It's just like New York without all the noise September 6, 2010 2:11 PM Subscribe
The thread for people in Toronto (and elsewhere) to complain about people in Toronto complaining about the airshow...inspired by this thread.
Toronto, more than any other city I've heard of or been to, is so cloyingly desperate to be recognized as "world-class" by the rest of the world. I've known practically since birth about the CN Tower, was told about the marvels of the Skydome upon its construction, and have long known the myth about Yonge Street's length...and I grew up in Ottawa.
Yet despite all this fretting and bragging, the citizens of this city get positively apoplectic three days a year when the CNE air show comes to town. Perhaps nobody told them that world-class cities get noisy once in a while.
Toronto, more than any other city I've heard of or been to, is so cloyingly desperate to be recognized as "world-class" by the rest of the world. I've known practically since birth about the CN Tower, was told about the marvels of the Skydome upon its construction, and have long known the myth about Yonge Street's length...and I grew up in Ottawa.
Yet despite all this fretting and bragging, the citizens of this city get positively apoplectic three days a year when the CNE air show comes to town. Perhaps nobody told them that world-class cities get noisy once in a while.
um, isn't there a toronto newspaper comment thread somewhere to handle this?
posted by Ironmouth at 2:19 PM on September 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Ironmouth at 2:19 PM on September 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
LOLCANADIANS!
posted by terrapin at 2:20 PM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by terrapin at 2:20 PM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Everything I needed to know about Toronto, I learned from the Scott Pilgrim series.
posted by hellojed at 2:21 PM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by hellojed at 2:21 PM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
What's the myth about Yonge Street's length?
posted by SuperSquirrel at 2:27 PM on September 6, 2010
posted by SuperSquirrel at 2:27 PM on September 6, 2010
I don't know what you're talking aboot.
posted by gman at 2:28 PM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by gman at 2:28 PM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Not sure this has anything to do with Metafilter. Feels more like a thing-for-your-blog sort of situation.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:30 PM on September 6, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:30 PM on September 6, 2010 [3 favorites]
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posted by languagehat at 2:13 PM on September 6, 2010 [3 favorites]