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What do you like/dislike about Toronto (pg. 13)
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
I absolutely hated going to York, where girls would wake up at 5am, for 8am class just to dress as if they were going to the club. When I visited other Universities, Mac, Queens, it was so nice to see people just dressed like they don't give a , because they were just going to learn. |
You should see the school I go to in Lyon. The French girls do it up proper every day of the week. Every single hair is in place with perfection, impeccable make-up, classy outfits. They don't mess around. It looks like they get up at 4am to get ready every morning, lol.
I don't see anything to hate about girls dressing up like that. I think it's ing awesome, haha.
However, it is hilarious seeing these girls in the gym with their serious hair-dos and their make-up on the treadmill. |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
I absolutely hated going to York, where girls would wake up at 5am, for 8am class just to dress as if they were going to the club. When I visited other Universities, Mac, Queens, it was so nice to see people just dressed like they don't give a , because they were just going to learn. |
hahahah it's official, we have nothing in common. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
I don't see anything to hate about girls dressing up like that. I think it's ing awesome, haha. |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
hahahah it's official, we have nothing in common. |
haha glad to see guys concur :D |
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| kaniz |
| quote: | Originally posted by SasH21
LOL...that's just lazy
I mean it's great if people can do that, but I personally couldn't handle the feeling of looking that way. When I was in school, many of my class mates have done it, and I don't judge, but it's still alien to me, and I probably would never understand it ;) |
I get it, but wouldn't do it myself. I never went to class in PJ bottoms. I did now and then go straight from bed to class and skip the shower if I was running late, but would atleast toss on jeans and a clean shirt before I left the door. (This is when I lived on rez and could run back home to shower right after class)
There's been a few times I've gone to head to the corner store with a friend and been in PJ bottoms or track pants or something and go to change into proper pants and he's all "so what, your just going to the corner and back", and my thought is "so what, I dont want to be seen in public looking like that much of a slob"
I may not have the best fashion/style sense - but some things you just shouldn't be running around in public in. |
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| Harmonika |
GOOD - Kensington, High Park, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Leslie Spit, and other green spaces, the relative ganja-friendliness compared to other major centres in North America, Trinity-Bellwoods drum circles, back-alley graffiti, farmer's markets, the variety of foods (India Bazaar! 400 different sushi restaurants! Tibetan *and* Ethiopian in the same 'hood!) and other wares from different countries - few of the things that I can think of that make Toronto a decent place to live.
NOT SO HOT - the appalling lack of support for independent culture. Toronto's a corporate city, and as such, if it isn't big business (or approved or sponsored by it), it doesn't have much of a chance of surviving. Even going down to Harbourfront for a sponsored event like the Beats, Breaks and Culture fest on a Saturday afternoon, and finding maybe a couple of hundred people listlessly milling around listening to top-notch local talent that rain-or-shine would draw huge, hands-in-the-air crowds almost anywhere in Europe is typical for this city. Sad, really ing sad.
Bike-unfriendly - is it really that hard for City Hall to encourage and endorse bicycle culture in the downtown core?
Trendoid rent prices - in our search for a new apartment, we lucked out and found a decent, caring landlord, but the majority of people renting out downtown property are out to freaking lunch. Don't care if your house is located near "trendy Queen West", $1450 +utilities for a 2-bedroom that smells like cat piss and needs a major overhaul is wishful thinking - saddest part is that some wannabe is probably still going to shell out for it, just to be near the so-called "action". This was the case with most places we viewed - gouging for no reason other than the fact that most people are suckers and will pay the asking rate.
Pedantic Population - a Holt Renfrew on Bloor and some shiny, electronic billboards on Yonge Street does not a world-class city make. Guess it's due to a large suburban population, but a lot of peeps need to wake up to the fact that there's more to life than shopping and talking about what you watched on TV last night. There's next to no cafe culture in Toronto because everyone's either in too much of a hurry to sit down and relax, or working off the week's stress by getting faced on a patio. And jeans and a sweatshirt have been the municipal uniform for far too long - are you afraid of a little colour? Drone-ishly Bore-ing. |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Harmonika
This was the case with most places we viewed - gouging for no reason other than the fact that most people are suckers and will pay the asking rate.
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haha
Queen West 1
Harmonika 0 |
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| Harmonika |
Yeah, but score one for Bloor and Ronces - we got a killer spot with a HUGE deck for summer shenanigans! :D
Queen W. can kiss my ever so un-trendy ass - it's all about the Junction! |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
You should see the school I go to in Lyon. The French girls do it up proper every day of the week. Every single hair is in place with perfection, impeccable make-up, classy outfits. They don't mess around. It looks like they get up at 4am to get ready every morning, lol.
I don't see anything to hate about girls dressing up like that. I think it's ing awesome, haha.
However, it is hilarious seeing these girls in the gym with their serious hair-dos and their make-up on the treadmill. |
Taking pride in your appearance is just fine with me. But, there is a time and a place for certain types of clothing. That is all I am saying. The problem is that, along with the outfit would be the constant fixing and fidgeting in class, to make sure everything was in the right place. Constant make-up checking, hair fixing, shirt re-adjusting. For what? You go to learn, not fix your hair. But, I will concede, York had some of the hottest girls I have ever seen in my life, even to this day. Winter time was always sad because they went into hibernation.
| quote: | Originally posted by Harmonika
Bike-unfriendly - is it really that hard for City Hall to encourage and endorse bicycle culture in the downtown core? |
Huge CON for me. I bike a lot, and the bike routes in the city suck ass. They are so few and far between. Added to that the city is unwilling to spend money to expand, and add new routes. Miller keeps talking about being a green city, but is obviously ignoring a huge opportunity. Fix the smog, traffic, and health problems in one move. Encourage biking in the city, and make it easier for people to do it. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Taking pride in your appearance is just fine with me. But, there is a time and a place for certain types of clothing. That is all I am saying. The problem is that, along with the outfit would be the constant fixing and fidgeting in class, to make sure everything was in the right place. Constant make-up checking, hair fixing, shirt re-adjusting. For what? You go to learn, not fix your hair. But, I will concede, York had some of the hottest girls I have ever seen in my life, even to this day. Winter time was always sad because they went into hibernation. |
lol honestly, did we go to the same York campus?:) or did things change a lot over time?:) |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
lol honestly, did we go to the same York campus?:) or did things change a lot over time?:) |
2002-2005 (quit my program. Lived in Calumet from 2002-2003. Things may have changed with the influx of the double cohort. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
2002-2005 (quit my program. Lived in Calumet from 2002-2003. Things may have changed with the influx of the double cohort. |
I moved in to Calumet in Sep'03
hmmm, maybe you're right about double cohort |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
I absolutely hated going to York, where girls would wake up at 5am, for 8am class just to dress as if they were going to the club. When I visited other Universities, Mac, Queens, it was so nice to see people just dressed like they don't give a , because they were just going to learn.
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uh dude, these girls will have to dress the up when they'll get their first job, track pants and messed hair will not help them pay the bills.
In france, most schools use the uniforms, students need to look clean and have clean cloth at a very young age, its just normal than when they arrive at university, they are used to being dressed up. Its part of their routine.
Its much harder to get in that routine at an older age.
anyways, there's no excuse for showing up in flip flops and shorts at university, its a lack of respect to the institution. |
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