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Oy vey, please ignore everything that troll above ^ just posted. Toronto is a great and friendly city where it's not any more difficult to make friends than it is anywhere else where human beings reside.
I suggest a stroll down Queen St. West to Spadina, up Spadina through Chinatown and then venture into nearby Kensington Market.
Toronto may have stuff, but I don't think it has much that NYC doesn't. Toronto is very residential, even in downtown.
but still, spending a day here to walk around is worth it.
Toronto is a great and friendly city where it's not any more difficult to make friends than it is anywhere else where human beings reside.
And you hope to be taken seriously by anyone familiar with the subject?
I think you have no idea what's you're talking about. But it's normal, if you're a Canadian and never actually lived in fully fleshed out and vibrant societies to be able to get an understanding on a visceral level.
Now in the real world Toronto is not "great", not "friendly" and is not a "not any more difficult to make friends than it is anywhere else" kind of a place. Don't mislead the readers!
And you hope to be taken seriously by anyone familiar with the subject?
I think you have no idea what's you're talking about. But it's normal, if you're a Canadian and never actually lived in fully fleshed out and vibrant societies to be able to get an understanding on a visceral level.
Now in the real world Toronto is not "great", not "friendly" and is not a "not any more difficult to make friends than it is anywhere else" kind of a place. Don't mislead the readers!
I think you're the one who people might not take seriously. Your reality is yours and yours alone. His is his, and mine is mine. So to say that someone, say like me, who does find Toronto friendly ( and yes I have travelled extensively ) or great ( a truly subjective term ) is not in " the real world " is arrogant and quite provincial.
I think you're the one who people might not take seriously. Your reality is yours and yours alone. His is his, and mine is mine. So to say that someone, say like me, who does find Toronto friendly ( and yes I have traveled extensively ) or great ( a truly subjective term ) is not in " the real world " is arrogant and quite provincial.
I have a different take on it, and I think, more relevant to someone planning to visit place or move there to live and willing to form an accurate opinion based on observations from others, so I'd need to have a common ground, instead of offering highly subjective take.
For example, declaring a population "friendly" implies it exhibiting certain traits and behaviors that should be quite prominent and can be observed. Now lets look at the definitions (defined through characterizing synonyms in this example). Most of these characteristics (cordial, warm, comradely, neighborly, open, unreserved, gregarious, etc.) are certainly not preferred and exhibited by a critical mass of people in communication there to claim friendliness of that place. You'd be generally misleading yourself and others claiming Toronto is a friendly place, it's simply on not a friendly, but rather a polite spectrum.
friendly
1. kind and pleasant.
"they were friendly to me"
synonyms: affable, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, warm, affectionate, demonstrative, convivial, companionable, sociable, gregarious, outgoing, comradely, neighborly, hospitable, approachable, easy to get on with, accessible, communicative, open, unreserved, easygoing, good-natured, kindly, benign, amenable, agreeable, obliging, sympathetic, well-disposed, benevolent;
polite
1. having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people.
"they thought she was wrong but were too polite to say so"
synonyms: well-mannered, civil, courteous, mannerly, respectful, deferential, well-behaved, well-bred, gentlemanly, ladylike, genteel, gracious, urbane;
I have a different take on it, and I think, more relevant to someone planning to visit place or move there to live and willing to form an accurate opinion based on observations from others, so I'd need to have a common ground, instead of offering highly subjective take.
For example, declaring a population "friendly" implies it exhibiting certain traits and behaviors that should be quite prominent and can be observed. Now lets look at the definitions (defined through characterizing synonyms in this example). Most of these characteristics (cordial, warm, comradely, neighborly, open, unreserved, gregarious, etc.) are certainly not preferred and exhibited by a critical mass of people in communication there to claim friendliness of that place. You'd be generally misleading yourself and others claiming Toronto is a friendly place, it's simply on not a friendly, but rather a polite spectrum.
friendly
1. kind and pleasant.
"they were friendly to me"
synonyms: affable, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, warm, affectionate, demonstrative, convivial, companionable, sociable, gregarious, outgoing, comradely, neighborly, hospitable, approachable, easy to get on with, accessible, communicative, open, unreserved, easygoing, good-natured, kindly, benign, amenable, agreeable, obliging, sympathetic, well-disposed, benevolent;
polite
1. having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people.
"they thought she was wrong but were too polite to say so"
synonyms: well-mannered, civil, courteous, mannerly, respectful, deferential, well-behaved, well-bred, gentlemanly, ladylike, genteel, gracious, urbane;
"I have a different take on it."
That's the only piece of information needed and should of been stated in the first place. YOUR take. Insulting people by saying they are not in the real world because their take is different does nothing but make you look arrogant. The irony that this is about politeness and friendliness is not lost on me.
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