adma
Superstar
There is nothing typical about it. There are many neighbourhoods in Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, etc, that have near identical land use characteristics and age of infrastructure, yet they have experienced a far different fate than those in Toronto. Keith is bang on.
The way you state it, it's as if Steeles or Etobicoke Creek were 8 Mile. Oh, and a lot of 60s/70s BrampMiss is looking pretty shabby and dog-eared today, and even the stuff built since can be chock-a-block with basement apartments and their like. "Blight" knows no municipal boundaries or tax/governmental structure...