We regret to inform you that this crummy year is only half over. The good news—and who doesn’t want some?—is that Toronto has been spared the worst of the vanishing jobs, the teetering banks and the general misery. Not to brag, but residents of such less fortunate burgs as London and New York are jealous of us: our condo boom is still mostly booming; restaurants are booked solid; we finally have our own Frank Gehry masterpiece; and, thanks to our beloved Cito, the Jays are off to a winning start. It wasn’t long ago that Mel Lastman regularly embarrassed us with his “greatest city in the world” shtick. Today we take our city’s enviableness for granted. Here, our list of reasons Toronto, despite the odds, is so damn lovable in 2009.