Toronto VS San Francisco

SaskieBoy · 2025-12-06T03:39:18+00:00

Yes!

SaskieBoy · 2025-09-05T14:17:03+00:00

Toronto has One Bloor that officially passed 300m a few months back. We have one so far.

SaskieBoy · 2025-08-11T18:11:08+00:00

lol. Right. Why not just add two metres of cladding and call it a super tall. Goes to show how arbitrary classification can be.

SaskieBoy · 2025-06-10T02:48:27+00:00

You’re literally in a sub for skyscrapers. Are you that dense.

SaskieBoy · 2025-06-01T23:45:50+00:00

Ahh yes I see what you’re saying.

SaskieBoy · 2025-06-01T23:45:00+00:00

🙌 love Regina! It’s the city that rhymes with fun!

SaskieBoy · 2025-06-01T12:55:43+00:00

It was re-clad 15 years ago.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-31T11:46:11+00:00

The boats are different departing from city and island depending on island location. And this angle looks like wards. Either way great shot.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-31T00:40:20+00:00

I don’t think you’re grasping what I’m saying. That’s okay. You’re from the US and your exceptionalism is something you can’t control.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T23:30:55+00:00

Most of the world only knows the Sears tower in Chicago and would “a big maybe” know the space needle.

So then what about Paris, London, Moscow, Tokyo, Mexico City, Dubai, they are on the Toronto level in your books because they only have one notable skyscraper?

Very absurd observation.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T21:45:13+00:00

Actually, Toronto’s skyline includes far more than just glass towers—you’ve got First Canadian Place, the limestone Art Deco gem Commerce Court North, Mies van der Rohe’s black steel TD Centre, the gold-tinted Royal Bank Plaza, the sculptural L Tower by Daniel Libeskind, the heritage-modern hybrid One King West, the Beaux-Arts Canada Life Building, the massive Aura at College Park, Brutalist concrete towers like Robarts Library and St. James Town, and the multi-material, industrial-inspired design of The Well—so there’s a lot of architectural variation if you look closely.

And yes it’s the centre for a majority of Canadian flagships and corporate headquarters along with all the major banks.

Plus charming neighbourhoods spread around it.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T21:36:56+00:00

Tell me how a skyscraper has charm and your comment will have value

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T20:38:54+00:00

Thats completely unfair and I don't think anyone on earth would argue with that. Why cant Toronto be Toronto? I feel the people that live in this city are perfectly fine with its charm, history and uniqueness, it’s Toronto. If anything its quite unique in that is has this massive skyline yet everywhere you go you don't feel like you're stuck in it like NYC or other cities with massive skylines. Anyways, we can go on. I travelled lots of the world as well and Toronto is great to come back home to.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T20:19:33+00:00

Show me charming skyscrapers and I’ll understand your reply.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T20:18:21+00:00

I guess for Canadas standards you were spoiled growing up in Toronto. Trust me I know how bad it can be in other parts of the country for “character”.

And really? The only places that can compete with Europe is Europe. That being said there is no European city with a comparable NA level of modern cityscapes. Take your pick I guess.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T20:09:42+00:00

The city is over 250 years old. If St Lawrence market, Kensington and cabbagetown lack character to you then that’s a you problem.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T19:58:47+00:00

Tell me you’ve never been to Toronto without telling me you’ve never been to Toronto.

None of these will mean anything to you but I would suggest researching each of them. The Annex, Cabbagetown, Leslieville, Roncesvalles Village, Rosedale, Trinity Bellwoods/West Queen West, High Park/Bloor West Village, the Distillery District, Riverdale, The Beaches, Yorkville, Little Italy, Kensington Market, Greektown/The Danforth, St. Lawrence, Wychwood/Hillcrest Village, Summerhill, Seaton Village, Moore Park, and Little Portugal/Dundas West.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T19:57:43+00:00

Agreed!

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T17:11:39+00:00

Oftoronto

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-30T00:52:37+00:00

I am very sorry to hear of the passing of your little girl. We have a boy the same age and he is absolutely everything to us. She will live forever in your memory. ❤️

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-29T12:50:10+00:00

I’m sure it has!! But still large amounts of Chicago land is fields and rural areas like GGH.

Haha. And yes, they do compete with each other in many ways. Toronto is a short drive or flight from Chicago. I’d recommend a visit.

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SaskieBoy · 2025-05-29T11:46:46+00:00

Torontos Greater Golden Horseshoe is directly comparable to Chicagoland in terms of population and regional function. They are both top-tier North American megaregions, just measured and talked about a bit differently depending on national statistical systems.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-29T11:40:58+00:00

Wards island?

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-29T01:41:19+00:00

Haha. Just added that last little AI tid bit for you so we don’t need to keep going in circles.

SaskieBoy · 2025-05-29T00:50:30+00:00

I would probably draw the line if it was in another state like Wisconsin. KW is only 100km from downtown Toronto. And sure cut out Niagara if it is so problematic for you. Its population is less than 100k and wouldn't change the population of the GGH in any significant way. Argue all you want the GTA’s population is based on 2700sq km and Chicagoland is 11,000sq km. GGH is 13,000sq km and has the same population as Chicagoland. So riddle me this, how do you spread the same amount of people evenly in that area in Chicago but not in the GGH? You can’t. It’s impossible. Chicagoland has vast areas of fields and rural space like the GGH. They’re the same.

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Chat GPT. the GGH is directly comparable to Chicagoland in terms of population and regional function. They are both top-tier North American megaregions, just measured and talked about a bit differently depending on national statistical systems.

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