[cdnbaron]

Born in Whitby, ON, took a brief detour to St. Catharines, ON, now living in Whitby again. Close enough to say Toronto, but far enough away that I don't get shot.

Originally Posted by plazzman

I'm from the shittiest part of Toronto, which is Scarborough, I've been here for about 15 years and hate it. In fact I hate Toronto. I want to move to Hawaii or Japan

I work on Whites Road in Pickering, and even that is too close to Scarborough for me. It scares me, and your Scarbereish ways are starting to creep into Durham. Make it stop.

[plazzman]

Originally Posted by cdnbaron

Born in Whitby, ON, took a brief detour to St. Catharines, ON, now living in Whitby again. Close enough to say Toronto, but far enough away that I don't get shot.



I work on Whites Road in Pickering, and even that is too close to Scarborough for me. It scares me, and your Scarbereish ways are starting to creep into Durham. Make it stop.

I actually work on Liverpool Rd.

Quite frankly, Pickering is the same shit as Scarborough.

[Suvaco]

Why don't you bitches move to the US of A and this won't be a problem for you. Just not the south. Good God do not move to the South.

[swpthleg]

you could get shot anywhere at any time theoretically. I want to hear more about the Pickering-Scarborough area, as I am totally ignorant of Toronto geography esp. in socioeconomic terms.

It could be worse, you could live in a backwater which is a dumping ground for Social Security recipients, and welfare and Medicaid cheats.

Sometimes I really miss our former home, the Detroit suburbs. If my husband got a swank job offer I'd move back in a heartbeat.

[MalkyBoy]

Swp were abouts in Enlgand are your parents from

[swpthleg]

Edgware and Tunbridge Wells and my dad went to Christ's Hospital in Horsham, then did undergrad at Keel in Manchester

[cdnbaron]

Originally Posted by plazzman

Quite frankly, Pickering is the same shit as Scarborough.

This is true, which is why I'm glad I live in Whitby.

Originally Posted by wawaweewa

Why don't you bitches move to the US of A and this won't be a problem for you. Just not the south. Good God do not move to the South.

Not even going to get into this. Both countries have their merits. For instance, you guys can actually win medals in the Olympics, we have non-war criminals as our elected officials (kidding, plus Stephen Harper just reeks of someone who loves little boys). I can go back and forth all night.

Originally Posted by swpthleg

I want to hear more about the Pickering-Scarborough area, as I am totally ignorant of Toronto geography esp. in socioeconomic terms.

As much shit as Scarborough gets, it's really pretty decent. Orton Park (a small part of the Scarb) is bad for crime, and that's where Scarborough gets most of it's bad name. It's definitely not on my shit list like Jane/Finch, Regent Park, Rexdale, etc. Toronto as a whole is a safe place to live (by the numbers), just a lot of petty crimes. Pickering gets a lot of the wannabe gangster run-off from Scarborough, which to me is just as bad, if not worse.

The funny thing is that Pickering and Scarborough have two of the nicest neighbourhoods I've been privy to know people in, which are Rougemount and the Bluffs. In general, I'd consider both Pickering and Scarborough in general to be middle to upper-middle class areas.

[plazzman]

Originally Posted by cdnbaron

As much shit as Scarborough gets, it's really pretty decent. Orton Park (a small part of the Scarb) is bad for crime, and that's where Scarborough gets most of it's bad name. It's definitely not on my shit list like Jane/Finch, Regent Park, Rexdale, etc. Toronto as a whole is a safe place to live (by the numbers), just a lot of petty crimes. Pickering gets a lot of the wannabe gangster run-off from Scarborough, which to me is just as bad, if not worse.

The funny thing is that Pickering and Scarborough have two of the nicest neighbourhoods I've been privy to know people in, which are Rougemount and the Bluffs. In general, I'd consider both Pickering and Scarborough in general to be middle to upper-middle class areas.

I live in Port Union, so thats close to Dean Park and Generation. I went to school in the Guildwood, Bluffs area, lots of pretentious kids. And now I work in Pickering, lots of wanksters here.

[Guy]

Was originally born in Durango, Mexico (a nice and friendly city) then moved to Reno, Nevada (amazing city with casinos and lots of stuff to do) and now I live in a piss poor city called Swansea, Illinois.

I'm looking to move back to Mexico in a couple years and from there I'm going to try to live in Brazil every 2 or 3 months in the summer.

[plazzman]

I lived in Reno for a tiny bit when I was young, VERY nice place. I hung out in the Atlantis Casino all day while I was there.