urbandreamer
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2 May 2010 update:
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I do understand the feeling that King and Fraser/Dufferin is not a "there", is ghetto, and not friendly to pedestrians. I personally don't need to be in a "there" location all the time. I actually enjoy walking through the old industrial brick building neighbourhoods directly across King Street, and I don't mind living in the ghetto, though it isn't the ghetto it was a decade ago. But the main reasons I chose that side of the tracks are to be close to the GO train station at the Ex and the climbing gym. So we all have our reasons for choosing where we live.
^It's too ghetto on that side of the tracks for me to bother getting closer shots of the buildings, sorry. Seriously, as a pedestrian, that part of the world is radically different than Queen West--there's no "there, there."
Don't let urbandreamer's descriptions of a neighbourhood throw you: he is often harsh and perfunctory. Just south of here there is a lot of "there" there, in Liberty Village. When the pedestrian bridge is put in, there will be lots of "there" there just north of you too, in the Queen West Triangle of course.
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I don't mean ghetto as in Detroit ghetto or Jane&Finch ghetto. What I mean is King St itself here is dull, nothing to see really--aka no art galleries, cafes etc. It's very much like a car-only zone. That's ghetto to me. I'm far too lazy to walk from Queen West to King St just to take some photos of these ugly buildings under construction...unless you're willing to pay me for my efforts.
I'm aware LV is near by, but it too is very car centric. I prefer the triangle between Dundas and Queen to the uninteresting section by this development.
Do I live in a ghetto? Yeah I do, and it's filled with Russians. (Russian hookers are hot, ya know? )
Oh, and stop complaining about me, would you! Unlike you, I actually take the effort to take and post photos on this site. If I'm out on my 10 hour walks and decide to take photos of construction sites, y'all should be thankful; and of course I reserve the right to make snarky comments about what I see.