Toronto vs. San Francisco: typical inner-city housing (compare, cons, states)

[slo1318]

Originally Posted by YoYoMa69

As far as hideous goes, I guess you don't find it hideous when 100% of a front yard of every home in the neighbourhood is paved over. lol. No trees, no flowers, nothing but ugly pavement and a driveway. Oh yeah, that's real attractive.

Your statement is hideous because u are lying and exaggerating. You are cherry picking and you know it.
And that 2 face duplex, obviously has been re-done. I cant believe you posted that thing....

[BajanYankee]

I must say that I have a soft spot for tree-lined streets.



http://www.blogography.com/photos43/BrooklynStreet.jpg



http://www.traveladventures.org/cont...shington15.jpg



http://bostonapartments.charlesgater...ain_street.jpg

[scottyr]

Are there any American cities with the brick Edwardian Bay-and_gable style homes so often seen all over Toronto and Hamilton?

[nei]

Originally Posted by grapico

The ones that you showed for Brooklyn have garden units with room for garden plants/pots that are gated off from the sidewalk, and do not have garages with a dropped down sidewalk where a pedestrian has to watch for cars pulling out or might sprain an ankle jogging/walking. Where the same space is more often in SF is a garage for cars, complete with the sidewalk entrance where it physically drops down.
Not sure what point you were trying to prove with that one. The picture also looks to be taken in early spring when the trees are not full, I'm sure other times of the year the tree cover would be much more significant and create shaded area/block noise, etc. Looking something more like this

Notice this block has no curb cuts, garages or alleys. Just street parking.

I think one of the reasons SF has less trees is because the summer aren't hot. The other cities need trees for shade in the summer.

[Relegate]

Garages or not, San Francisco has some of the most beautiful and unique urban residential architecture in the country. Just take a look at these images and walk down some of these streets on google maps. I've yet to see anything comparable in Toronto:

san francisco - Google Maps

san francisco - Google Maps

I love the seemingly endless wall of housing in the second one - if that's not urban I don't know what is.

[Relegate]

And here's some newer housing in San Francisco. Not as beautiful, but stilll pretty cool and super urban:

san francisco - Google Maps

[orzo]

How can you look at those links and say honestly that you don't think San Francisco is a "real city"? In my opinion, it's as much a real city as anywhere in North America, outside of NYC and Chicago.

[415_s2k]

Since I own this car, an S2000, aka "S2k":

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/307182_2601891409086_1308840717_33035729_253500225 _n.jpg (broken link)

... and the number of my username is the area code for 415... I'm sure you can guess what my answer is

I'd love a house like in one of the pics slo posted, with a nice little garage to protect my beloved car from the elements, door dings, and love taps and give me a place to do engine work and whatnot. The fact that it's in my favorite city makes it all the more preferable.

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by YoYoMa69

I think this deserves its own thread. Which type of housing do you like more: the brick housing found in Toronto with ground-floor living space, lush front yards, and no garages or curb cuts facing the street, or San Francisco, with its ground floor of nothing but a garage with a door beside it, no lush greenery, and a curb cut that spans nearly the entire width of the property. The front door in San Francisco houses is often sitting behind a metal gate as well, as you can see in the first SF picture.

Toronto:







San Francisco:

lol at your blatant cherry-picking. And those SF Streetviews don't even look like they're in the "inner-city" of San Francisco, they look like they're in the Sunset. You might as well have posted this:

San Francisco - Google Maps

For how disingenuous you're being.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Relegate

Garages or not, San Francisco has some of the most beautiful and unique urban residential architecture in the country. Just take a look at these images and walk down some of these streets on google maps. I've yet to see anything comparable in Toronto:

san francisco - Google Maps

san francisco - Google Maps

I love the seemingly endless wall of housing in the second one - if that's not urban I don't know what is.

That second link is amazing.