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Whats your favorite Canadian city and why?
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capitalCORN
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Come to Toronto. We have really good shawarma and falafels!
Depends what you want.
European style feel in a small geographic area? Montreal.
Outdoor activities and scenery spread out over a wide geographic area? Vancouver (and Whistler, Galiano, Saltspring, North Shore mountains, etc.)
Great neighbourhoods with distinct personalities? Toronto. Here's my suggested tour:
When you do come to Toronto, you need to check out its Chinese food (uptown, Richmond Hill, Markham). It is some of the best in North America. There is some good Jamaican food (mostly uptown now) and Jamaican Chinese food (Spadina, Dundas West) too.
To get a feel for downtown old Toronto, buy a day pass on transit. Start off at the ROM and if high end shopping is your thing, roam around on Bloor. Take the subway or walk to St. George or Bathurst on Bloor. Walk west until you hit Christie. That takes you through the Annex and into Koreatown.
Get back on the subway around Christie and ride it to Dundas West. Hop onto the 504 south to Queen. Walk a few blocks east to see an interesting couple of blocks of Queen street west and onto the 501 to head east. Cruise through Parkdale (or get off to eat Tibetan food... spicy momos) and get off at Ossington. Walk up Ossington to Dundas, stopping at restaurants and shops.
Get on the Dundas eastbound streetcar and ride it till around Spadina. From there, you can check out Kensington Market or Chinatown. If you loop back to Dundas, continue east on a streetcar to get to Dundas Square. Walk
around there and through the mall to Queen street.
Get back on the Queen streetcar eastbound. Ride through Leslieville to Coxwell avenue. Walk south to get to the lake and follow the beach eastwards on the boardwalk until you get to a gated dog park. Just past there walk north to Queen to find yourself in the heart of the Beaches. Walk or take a streetcar east to Ed's Real Scoop, but go for ramen next door first.
At this point uber to your hotel. That is a full day easily.
Detours along this route include High Park, Trinity Belwoods Park, the Entertainment District (tourist trap), the Distillery district (tourist trap), Graffiti alley, and the Tulip Steakhouse.
European style feel in a small geographic area? Montreal.
Outdoor activities and scenery spread out over a wide geographic area? Vancouver (and Whistler, Galiano, Saltspring, North Shore mountains, etc.)
Great neighbourhoods with distinct personalities? Toronto. Here's my suggested tour:
When you do come to Toronto, you need to check out its Chinese food (uptown, Richmond Hill, Markham). It is some of the best in North America. There is some good Jamaican food (mostly uptown now) and Jamaican Chinese food (Spadina, Dundas West) too.
To get a feel for downtown old Toronto, buy a day pass on transit. Start off at the ROM and if high end shopping is your thing, roam around on Bloor. Take the subway or walk to St. George or Bathurst on Bloor. Walk west until you hit Christie. That takes you through the Annex and into Koreatown.
Get back on the subway around Christie and ride it to Dundas West. Hop onto the 504 south to Queen. Walk a few blocks east to see an interesting couple of blocks of Queen street west and onto the 501 to head east. Cruise through Parkdale (or get off to eat Tibetan food... spicy momos) and get off at Ossington. Walk up Ossington to Dundas, stopping at restaurants and shops.
Get on the Dundas eastbound streetcar and ride it till around Spadina. From there, you can check out Kensington Market or Chinatown. If you loop back to Dundas, continue east on a streetcar to get to Dundas Square. Walk
around there and through the mall to Queen street.
Get back on the Queen streetcar eastbound. Ride through Leslieville to Coxwell avenue. Walk south to get to the lake and follow the beach eastwards on the boardwalk until you get to a gated dog park. Just past there walk north to Queen to find yourself in the heart of the Beaches. Walk or take a streetcar east to Ed's Real Scoop, but go for ramen next door first.
At this point uber to your hotel. That is a full day easily.
Detours along this route include High Park, Trinity Belwoods Park, the Entertainment District (tourist trap), the Distillery district (tourist trap), Graffiti alley, and the Tulip Steakhouse.
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a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
Trinity Bellwoods is the tits on a nice day. Everyone just hanging out, drinking beers, smoking joints, playing sports, BBQing.
It's a great way to spend an afternoon. I had one of the best dates of my life there.
I'm not talking about restaurants. Prices are pretty much the same (even cheaper now with the super low CAD). I'm talking about groceries. With the same budget in France or Spain I could buy so many more products and the difference in quality is night and day. Be it meat, poultry, cold cuts, yogurts, frozen products etc...
Honestly I feel like you could make bank in Canada if you launched a line of good quality food products.
It's nice how the police generally turn a blind eye to drinking in Trinity Bellwoods. They'll temporarily start cracking down when an uptight politician makes a fuss, but aside from that it's pretty much OK. They've got better things to do than write-up a bunch of docile hipsters.
Victoria is such a beautiful city. Always make it a point to take a day trip when I'm in Vancouver.
I recently moved to Montreal from Paris but I also spent some time visiting Toronto. My plan was originally to move to Toronto but the cost of life and the godawful transit made me chose Montreal instead. I'm happy with my choice, Montreal is really cool and fun, I live in a big apartment in a great neighborhood for basically nothing. But there's just one thing that is still bothering me is that I still struggle to meet people and make friends, granted i'm an introvert but both time I visited Toronto I made cool friends. Maybe it'll change soon but yeah for me I still struggle with the people here.
disappeared
Banned
Regina.
lol
Don't come to Regina.
lol
Don't come to Regina.
Toronto should adopt the Montreal concept of being able to drink outside if you're having a "picnic".
We just got beer in supermarkets last year. Baby steps.
Grew up in NYC... I guess that's obvious lol.
So I still consider that to be my hometown, and visit often, but I love Montreal so much I moved here permanently. That's my answer.
And there are tons of good restaurants here. Just like there are tons in NYC. Whoever was saying there isn't and that Canada doesn't have good food... reincarnation of Tabris who only thinks Michelin starred places are good? I've eaten at a few of those. I still think Montreal and Quebec city have a LOT of fantastic places. Most people agree. Bourdain certainly does =)
So I still consider that to be my hometown, and visit often, but I love Montreal so much I moved here permanently. That's my answer.
And there are tons of good restaurants here. Just like there are tons in NYC. Whoever was saying there isn't and that Canada doesn't have good food... reincarnation of Tabris who only thinks Michelin starred places are good? I've eaten at a few of those. I still think Montreal and Quebec city have a LOT of fantastic places. Most people agree. Bourdain certainly does =)
.Detective.
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Toronto was the only answer to begin with from a logical standpoint, but these threads are often the only time the other smaller cities in Canada get a chance to shine for a little while.
Dr.Guru of Peru
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Toronto. Tons of things to do, great nightlife, neighborhoods, restaurants. There's always something new every time I visit.
Vancouver is scrnic but there's not much else to do here. Good for a 2 day trip but not much more unless you're into outdoorsy things (but if you are then we should be your top choice). Dining is better in Toronto, but on a short trip you probably won't notice the difference.
Montreal is my least favourite of the three. Night life and food is good but the city is pretty dirty, run down and overall depressing. I like Quebec City more.
I think that title belongs to Ottawa.
Gotdatmoney
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Montreal.
Toronto is pretty dope too though
Ottawa is nice as well actually. I need to get out west still.
Toronto is pretty dope too though
Ottawa is nice as well actually. I need to get out west still.
p_xavier
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Or that people living there are following their city stereotypes too much.
LookAtMeGo
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I live in Victoria and its pretty damn nice here. Beautiful and virtually zero crime. Lots of nice pubs. Lots of women.
I've only been to Victoria once, and that was as a kid during the late 80s. I remember Batman had come out that summer. All I really remember about the experience was that downtown felt positively Victorian with the street lamps and old school shops. Felt like I was in another time period after Vancouver.
Close, but Victoria is on Vancouver Island because that makes sense.
AuthenticM
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Québec City
It's big and sprawling without feeling like a metropolis, and it has a fuckton of history and culture embedded in it. The Vieux Québec is just beautiful and has tons of restaurants, bars and shops to visit.
Québec City
It's big and sprawling without feeling like a metropolis, and it has a fuckton of history and culture embedded in it. The Vieux Québec is just beautiful and has tons of restaurants, bars and shops to visit.
Québec City
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Charlottetown was also pretty cool. It may be my favorite Canadian city that I have visited just because the entire place feels so cozy.
It's normal to be jealous of the best. I would be too if my city wasn't good enough to get their own MLB team.
Nothing better than seeing some guy in Calgary badmouthing Toronto yet calling himself a Blue Jays fan. Get your own team you moochers!
Charlottetown was also pretty cool. It may be my favorite Canadian city that I have visited just because the entire place feels so cozy.
It's normal to be jealous of the best. I would be too if my city wasn't good enough to get their own MLB team.
Nothing better than seeing some guy in Calgary badmouthing Toronto yet calling himself a Blue Jays fan. Get your own team you moochers!
I had a coworker who was stationed there when he was in the army. He said it was a weird place. You could hear the dogs barking 20 km away.
LegitMcfalls
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Hey my fellow KW citizen! Waterloo is an underrated city that gets over shadowed by the big cities surrounding it. I love it here!
Username1198
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Edmonton
It has stuff
It has stuff
facetheslayer92
Member
Toronto
Cuz why the fuck not?
You won't find a more cosmopolitan metro area anywhere in the world.
Cuz why the fuck not?
You won't find a more cosmopolitan metro area anywhere in the world.
NorthAndSouth
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May I humbly make the case for:
Halifax!
Warning: Hali-fever is the flu.
Fun Facts about Halifax!
Fantastic Winter Tourism!
Enjoy the Dirty Ice Lumps Festival each spring (& summer)!
Enjoy one of Sir Donald Ayre's famous "Donairs"
Mmm! Doesn't that look delicious!
Halifax! At Least We're Not St. John's! (tm)
YESS Haliginion GAF. Rise Halifax, RISE
But in all honesty, I really couldn't think of a better place to be. Nova Scotia is truly beautiful and is such a wonderful place to call home.
Nowadays it's especially pretty here, the flowers are blooming, everything is bursting with greenery and the lakes/ ocean are just coated with glittering sunshine. I think a lot of us here take how lovely the city is for granted sometimes.
It's a nice place for tourists as well, we have a great local food scene thanks to an excellent selection of seafood, lots of heritage, stunning natural beauty and Maritimers are genuinely some of the finest and most loving people in the world.
Dr Campino
Member
Yeah, okay.
Countless fantastic restaurants, busy arts scene, incredibly safe and some of the cheapest houses in the country. I'm of course biased because it's my hometown, but it's a good city.
Morrigan Stark
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OP said "city" though
Oppo
Member
ok yeah, that's fair. i guess you are right. i take it back.
this is a strange response since i mentioned a local butcher as an example. agree to disagree i guess.
unpopularblargh
Member
I moved to Montreal from Mississauga (a suburb just outside of Toronto). Love Montreal. Personally I find people much easier to talk to here than back in the GTA. Been here a few years, though I do live in Dorval now to be closer to work.