Adjei
Senior Member
I have traveled a lot and I can't remember a major city that has as many ugly, over-head wires on its main streets, as Toronto. Most places like San Francisco have it on small streets away from the core but what other major city has those on their major streets, right downtown? I think it sends out a really bad message. It seems to me that almost all of our politicians don't give a damn what this city looks like. Making money and getting re-elected is their only real agenda. Even regular Torontonians don't seem to give too much thought about what we look like or how poorly maintained our public realm is. I wish more people would demand better and vote for city councillors who actually care.
The politicians cater to what the public wants. If the public cared about our ugly overhead wires and our public realm, you would be damn sure it would get fixed or at least become an issue to debate. Look at when there was talk of burying the hydro wires after the ice storm, as soon as Toronto Hydro brought up the costs, it was quickly forgotten about. We always go for the cheapest without a thought for any aesthetic value.