50 Reasons to Love Toronto Right Now

Image credit: Cameron MacMaster

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.

Originally published June 2009

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I love the wall at CAMH on Queen West. Please don't tear it down. While it may represent a vestige of a socially damaging isolation and labeling of people suffering from mental illnesses, it is still the most beautiful wall in the city.
June 4, 2009 | by Mundane

Correction on the street meat menu:

Beef bulgogi at Yonge and Eglinton is actually $6! The booth also sells two other items which do not contain any meat (rice balls and a veggie dish - I forget the names but they are also $5 and $6.)
June 9, 2009 | by TO_lifer

This article is fantastic. Even living in and around Toronto you sometimes forget what a great city we live and and how lucky we are to be around all this diversity and acceptance and all the opportunities we have in front of us. This article just reminds me how much I love our city and wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

- Luciano Galasso

http://lugalasso.wordpress.com
July 13, 2009 | by Luciano_Galasso

I agree with mundane on the CAMH wall..in fact the wall was constructed by patients at the hospital when it was first being built.. if anything it should be preserved as a historical site. It is absolutely beautiful and it doesn't really span much of the property.. The wall is a landmark and shouldn't be touched.
September 30, 2009 | by TheSuze

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