Does Toronto's urban structure have more in common with large US Midwest Cities or large US Northeast Cities? (population, market)

[King of Kensington]

Originally Posted by r small

That neighborhood reminds me of parts of Pittsburgh.

In some ways PA cities and towns remind me a bit of Ontario.

[Othello Is Here]

Originally Posted by Atticman

Say whaaaa? I defy you to find any neighbourhood in the midwest that looks like Kensington Market.

https://goo.gl/maps/r2GLnZFfLuT2

With its narrow streets, ramshackle graffiti covered buildings and psychedelic rowhouses, the last place that comes to mind is a typical midwestern neighbourhood.

Im talking STRICTLY about the structure of the housing.Not the type of neighborhood it is or its function.The styles of the houses are very much Midwestern. Particularly those further down Augusta Ave

[Atticman]

Originally Posted by Othello Is Here

Im talking STRICTLY about the structure of the housing.Not the type of neighborhood it is or its function.The styles of the houses are very much Midwestern. Particularly those further down Augusta Ave

These are some of the houses just off of Augusta Ave. Typical Toronto style bay and gable row houses.

https://goo.gl/maps/XMWuVzKHXwT2

[King of Kensington]

Originally Posted by eschaton

I agree that Toronto is most like Chicago overall. Yes it has rowhouses, but Chicago actually has some as well in its oldest neighborhoods like Lincoln Park. It would have had more if it wasn't for the Great Fire changing building codes to ban attached housing.

If you want a Canadian city which looks like Philly, you'd need to look at Montreal, or maybe Quebec City. They are much more rowhouse dominated.

Montreal isn't a rowhouse city at all. Like NYC it was never a "city of homes." The urban form is most similar to Brooklyn IMO and the demographics of immigrant and ethnic Montreal are a bit like Brooklyn too.

[Maintainschaos]

This thread reads a lot: "How ~*dare*~ you say that Toronto resembles some Midwestern cities" as if it's a pejorative or something...

[Othello Is Here]

Originally Posted by Atticman

These are some of the houses just off of Augusta Ave. Typical Toronto style bay and gable row houses.

https://goo.gl/maps/XMWuVzKHXwT2

Toronto has its own style that is also found in Ottawa. Im not debating that it does not but it is MY opinion that there are many areas where the architecture also strongly memics Midwestern big cities.

To be honest the ONLY thing that reminds me even a little bit of NYC is parts of Yongue St where all the electronic billboards are and the vibrancy is just as well Chicago or NYC.

[Othello Is Here]

Originally Posted by Maintainschaos

This thread reads a lot: "How ~*dare*~ you say that Toronto resembles some Midwestern cities" as if it's a pejorative or something...

Yes I dont get it. Its like people want it to be so NYC-esque.I guess due to Chicago with all its bad news makes them like a president with low ratings no one wants him to campaign for them.

Personally ,I would live in Chicago before I ever would live in NYC.Chicago's positives are far greater than its negatives.

[joey joe-joe]

Or because Chicago isn't the "Mid-West".

Mid-West also implies cities like Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Columbus, etc. All cities that bear no resemblance to Toronto at all on any sort of tangible way.

Philadelphia and boroughs of NYC on the other hand actually resemble Toronto.

[Maintainschaos]

lol now the largest Midwestern city, the de facto capital of the Midwest, in the most populous Midwestern state is no longer Midwestern

[King of Kensington]

Originally Posted by Maintainschaos

This thread reads a lot: "How ~*dare*~ you say that Toronto resembles some Midwestern cities" as if it's a pejorative or something...

Kind of like how those from your state say "how dare you suggest that an affluent. educated and progressive state like Maryland is in some way Southern"?