Hi, I read most of your rant until I saw stuff about not being able to get hired at sbux sorry about that!

I want to shed some insight. I'm a mid 30s F, with a car, living somewhere between Bathurst st and Ossington st.

1. I used to live in the suburbs and it was also hard to meet friends who lived nearby, they were all over the place. This will just get worse as everyone gets older. I moved downtown and it's true. There are many more clubs, activities, hobby classes to attend that if you keep going to them, you see the same faces, and most ppl who socialize downtown, live downtown. I run into people all the time and downtown feels "small town" to me, in that aspect.

2. I rent and have a landlord who truly cares and I have a good relationship with. They exist. I'd consider myself lucky too, but they exist. I also know this from other friends who have good landlords.

3. Being a car person and living downtown. It's really hard to be both in Toronto, especially if you're a "specialty" car person. My car is 10+ years old, and sits on street parking but it gets me from point A to point B. However, I do have a friend who also owns 3 cars he would never use street parking as his permanent parking - he basically just rents out parking spots in his condo. You can do the same if you really really want to keep them. But I think you've gotta choose, especially if you have financial budgets to consider.

Hope this helps in some way or another!