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In NYC I'm sure it's above 75% - virtually all in Manhattan, probably 90% in the Bronx, at least 70% in Brooklyn, probably 55-60% in Queens. In the Old City of Toronto it's probably 60%, Toronto as a whole about 50%. About a third in Scarborough and Etobicoke, higher than that in North York (maybe 40-45%?). That's my guess anyway.
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In NYC I'm sure it's above 75% - virtually all in Manhattan, probably 90% in the Bronx, at least 70% in Brooklyn, probably 55-60% in Queens. In the Old City of Toronto it's probably 60%, Toronto as a whole about 50%. About a third in Scarborough and Etobicoke, higher than that in North York (maybe 40-45%?)
Yea Manhattan and Bronx are very high. Everytime I go to the Bronx that's all i see when i drive or take the train uptown. Brooklyn is pretty high, and then comes Queens.
It'd be nice to find the exact numbers. I remember seeing them somewhere but cant remember where.
The community council areas don't coincide with the old borough boundaries exactly but it's:
72% in Toronto/East York
57% in North York
40% in Scarborough
49% in Etobicoke/York (but this includes some of the west end, Weston etc. and would certainly be lower in Etobicoke proper)
57% in the City of Toronto as a whole
The community council areas don't coincide with the old borough boundaries exactly but it's:
72% in Toronto/East York
57% in North York
40% in Scarborough
49% in Etobicoke/York (but this includes some of the west end, Weston etc. and would certainly be lower in Etobicoke proper)
57% in the City of Toronto as a whole
Yea Manhattan and Bronx are very high. Everytime I go to the Bronx that's all i see when i drive or take the train uptown. Brooklyn is pretty high, and then comes Queens.
It'd be nice to find the exact numbers. I remember seeing them somewhere but cant remember where.
Toronto definitely has no equivalent to the Bronx!
Toronto definitely has no equivalent to the Bronx!
Too bad. I love the Bronx.
Southern Brooklyn also has a lot more semis and SFH's compared to northern Brooklyn. Areas like Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge have street after street of tightly-packed semis, rowhouses, and detached homes. There are certainly rental apartments on the main boulevards, but not like Bushwick or Sunset Park, or Flatbush, or most of Northern Brooklyn which has mostly tenement-style apartments mixed in with rowhouses, brownstones, etc.
Southern Brooklyn also has a lot more semis and SFH's compared to northern Brooklyn. Areas like Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge have street after street of tightly-packed semis, rowhouses, and detached homes. There are certainly rental apartments on the main boulevards, but not like Bushwick or Sunset Park, or Flatbush, or most of Northern Brooklyn which has mostly tenement-style apartments mixed in with rowhouses, brownstones, etc.
Ultimately the "equivalents" of Manhattan, Brooklyn (both northern/brownstone and southern) and western Queens would be contained in the Old City of Toronto, while only eastern Queens and Staten Island can be said to be "like" the outer boroughs of Toronto. For instance the opening credits of All in the Family shows Astoria, Queens and those houses kind of look like "east end" houses here (as I've said before Queens really is the borough that most resembles Toronto).
So it's really hard to make the comparison. Perhaps we should see the "outer boroughs" as more akin to the San Fernando Valley in L.A. - ethnically diverse postwar suburban areas in the city proper that are denser than most suburbs (though one could say the SFV serves the "function" of Queens and Staten Island for L.A.)
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