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View Poll Results: Which city has the brightest future?
Toronto 149 56.23%
Boston 61 23.02%
Philly 55 20.75%
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Old 01-20-2017, 02:54 PM
 
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Actually I forgot to go back and add that while Toronto may have banks,Boston is bigg in business consulting but I wrote what I responded too instead.
You are the LAST one to talk about inaccurate advertising.
Feel free to point out any part of my previous posts about Toronto that are factually inaccurate. Always open to correction if anything I said or third party sources I cited are factually inaccurate.
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Old 01-20-2017, 03:22 PM
 
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Oy vey, just because some other city might have institutions that are considered more "prestigious" than their Toronto counterparts doesn't mean the ones that are located in Toronto aren't prestigious in their own right.

I was responding to a post that basically said that Toronto didn't have anything about it that could be considered prestigious, which is of course nonsense, so I listed some of the things that bring Toronto a sense of prestige -- mainly in the Canadian context. Now let's not use that word again in this thread, ok?
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Old 01-20-2017, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Kingston, ON
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What's so funny about Toronto being included? It's currently blowing away most US cities it's size
There are now only two US cities larger than Toronto.
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Old 01-20-2017, 04:02 PM
 
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Oy vey, just because some other city might have institutions that are considered more "prestigious" than their Toronto counterparts doesn't mean the ones that are located in Toronto aren't prestigious in their own right.

I was responding to a post that basically said that Toronto didn't have anything about it that could be considered prestigious, which is of course nonsense, so I listed some of the things that bring Toronto a sense of prestige -- mainly in the Canadian context. Now let's not use that word again in this thread, ok?
I agree but that was not clear to me that was your intent to say.

But the other poster was saying U of T as if that alone was enough when Boston and Philly have several top world ranked schools.
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Old 01-20-2017, 04:17 PM
 
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i was in Philly last week for the first time in a few months. As someone who has worked off and on in the city going on 20 years, all i can say overall, is; Wow! Philadelphia has really turned a corner. Still lots of challenges ahead, but it's great to see this kind of urban renaissance in another city not called New York. .... Reading Terminal Market looking better than ever, filled to the rafters with people.... South Street, Chestnut, Walnut Streets really filling in with nice shops, high end retail and street activation all the way to the Schuylkill. the transformation of the neighborhood near 30th street is remarkable. All the cities with no big train station, (deduct 50 points).... crap history (deduct 200 points), etc, etc, etc... Didn't get a chance to see University City, hopefully next time.
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Old 01-20-2017, 05:36 PM
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Location: Ontario
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Lol exactly. Illinois and Pennsylvania independently are almost half the size of Canada.
True.

So is Ontario.

Toronto is in Ontario (just in case some of you don't know)

Ontario population is just under 14 million.

Slightly more than either Illinois and Pennsylvania.

If Ontario was a US state it would be ranked 5th in population....

1. California
2. Texas
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Ontario
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Old 01-20-2017, 05:41 PM
 
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True.

So is Ontario.

Toronto is in Ontario (just in case some of you don't know)

Ontario population is just under 14 million.

Slightly more than either Illinois and Pennsylvania.

If Ontario was a US state it would be ranked 5th in population....

1. California
2. Texas
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Ontario
Yep, although Ontario is over 14 million now, and grew by 209,000 people from 2015 to 2016.
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Old 01-20-2017, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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F1/Indycar are basically airplanes that drive on asphalt. in F1, you usually have the winner running >too many seconds ahead of the winner. And before you say it, only a few, very gifted open wheel drivers have ever had any success in Nascar. You should also get to go home after a hard day at the track.

The best racing is the GT class (Ferrari F-12's etc, Porsche GT2's etc) and those insane La Mans/Daytona prototypes they've been racing since the '60s in the long endurance races.
This may be your personal preference but worldwide F1 is regarded as the top code.
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Old 01-21-2017, 02:28 AM
 
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i drive a car that goes 196mph.
it's a GT car.
if i could afford to drive a street legal, prototype, i'd drive it.
at least you can say it can be driven on a road with enough storage to fit another human person.
how many open wheel automobiles are out on the roads since like, 1945?
you don't see them because they have almost no practical application in the real world. worse still, open wheel race cars are widow makers.
prototypes running La Mans compare favorably to F1 speeds, and don't kill the drivers with such absurd regularity.
here's what amounts to the closest thing you can drive to a La Mans prototype on the street is a street legal Zonda;


this is the non-street legal R version.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL2B_wN4XW0
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Old 01-23-2017, 04:41 PM
 
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Yep, although Ontario is over 14 million now, and grew by 209,000 people from 2015 to 2016.

^^^
Interesting, Ontario has almost the same population as New England, few hundred thousand smaller I think.
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