I do love Toronto. Great city. But the winters IMO are even worse than Portland's. And a hell of lot longer.
How bad are your winters? I figured since you're close to Seattle/Vancouver, they couldn't be that bad. Those cities have it lucky.
I love Toronto too and I did live in NYC. Toronto definitely feels more diverse - but it is not a big difference. Quite frankly - you can find just about any ethnicity in NY as well - it just spread over a bigger area with more people to go through.
Having a diverse population is only one part of being "cosmopolitan." Consider the following definition of the word from Merriam-Webster's dictionary: 1 : having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing 2 : having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb> Under that definition, I'd say that New York has Toronto beat by a mile.
Its all relative. I think its what you get used to. Compared to Miami, Phoenix and LA.... bad. Compared to Minnesota, Detroit, Chicago, and Toronto......not bad at all.
It's mostly in the mid to upper 40s and it rains a lot. Snow is a rare treat that closes the schools maybe once a year on averge and then melts the next day (we actually had a white Christmas this year which is an exceptionally rare treat). BNM
Winning will keep him happy. Unfortunately for Toronto fans, your roster is a train wreck. You need a LOT more than Hedo Turkoglu to make you contenders. And, if Bosh leaves next summer, you are in full blown re-building mode (which is why the rumored 5-year $60 million offer to Hedo made absolutely no sense - I suspect it's an agent generated figure). BNM
I definitely had just diverse/multicultural in mind, when I used that word. My bad. Do you guys get snow days when there's only a couple inches of snow on the ground? I know Vancouver functions like that, and I never stop using it to taunt people who live there.
We get snow days when it doesn't even snow. At the first forecast of snow, they close the schools. We had about three days in a row last winter where they closed the schools because a big winter storm was headed our way. In those three days combined, we got maybe 1/4" of snow - then the storm did hit (the biggest since I've lived here - 20 years) and they had to cancel school for the whole week. So, basically the kids got an extra week off for Chrismas break. It was great. BNM
Players avoid Toronto because it is European. European tax rates. Coming soon to a US state near you....
