in Toronto.
You're going to ask "What does this have to do with the people?"
Well, if you want to spend the night over some friends, what do you do with the car?
See it's really a little thing, but I bet you that it stopped at least a handfull of people of getting togheter, especially if you're from out of town. |
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| _EuG_ |
or not bien able to park at visitor parking in buildings after 2 am....
or public parks closing at 11 pm |
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| Misanthrope |
because they are trying to prevent sketchbags from hanging around in the park?
re: yorkU
I go to school near there, I'm sorry I'm not looking to make "friends". I'm there to study, not to prance around and be all plurrly. 90% of time, i'm running to class, then another class then home. Yeah SOMETIMES, i'll try to socialise but very rarely. |
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| _EuG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Misanthrope
because they are trying to prevent sketchbags from hanging around in the park?
re: yorkU
I go to school near there, I'm sorry I'm not looking to make "friends". I'm there to study, not to prance around and be all plurrly. 90% of time, i'm running to class, then another class then home. Yeah SOMETIMES, i'll try to socialise but very rarely. |
I dont go there to look for friends, but at least as i walk from the parking lot to the class i would like people to smile back at me if i make eye contact and not jus look away or look down |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by _EuG_
I totaly agree with the fact that toronto is a cold city in terms of how people act towards each other... When i came here first 8 years ago my parents and thier friends would call Torontonians, " froozen canadians". It sounds funnier in russian but the point is that the people here are not like in other parts of the world.
I go to york university and the feel around campus is jus so cold, no one looks you in the eyes... people dont realy smile, its depressing.
I believe that this sourt of attitude has a lot to do with the multicultural aspects of the city and the fear of the unknown.
I usualy try to be nice to strangers and random people an it feels great. For instance that time when the ttc went on strike i picked up a hitchhicker that was standing on the way to downtown... he was an older person and i felt the need to help. He thanked me for it and it felt great. This sourt of attitude should taken up by our city.. istead of airing anti-smoking commecrials they should make a campaighn about the treatment of other torontonians. |
nu privet privet :) |
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| _EuG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
nu privet privet :) |
im sure u heard... Atmarozshenye Canatsze
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by _EuG_
im sure u heard... Atmarozshenye Canatsze
hehe |
ROFL:D yes!
in fact I said exactly the same thing on York russian msg board :) but I said that in terms of early morning canadians :D
so why do I get so many smiles on campus then?:conf: ob'yasnite mne! |
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