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Sup /trv/. I'm moving to Toronto from America in a few days alone. What should i expect as far as differences? Outside the whole bagged milk thing. Also whats some good places to go see? Concert venues, tourist spots, etc. I'm from Georgia so its not hard to impress me.
>> Anonymous
There are no differences, Canada is the 51st state.
>> Anonymous
One thing I noticed in terms of differences is recycling. In a BK you seen different slots for paper, plastic, food, etc. But you only see that sort of thing in a grocery store in the states. Canada, as far as I've seen, is much cleaner.
>> Anonymous
Go buy a fucking Skor chocolate bar.
>> Anonymous
Living in Canada, I've never in my life seen bagged milk. It must be an Eastern Canadian thing. Not sure about Toronto, but in BC there are ridiculously lax drug laws/enforcement.
>> Anonymous
OP here

>>31842
Yeah from what i heard it was more of a French thing. I assume its not a massively French populated area then?

What else? Hows the city look like?
>> Anonymous
Good luck with dealing with the snow. It's supposed to be warm this weekend though. 20-26 degrees Celsius (one thing you have to get used of .. c instead of f)

Yes, milk comes in bags, but you living on your own, you're not going to want to go that route (it's a lot of milk). You can also buy milk in gallons and litres. If you do want to buy the milk in bags, you have to also get a holder. See this handy informative Youtube video, OP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N6fnrzWY6o

Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. There is a Little Italy, Greektown, Chinatown.. and at Kensington Market you can find the pacific island people and really neat little thrift shops and different types of foods. The downtown core is really Yonge and Dundas marked by Dundas Sq and the Eaton's Centre (kick ass mall that's half underground).

The subway system is really easy to navigate, and most of the cool venues (Massey Hall, The Phoenix, Mod Club) are accessible by that.

Pick up a tourist book and just explore. It'll be fun.

I moved to NYC from Toronto originally and I miss Toronto's charms more. NYC is awesome, but Toronto is the more personable, friendly version.
>> Anonymous
>>31842

Yeah, it might be. I heard that bagged milk was used in WI, too for a brief period of time. I don't get why it doesn't catch on. I freeze the extra bags sometimes and the actual holder saves space in the fridge.
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>>31846
>(one thing you have to get used of .. c instead of f)
that is odd. Are americans the only ones that do that?

But thanx. The city sounds really nice. I visited NY once before and thought it was awesome and diverse. Though the rail system game me so much shit. This is a pic of georgia's rail. As you can see, we're fuckin retarded and can't handle complicated directions outside of north-south east-west.
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>>31852

Toronto is kind of the same. Union to Queen/College would be all downtown core stops. Queen stops off at the mall I was talking about (Eaton's Center)

There's also Go Train system, buses and streetcars.

A downside is that the subway stops at like 1 am or 2 am. I'm not sure but it's fairly early.

Any other questions?
>> Anonymous
>>31855
trains/buses here stop about 10-11PM, so 2AM is perfectly fine.

What about sight seeing? i have about 2 weeks to goof off before i have to go the responsible route and get a job.
>> Anonymous
>>31852
Ok, see the bottom of the map where the 'A' in 'Airport' is? Is that Dixon road?
>> Anonymous
>>31857
>>31858

Sightseeing is pretty easy. You're going to want to see the museums, The Royal Ontario Museum is nice, The CN Tower, Hockey Hall of Fame, Ferry to Toronto Island, maybe? Check out this page: http://www.torontotourism.com/visitor/HomePage.htm

I heard the Evil Dead Musical is awesome.. but wear old clothes because they do spill blood into the crowd.

I don't see airport on the map? Are you coming in from Pierson? or the Island Airport?

http://www.gtaa.com/en/travellers/airport_information/ground_transportatio/public_transportatio/
http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/service_to_airport.htm

Dixon Rd is in Etobicoke. (ee-tow-bic-co) Not really close to the subway, but there's definitely buses you can take that get you to where you need to be. What intersection?
>> Anonymous
I also suggest going to the Virgin Music Festival: http://www.virginfestival.ca/toronto/
>> Anonymous
>>31860
>I don't see airport on the map? Are you coming in from Pierson? or the Island Airport?
wut? From Georgia or Toronto? Hartsfield airport in Georgia (which is the one on the rail map towards the bottom that just says Airport) and Lester B Pearson International airport in toronto.

>Evil Dead Musical
holy fuck DO WANT

As far as to what area, im still not sure. there was a mix up with a douche bag landlord and i'm stuck looking for places at the last minute. Also why the hell does every one rd have 2 names? i'm getting confused as hell when i have to google map the areas
>> Anonymous
>>31862
>From Georgia or Toronto? Hartsfield airport in Georgia (which is the one on the rail map towards the bottom that just says Airport) and Lester B Pearson International airport in toronto.

My bad. I totally only skimmed what you said first. Sorry, dude. I also spelt Pearson incorrectly, haha. Way to go, me.

>As far as to what area, im still not sure. there was a mix up with a douche bag landlord and i'm stuck looking for places at the last minute. Also why the hell does every one rd have 2 names? i'm getting confused as hell when i have to google map the areas

I've never really had a problem. It's usually because the roads are so fucking long. I've gotten lost once in Etobicoke, though. It's shitty 60s suburban sprawl all in that area. I couldn't understand how I kept on getting off of Scarlett Rd, so I ended up going in circles a few times before figuring out it was just a name change.. and I grew up there.
>> Anonymous
All being said, OP, I'm just a dumb girl with a semi sorta bad sense of direction (unless I'm taking you there myself) so I hope someone gives you more definitive / better answers, but discovering the city for yourself is so fun, too. Plus, it's safe to do so.. just stay away from Scarborough and you'll be alright.
>> Anonymous
>>31864
Is it easy to drive around at least? i remember seeing how NY traffic was. Fuckin death trap around every corner. Not that atlanta drivers are any better. But i hear nothing but good things about the area being friendly. So is road rage not an issue? and ungodly amount of traffic?
>> Anonymous
>>31866
my sense of direction is no better, so no worries. I had assloads of fun getting lost in NY (though i ended up in coney island when i was looking for times square. Fuck that rail system). Anyway is Scarborough the equivalent of the ghetto or somethin? .....are there even black ppl up there? Thats gonna be fuck weird.
>> Anonymous
>>31867
>>31869

>Is it easy to drive around at least? i remember seeing how NY traffic was. Fuckin death trap around every corner. Not that atlanta drivers are any better. But i hear nothing but good things about the area being friendly. So is road rage not an issue? and ungodly amount of traffic?

There's not as many people in Toronto (3 mil) as there are in New York. Downtown, you're going to run into trouble where you can't make turns on reds if you're driving (I just recently got a ticket for trying to sneak) but it's just simple blocks and if you go up a few streets you'll be able to make the turn.

Traffic can be a mess during rush hour, though. You're going to have a love/hate relationship with hwy 401 (which is one of the longest highways, busiest in the world or something..) It's always busy, pretty much, and if it's not, some asshole got into a messy accident that holds everyone else up.

Good to know, though, that most people go about 120 km/hr, and you won't be pulled over for this, even though the limit is 100. It's not enforced.

>my sense of direction is no better, so no worries. I had assloads of fun getting lost in NY (though i ended up in coney island when i was looking for times square. Fuck that rail system). Anyway is Scarborough the equivalent of the ghetto or somethin? .....are there even black ppl up there? Thats gonna be fuck weird.

Parts of it are nice, but most of it is scummy, and ghetto like, yes. Although, the Toronto Zoo is in Scarborough haha. There are a lot of black neighborhoods but it's not the same like in America. White lives there, too, and it's not like there's any sort of segregation.
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>>31871
well nah wasnt implying segregation or anything. I just remember how odd the north can be. I recall going to Maine (population of 25, shit sux) and seeing nothin but white people. New Hampshire seemed somewhat similar. NY was the complete opposite though. Isn't canada populated by a lot of french speaking asians?
>> Anonymous
How did this turn into a "Canuck moves to America" thread into a Toronto tourism thread?

Toronto sucks. The rest of Canada is justified in trying to pretend it's been annexed by New York.
>> Anonymous
>>31874

Hahhaha, no. Everything is bilingual by law thanks to some Frenchie terrorists. There are a lot of Asians, but mostly out west. You're going to see a lot of "brown" people.
>> Anonymous
>>31890
okay. I actually like the idea of moving to a more populated city. You don't know boring till you've seen what georgia has. All those joke about us only having a coke factory and airports doesnt stray too far from the truth. Oh wait we got a giant rock too. I'm sorry toronto is no farm country or boring ass suburb. Or whatever the hell you consider an ideal.
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Enjoy having exactly six brands of liquor, two kinds of red wine, one kind of white wine, and four brands of beer, because everything is controlled by the government.
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>>31898
I dont care for whine, i'll drink any beer, but the liquor thing sound like shit. They dont have anything common like Jack, Jim Bean, Jose?
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>>31899

Well, actually the more common stuff you're probably ok, but if they don't have something, you can't just go to the competition, because THERE IS NONE.

On the bright side, Havana Club.
>> Anonymous
> "It must be an Eastern Canadian thing"

No, milk comes in cartons here in the east. Mostly, at least. Never in paper bags, but sometimes in plastic
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>>31899
Some incredibly awesome beer comes from Canada!
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>>31898

What? The LCBO has more variety than anything I've seen in liquor stores in the States.. The only thing cool about the States is being able to buy a pack of beer at any time at a gas station or 7/11 .. but really, if you stock up at the Beer Store of LCBO it's alright.

You must live in a little town.. that's the only time I've seen a limited selection of liquor.
>> Anonymous
So how does it work exactly when you guys say its regulated? Can you only purchase so much on certain days or what?
>> Anonymous
>>31911

No.. the liquor stores are just government owned and operated. I think they raise the taxes on the but nothing noticeable to me, really. All's I know is that I want a job there because they pay REALLY well
>> Anonymous
>>31909

Actually I'm not from Canada, just visited a bunch of times. But I went to a liquor store in some mall in downtown Toronto where all the big black high rises are located, as well as something around Yorkville.

Mind you, I'm a terrible booze hound and I can be quite picky with my liquor. And I'm used to buying my booze in the best liquor stores of the biggest cities in the Unted States.

The LCBO stores have the kind of selection I might have expected in a place like Salt Lake City or Omaha, not a world class city. If it wasn't for the fact that Toronto's restaurant scene is so good, and they have such a diverse, cosmopolitan population, the liquor thing wouldn't have left such a strong impression.
>> Anonymous
>>31919

It definitely depends on the location. A smaller LCBO is going to have a small inventory.. just like a smaller liquor store in the states is going to have a smaller selection.

http://www.lcbo.com/products/productsearch.shtml
>> Anonymous
Where in Toronto are you moving? The city proper or suburbs? If you're headed out to northern 905 country (the suburbs), be ready to see Christian white people as a distinct minority. Everyone in the area I grew up in is either Jewish, Russian, Israeli, Persian or Korean.
>> Anonymous
"I'm from Georgia What should i expect as far as differences?"

White people as far as the eye can see.