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Yes it would only be significant in the world culturally if it had a bigger carribean festival, a larger pride parade, had a film festival larger than cannes and was the number 1 theatre scene in the world. Until it meets those cultural demands its significance is on the level of Thunder Bay. What was I thinking!
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Originally Posted by Acajack
I don't believe that Toronto is a significant cultural centre in the English-speaking world (it punches below its weight in this area) but on the financial and economic fronts it is big and its importance in these areas it is growing fast.
Not sure how to describe this but demographically or with respect to human exchanges and migrations Toronto is an important city in the world as well.
another gripe...is food trucks...why in this 'world city' do I not get to enjoy the taste, gourmet and fusion that food trucks provide? Again the city is against it..why??..I can only have Hot dogs, french fries. In LA (for example) they have so many food trucks offering so many different types of cuisine...Frustrating that in Canada's largest city, this is denied to us, yet even Vancouver has food trucks all over the place.
so what! This has zero to do with being a world city or not.
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Originally Posted by darrensmooth
another gripe...is food trucks...why in this 'world city' do I not get to enjoy the taste, gourmet and fusion that food trucks provide? Again the city is against it..why??..I can only have Hot dogs, french fries. In LA (for example) they have so many food trucks offering so many different types of cuisine...Frustrating that in Canada's largest city, this is denied to us, yet even Vancouver has food trucks all over the place.
i cant stand Toronto. so congested and aesthetically ugly and patch worked. it has its beautiful parts (as does any city) but as a whole its just not for me, i absolutely DREAD anytime business sends me there
another gripe...is food trucks...why in this 'world city' do I not get to enjoy the taste, gourmet and fusion that food trucks provide? Again the city is against it..why??..I can only have Hot dogs, french fries. In LA (for example) they have so many food trucks offering so many different types of cuisine...Frustrating that in Canada's largest city, this is denied to us, yet even Vancouver has food trucks all over the place.
Jeez man, every city has its issues. Are you going to bring up every single one of them to prove that we are not a world city, and is the presence of food trucks really that big of a deal in the larger scheme of things? We still do have food trucks that park in lots to avoid breaking the by-laws and city council will eventually fix this situation so that the food trucks can be out on the street. It's actually restaurant owners who are the major opponents to food trucks and have helped to stall a change to the by-laws.
But really man, why does it seem so important to you to prove that Toronto is not a world city?
i cant stand Toronto. so congested and aesthetically ugly and patch worked. it has its beautiful parts (as does any city) but as a whole its just not for me, i absolutely DREAD anytime business sends me there
Don't forget Toronto is still quite an important financial (TSE etc) and cultural centre in the English speaking world.. TIFF and the 3rd largest Theatre scene adds points to the claim that Toronto is a world class city.
As for architecture -well no we aren't a beautiful city throughout but... we do have representation from:
Libeskind, Alsop, Stone, I.M Pei, Van Der Rohe, Rivell, Calevatra and Gehry to name a few... not too bad i'd say.
Top 15 is good enough in my books as it is in most to qualifty as world class. Those who go out of their way to state T.O is not probably just have an agenda against it.
^Agreed. There are dozens and dozens of cities in world attempting to "be" world class or have "some" world class traits. So if Toronto is "top 15" in the world overall that really says something. The city (and surrounding area) is continuing to grow in several ways (importance, various types of construction/revitalization/expansion, population, relevance, world events/festivals, etc) so things can only get better from here on and I'm sure they will.
We might not have hosted an Olympics like Montreal, or have the worlds busiest airport like Atlanta, but from an overall perspective, Toronto outweighs most cities in the world, save maybe a good 10-15 cities.
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