ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
Oh goodness - look what's working (the fountains at Queen and University if you aren't on Instagram)
https://instagram.com/p/2rOOFymp0S/
https://instagram.com/p/2rOOFymp0S/
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I assume you're talking about the likes of Buffalo and Detroit? If that's where we're setting the bar then I think I've found the problem.Well the chipped paint/concrete is rather benign to street vibrancy compared to the reckless abandonment you see in neighboring cities.
Toronto's insistence on using grey for everything is a habit I have never understood. The new(ish) garbage bins are a case in point.
Other cities seem to use black as the default colour and yes, it's much sharper. You see this in Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Boston...the list goes on.
These lights -- which judging by the location might be a private installation by the property owner? -- remind me a lot of the new ones on Sherbrooke in Montreal, which look great.
Toronto's insistence on using grey for everything is a habit I have never understood. The new(ish) garbage bins are a case in point.
Other cities seem to use black as the default colour and yes, it's much sharper. You see this in Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Boston...the list goes on.
These lights -- which judging by the location might be a private installation by the property owner? -- remind me a lot of the new ones on Sherbrooke in Montreal, which look great.
I assume you're talking about the likes of Buffalo and Detroit? If that's where we're setting the bar then I think I've found the problem.
Why do always find the need to compare ourselves to Americans as if they are the standard we should aspire to. Why not compare ourselves to other global cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Sydney, or Melbourne?
The insistence on not just people from Toronto but Canadians as a whole to measure ourselves against Americans as default is frustrating. Americans are not the best at everything. They are not the standard to measure to. We should strive for the best and not just to be better than Americans. You see the same thing with our healthcare system where Canadians are happy to celebrate that our system is better than Americans. Meanwhile if we look at the countries in the OECD, we are close to the bottom for healthcare for a lot of the indicators. Do you think Americans are just striving to be better than Canada? They are trying to the best.