What Are The Safest Areas In Toronto?

[MapleLeaf]

Originally Posted by KevK

Mississauga

Agree

[Redrum237]

Originally Posted by ThroatGuzzler

Depends where in mississauga you're talking about, northern mississauga (meadowvale/streetsville/malton/dixie) is usually more crime ridden, but as you get closer to the lake it's different.

I wouldn't say Streetsville is bad at all. Malton is crap, tons of the more affluent residents are leaving--but it's barely even Mississauga anyway. Meadowvale isn't actually that bad, but a lot of dumb teenagers have a ghetto mentality there. That mentality exists a lot in Mississauga, but Meadowvale (otherwise known as MDV-Money Drugs Violence) is one of the worst places for it. The most ghetto area in Mississauga, not counting Malton, is probably just south of Dundas, along Hurontario.

The nicest parts of Mississauga are generally near the lake and the Credit River (Port Credit, Lorne Park, Mineolea, Mississauga Rd, Gordon Woods)--those areas are fairly wealthy though. Also, as far as more middle class areas go, Erin Mills isn't all that bad, nor is Streetsville. I think Applewood is okay too, although it has some sketchy bits...then again, so does Erin Mills.

Mississauga has a low crime rate, but unfortunately a lot of youth have a really ghetto mentality, for no reason. It's not like Brampton, which is actually becoming legitimately ghetto all across, except for a few areas.

[downwithwebster123]

Originally Posted by KevK

Mississauga

Um... unless if you're fine with confusing your own house for your neightbours, I would say NEVER LIVE THERE, not a lot of personality in the houses, very suburbia-esque.

The Bridle Path, Rosedale, Forest Hill, etc. are an obvious choice, but they are also quite expensive.

Lawrence Park and Lytton Park are quite nice, so is most of the areas near Yonge St./ Avenue Road. Leaside is nice too. Cedarvale, High Park, and Guildwood are also safe areas.

However, my favourite is the Beaches. Quite safe, the most common problem is the Beaches rich kids doing drugs in the ravine! Veeeery rich houses and families, but also some normal ones as well. But like the others, really expensive.

[Fred Derf]

Most areas of Toronto are safe with few exceptions. Things start to get dicier when you approach the 416/905 border with the one notable exception of South Etobicoke. There is a middle ring between the actual downtown and the 416/905 borderlands that is generally pretty nice and pretty safe.

[ThroatGuzzler]

Originally Posted by downwithwebster123

Um... unless if you're fine with confusing your own house for your neightbours, I would say NEVER LIVE THERE, not a lot of personality in the houses, very suburbia-esque.

Lol.. what a completely generic generalization.. You should take a trip into old Mississauga my friend, and actually open you eyes. And by the way.. what does cookie cutter suburban developments have to do with Mississauga not being safe?

[downwithwebster123]

Originally Posted by ThroatGuzzler

Lol.. what a completely generic generalization.. You should take a trip into old Mississauga my friend, and actually open you eyes. And by the way.. what does cookie cutter suburban developments have to do with Mississauga not being safe?

I never said that it wsn't safe, I just said that I would never live there, to me it just feels like a huge suburb.

[pk00]

Originally Posted by Redrum237

I wouldn't say Streetsville is bad at all. Malton is crap, tons of the more affluent residents are leaving--but it's barely even Mississauga anyway. Meadowvale isn't actually that bad, but a lot of dumb teenagers have a ghetto mentality there. That mentality exists a lot in Mississauga, but Meadowvale (otherwise known as MDV-Money Drugs Violence) is one of the worst places for it. The most ghetto area in Mississauga, not counting Malton, is probably just south of Dundas, along Hurontario.

The nicest parts of Mississauga are generally near the lake and the Credit River (Port Credit, Lorne Park, Mineolea, Mississauga Rd, Gordon Woods)--those areas are fairly wealthy though. Also, as far as more middle class areas go, Erin Mills isn't all that bad, nor is Streetsville. I think Applewood is okay too, although it has some sketchy bits...then again, so does Erin Mills.

Mississauga has a low crime rate, but unfortunately a lot of youth have a really ghetto mentality, for no reason. It's not like Brampton, which is actually becoming legitimately ghetto all across, except for a few areas.

Yup typically the crime is towards the toronto side of the city. The western part of mississauga is the least crime-ridden area.

Meadowvale isn't bad at all...the kids dress ghetto but no one really commits crime. It is older than much of the other areas around it, and thus was predominately white middle class until relatively recently.

Going south it gets even safer, when you get into Erin Mills, which is relatively new, the houses get bigger, and as you get closer to Oakville it gets richer.