I’m 75 and have lived in all parts of Toronto all my life. I’ve never had a problem. People are nice and helpful. Never a problem going out at night. We are very lucky.
Toronto is extremely beautiful in the summer less so in the winter because its only beatiful outside the major cities and population centres, or most parks and nearby conservation areas.
I'm watching it so I know what I'm getting into when I have to go there for the Miku Hatsune concert...which sadly..might not happen this September now :(
I was in Toronto for a week a couple of years ago, and I've discovered that you have to be outside of the tourist area to really fully experience a town. I had my own apartment in a residential neighborhood, and I loved it!!!
I am so shocked by people on here complaining about Toronto. I have lived in lots of places in U.S. and I pretty much hate everywhere and don't really like people. My son took me for a week last August to your city and I loved loved loved it!!!! We walked, took transit and drove all around city it was great. Even the homeless you complain about were nice compared to where I live in states. If you don't like it work to change it but realize you have it better than most. My son asked where I want to go next and I told him " of course back to Toronto!". See you next August!
Ruby June Toronto is definitely a nice city...but in my opinion the homeless people are definitely quite bad there lol, my first day there I was with a friend and a random homeless lady pushed my friend and knocked her phone out of her hands; her phone ended up getting cracked..
Matt L I know that feeling. It's like where do people get all that money that's outrageous! Where do regular people live when it is like that? I think I need to visit more of Canada. I just really liked the diversity and the people weren't jerks. The recycling is great along with the transit. Just loved it.
@Matt L You could be right about a housing crash or real estate crash we had one in the US,I think around 2009,they are building alot in Toronto and I dont know if it is a scam .
I lived in Toronto during the late 80s. One year Lake Ontario was partially frozen and they held ice canoe races on the lake. Sunday shopping was still outlawed then so the lake front as well as Chinatown were the only places opened (as tourist destination) on Sunday.
Peter Rezba: People living in Toronto don't usually go out into the lake to see that. Most people think the lake freezes over because it DOES freeze over close to the city and the shorelines on East and West sides which I may link a picture for you of me looking back at the city from out on The Leslie St. Spit and the whole harbour areas and also out a ways from The Islands is frozen which is what most landlubbers like me would see.
Not to mention with the construction of the so called metro link or whatever is called, which has being in construction for five years now sigh. That might make the traffic a lot more bad.
I was born and raised in Toronto. I'm 58 and my dad worked downtown when they were building the CN Tower. Near the top there is a piece that they let kids sign before it was lifted and put into place. My dad's been gone since 2006 and every time I see the tower I think of my dad. It's an expensive city, and we have our share of issues but it's diverse and interesting and I wouldn't live anywhere else. Thanks for doing this video. I loved it.
I grew up in Toronto and I love my city but unfortunately it is getting very expensive to live here. It's becoming the NYC of Canada with rent prices sky rocketing. Have to work 2 jobs or just move out.
@@NickJohnson to be honest dining out and entertainment costs are expensive in many places across Canada. It's the property prices that are skyrocketing in Toronto that is making Toronto particularly more expensive then many other cities to live in.
The price of rents have nothing to do with immigration. There's been a significant amount of development over the past few years, and most of it has been in the form of luxury condos which current residents and immigrants alike cannot afford.
Lee B. No politician is importing people. Its called immigration. Where people choose to come here. Dont get brain washed by conservative talking points. But what you’re lamely describing is the refugees from syria. Those unfortunate people would die if they continued living in a war zone. Im not going to reply to you when you @me with your propaganda & conservative views. I voted liberal twice - voting out your pm harper and his 10 year reign. I was born here in this city, many moons ago (i mention this cause i know you’re going to instruct me to return home lol)
Parkdale is one of my favourite parts of the city. I’m from Roncesvalles and go there for school, they have the best Tibetan food out of the whole city
Ya the whole thing about his videos are the downtown core. As for the Beaches all the stores are BOARDED UP on Queen St east, there an eye sore - Oggi Jeans, Fitzgerald's bar, St Louis Bar and Grill etc etc etc.
LOL! Who would visit a city and just drive around making judgements about the entire population? That is no way to discover any city unless you visit Dubai or some suburban city.
Go to 3 world country for week or two, especially to asia, there are a lot of cool things to do, but the chaotic traffic and architecture is really bad, and you will understand how good toronto is.. or go to europe, Switzerland or norway will show that toronto isn't ideal
@@tetispinkman9135 you're right. Toronto isn't ideal, but when there's only a small selection of cities an arguably zero cities the size of Toronto nicer than Toronto I can't complain lol With that being said, I will be moving to Europe within a few years 🙃
I have never been to Toronto but I used to live in the Bay Area and been to NYC and it legit reminded me of both places. I know your post was from a year ago but it's good to see that I wasn't the only one thinking that, lol.
@Season1 better2 Toronto has very similar weather to cities like Chicago and Deteoit. Vancouver has very similar weather to Seattle and Portland. Other cities like Motreal or Ottawa are closer to weather like Minneapolis. Its not as if the Northern Cities in USA are way warmer. It's when you get further South that the changes are very different. It's not as if Canadians cant travel to warmer climates in the winter months like they do in Northern USA cities.
Never mind the lack of ice on the lake. That time of year it usually becomes virtually impossible to get around town due to the CN Tower becoming limp and laying across most of the major streets.
I love the way you presented this video. You don't blabber like most TH-cam film makers, you just show us what you saw with nice music playing in the background. This was very pleasant to watch.
Well done for the very small section of Toronto that you covered. There is so much more like Yonge Street the longest street in the world and one of Toronto's biggest tourist attractions. Yorkville, Greek Town, The Beaches, Harbor Front, Uptown, Little Italy, Liberty Village, Distillery District, Leslieville, Bloor West Village etc
A proud Torontonian gave you a thumb up. Too bad you didn't visit little Italy, little Portugal, little Greece, Koreatown, little Tokyo. Toronto has so much to offer I can go on and on.
Multicultural Toronto is bland and the city is nothing unique, no character, no identity,I'm surprise you take pride, every ethnic group with their own.
ericktwelve11 that’s not really true tho lol. Parkdale is a good example, there’s plenty of different ethnicities, Tibean, Sri Lankan, Jamaica/Caribbean in general, and central and south american
@@gavinn.4060 Toronto is still bland no matter how mix the neighborhood is. No culture, just a immigrant settlement. You want to experience a real culture from foreign influences? Miami, that city is not bland.
@@NickJohnson Totally different. As I am a fashion photographer, there are only 3 or 4 cities in the world I can live, New York, Paris, Milan or London. I did live in NY and Milan, but finally landed in Paris. What does always impress me about Toronto is how friendly the people are and how low the crime levels are and lets not even start on the clean streets. Don't throw paper on the street, not unless you want a hefty fine. Paris and Montmartre in Paris where I live is so picturesque. I think that Paris and Prague are two of the most beautiful cities in the world.
I lived in Toronto for 4 years while going to University…what a fabulous time I had. I never was afraid to walk downtown even late at night. You just have to be aware of your surroundings just like anywhere. Thank you for this!
Buff, On my two trips to Toronto in 2006 and 2008 confirm the safety perspectives, unlike it is in the US. However, as far as cities go - and I've been to a few around the world - I gave it about a 5 out of 10. But judging in those ubiquitous and, moreover, those ghastly condos that have sprung up I will reduce it to a 4. Alas, Toronto/Canada has, as it is here in Sydney and Melbourne/large scale immigration agendas to BOOST GDPs, primarily aimed at Chinese. The result being they've established culturally-insular colonies. Thus, it's not cultural enrichment but transmorgification. But apart from that matter, these cabals of condo complexes are badly constructed and, worse still, future Petri dishes for pandemics. To assuage those factors consult the studies by Professor Ted Kesick of Toronto University.
Yeah sure Toronto is nice in certain areas downtown just like any city but I've gotten jumped 3x around my neighbourhood, I just don't carry cash and hide my card in my shoe nowadays lmao... Don't live near Rexdale peeps
To be fair someone got gunned down in public after a bluejays game a few days ago. A few years ago some crazy guy ran down a bunch of people in North York. 8 years ago, some lawyer was also gunned down near the Annex which is one of the 'nicer' neighborhoods. Long time ago, shooting in Eaton Centre. Also, a couple years ago, there was a serial killer who targeted the Church-Wellesley Neighborhood.. The downtown is sketch af at night. There are people who don't have much to lose just roaming the streets at night. Those fuckers sometimes have cursing fits in the middle of the night, waking up everyone. Those fuckers piss and shit in some places you never think off. Oh yea one time I was walking out, and someone had left a butt plug out on the stairs leading up to a Scotiabank... with what looked like mucous and shit all over the ground.. I think Iqaluit is looking pretty good now.
Toronto grew organically, that is it annexed many smaller places and larger places like townships. To truly get Toronto explore the old towns and villages like West Toronto Junction, Weston and Forest Hill etc. Explore the old townships or inner suburbs like North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke etc. And explore neighbourhoods like Cabbagetown.
Loved Toronto, spent 6 weeks there staying in Davisville in 1981, great city, and the people were so helpful and friendly, would love to return to look over the many changes in a brilliant city.
It's turned to shit since. It's basically New India nowadays. Traffic is insane. Rent is as bad as New York except people still make about 50k CAD a year. Housing is even worse. Still only has two pathetic subway lines.
ive lived in toronto since september (i go to uoft!) and i still got unreasonably excited recognizing so much of the city in this vid... it will always feel incredible to finally be a resident of my dream city:,)
@succulent kool-aid fentanyl has taken a grip of the city. Im from kw and it wasnt that bad 10-15 years ago but its pretty bad now. Lots of break and enters to feed ppls addiction...
In Kitchener u can still get home after work in time......the GTA is crazy traffic Toronto has much worse areas than kitchener .....even Scarborough is worse.....
Toronto is truly a summer city. Respect to @Nick Johnson for displaying the splendours of Toronto, but to truly capture the vibrance of Toronto, one would really need to re-do this video in the summer. Post quarantine of course!
definitely is. judging from the timing of some shots it was morning too. and like any metro area, weekday mornings are busy. this was very light traffic and definitely not a weekday.
Thanks for the memories. I lived in Toronto from 1990 to 1997 so much has changed since I moved away but I was able to recognize the main landmarks. When you got to that old building at the end of Bay St. that is the City Hall next to it, built in 1965, quite something to see. You crossed Huron St in Chinatown. I lived there, further north towards Bloor St in three separate houses. Had I settled down there, I'd be a millionaire many times over. Real estate has gone through the roof since I lived t here. One final thing : I used a bicycle to get around anywhere in the downtown core, certainly everywhere you drove. It was almost always way faster than driving a car. I imagine that's still true today. I also bicycled all through the winter too.
Nice job. You really threw me at the start giving the temperature in Fahrenheit. You also passed by many iconic buildings without a mention, old and new City Hall for example, Union Station and the Royal York Hotel. But as you can see, the city is very liveable and very walkable.
Damn... never been outside the U.S. but Toronto is now on my list. Beautiful to see how clean and kept the city is, tells me the residents really care and if they care about the city they care about each other...
I live in Toronto and trust me it's not all clean and kept well. Walking downtown you'll see lots of human poop guarantee it. Though over all it's a nice fun city.
@@jacobjb What? Human poop? Lived in Toronto for so long and never saw any poop anywhere…but anyway the point is Canadian cities are a lot cleaner and well maintained than US counterparts
I worked in downtown Toronto for over 30 years. I spent a great deal of that time walking around the financial centre for my job. I retired in 2005. I still spend time there but your video tour of my home town was good to remind me of the places I worked and enjoyed. Thank you. As people have said, visit in the summer, it's even better. Thanks for coming. I suggest parking your car and walk around. It gets even better.
China town is so much alive back in 80s and 90s, lots of good food in Toronto. Bloor Street is also a good route to take west to east right into Greek town. Yonge Street from the lake all the way way up north straight to pass Newmarket starts to turn Toronto also has a big underground Mall start from Union going different direction and to Eaton Centre (Dundas & Yonge) Lakeshore is another nice route to drive on, and the Island airport. Much taste of Chinese food belongs to north of Toronto, a city called Markham 👍 Home of the Burger Priests and many others. Canada also the banking technology test bed, as i remember we were using debit card way before US, when i moved to Vermont, debit could only works within the same bank names. We had been using eTransfer $ through email.
You really should have indulged more in the food in Toronto...Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world and has some of the best food from EVERY CULTURE in it! :) I strongly encourage you to come back just for that, it is so worth it, whatever cultural delight you can find online, you can find it made and sold at top quality in Toronto! :)
3:58 & there were two police officers to the right /southside of front st on university ave. nick said he only saw 1. He was probably just looking ahead while stopped @ the light. Admiring the mentioned royal york hotel(left) & Union (train) station (right) 3:59
hello there. I would disagree. He starts on front st, goes up Bay Street to dundas. Mentions old chinatown. Drives further west skips the footage of the AGO- art gallery of Ontario & shows footage of yes chinatown from beverly to just past spadina. Then he goes north on augusta ave where kensington market is. Ok yeah he swings back south on spadina from college. 33.33% chinatown. Theres so much more in toronto. If he made it up to Kennedy & steeles(finch?) he coulda gone to pacific mall & visited the city of markham- thats all chinatown lol.
People complaining about the city should try to live somewhere else and then come back and let us all know. I’ve travelled to a lot of spots and Toronto will always be where my heart is. It’s home.
@@MannyExploresVlog OK. Well Newark, New Jersey is warmer than Toronto but Toronto's not the arctic, either. It's winter climate is MUCH milder than Minneapolis (to use one example), and has almost precisely the same weather as Milwaukee Wisconsin (year-round). Someone from Milwaukee would feel right at home in Toronto (temperature-wise, at least!).
Been to Canada several times. Toronto is a clean, well run city. Although, they used to be very strict about closing the bars down early (don't know about now). It's Montreal that is the good time capital of Canada where they laissez le bon temps rouler almost 24/7.
Ha ha, on Queen Street, Mappy was kinda dicey on a couple of intersections too. I started paying closer attention after the Chinatown traffic light imbroglio.
Glad I saw this vid. At 10:20 is one of my favorite spots, I used to work at the School one street over from where you turned, it's on Denison. I love that area, so many good places for food. Glad you enjoyed it, part 2 should be in the summer for Jazzfest in the Beach, yeah you didn't come to the Beach.
I live and work in Toronto and I'm super familiar with all these places, but when you're seeing it from the eyes of a visitor, it becomes new for some reason haha. Thanks for driving through our city!
@@Matt-ir1ky Go by statistical metropolitan. Toronto is indeed #7 but I DO NOT believe Mexico City is larger than NYC Metro NYC is in 4 states, huge, huge with TONS of illegals en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_metropolitan_areas_by_population
@@Matt-ir1ky Its complicated, but nope Toronto wins.www.canadianbusiness.com/blogs-and-comment/so-is-toronto-really-bigger-than-chicago-its-complicated/
@@concernedcitizen3476 this is well explained. One of the biggest issues people don't understand when comparing cities population and greater area population are often not taking into account land mass area as well as population density. A recent comparison I saw was how Houston 'city limits' has 2.4 million and Toronto 'city limits' has 2.9 million people, and some claiming how Houston can pass Toronto someday. Except....Houston City limits is 2 and a half times larger in land mass. Houston land mass=1,651sq km Houston population= 2.4 million Toronto land mass= 630sq km Toronto population= 2.9 million The city of Toronto with some of its surrounding suburbs land mass followed by population: Toronto 630sq km (2.9million) Mississauga 292sq km (828,000) Brampton 266sq km (593,000) Vaughan 273sq km (306,000) Markham 212sq km (328,000) So now it really looks more like this: Houston land mass= 1,651sq km Houston Population= 2,400,000 Toronto land mass= 1,673sq km Toronto population= 4,955,000 Toronto also still has many other suburbs, and other cities that it could take into account if it choose to. Such as Hamilton, however just to put Houston and Toronto on more of a fair playing field you realize Toronto is far more people. Same goes with Dallas. Those cities are much lower density population and take into account a larger land mass than Toronto generally does.
@@Matt-ir1ky youd be suprised how low density and large sprawl make Dallas and Houston an unfair comparison with Toronto. But above explains it more. I believe Toronto is at the very least #5 on that list you showed.
I live here....I can't tell you the last time I saw the cops randomly floating around. They drive through the corridor occasionally but there isnt a huge police presence
@@TalentedTenth I walk out my front door and 7 out of 10 times there will be a cop parked on my street but your right you don't see them just walking unless you are in a mall or get the 1 off cop walking around
That was my old neighbourhood for 25 years. So glad to see this little drive around. Haven’t lived there for 25 years but I see not much has changed except for the new street cars.
Thanks for this channel Nick. Thanks for taking us to Canada. I live in Australia and have visited the USA twice - first to Boston & Rhode Island (to watch the America's Cup - the year Australia won), second to Seattle (to visit a friend & to look about the state). Love "visiting" all the different places with you.
etobicoke, north york and scarborough are hardly "toronto", they were amalgamated just 24 years ago. when i think toronto i think lawrence to lakeshore, jane to vic park. everything outside of that is uninteresting malls, condos and suburbs
Hey Nick, I think your videos are fantastic. You're one of the few producers who knows when to shut up and let the video do the talking. I love the panning left to right and back, the maps placed just often enough, and the informative dialog that is always interesting with a dash of humor. You are brilliant. Keep up the good work.
This video is actually therapeutic, it's 2:30 am and I'm falling asleep, with no anxiety. So thanks xx I wanna feel the same way the video is made, calm and flowly, yet informative✨
Toronto is super-good for restaurants if you like foods from every culture. I like it better for that than NYC, because you don’t have to go to another borough or something to get the full variety.
Up from California, I spend many weeks a year visiting friends in Calgary. Was just there for 3 weeks over Christmas and New Years in fact. Never been out of BC and AB in the West so it was super to see your tour of Toronto. Calgary is an extremely livable city. I wish I could pack the whole place in my bags and bring it home with me. When not riding with my friends, I walk and take the great public transit everywhere. As you noticed in Toronto, overweight people, especially obese, seem very rare in Calgary. For a number of domains, I frequently tell my Alberta friends, "don't let the US happen to Canada".
Not a fan of calgary at all, the public transit takes such a long time because there is barely any metro routes, it isnt the nicest city because it looks super surburban and there is nothing to do there, lack of diversity and entertainment etc...
@@jessforan7810 I haven't found much of this to be true myself, except for the suburban spread, but I haven't been to Toronto yet for comparison and can only relate to where I live in California where by comparison Calgary is the most livable city in the world.
James Duncan It’s sustainable, clean, generally nice people, but when it comes to getting around I have to drive because the city is so spaced out in comparison to where I live. I also find that maybe i’m biased because i live in toronto which is a large city
Torontonian here: Not sure what your stat source meant by "Arab," but maybe the people you were seeing were non-Arab Pakistanis, Sikhs and Hindus. If you meant you saw, say, women in hijabs, they are Muslim but not necessarily "Arab."
@@NickJohnson Of the Asian Canadian population of Toronto, South Asians from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and so on make up approximately 13% of Toronto. Muslims in Toronto make up around 7% of the cities population, with many Muslims being Black or South Asian in ethnicity.
I like your commentary and also that you let images do the talking, good job. It seems like a cleaner and much more wide spread New York. Looks so cold to me though.
Not much more widespread it’s pretty dense but yeah pretty accurate. Climate is the same as NY tho. Toronto summers may even get hotter. We have really humid hot summers
Thanks for the video.....I had no idea Toronto was so diverse. Did not know that about Queen Elizabeth. I suppose I should wait to comment until after I've watched the entire video to prevent so much editing. Lol There you go, running those red lights again. 🤣🚦
@@NickJohnson Lol. That wasn't even a California stop(usually rolling made at a stop sign)........ that was a full on "let's keep going". I could say I'm not guilty of that myself but I'd be lying. 😂
I love the way you describe Canadians like they are aliens. How they're dressed. What did you expect them to look like. Much better would be a running commentary on what we see. I know the city reasonably well, but for those who don't!!
So many land marks passed by and not commented on, over all well done, of course this is strictly Downtown, where for a number of years I have avoided. Speaking of avoiding.....there are areas where one should consider avoiding. That said....at 19 I would often walk around.....a little drunk and never give it a second thought.
Next time you're in Toronto...head to Yonge Street down by Lake Ontario and drive north. Yonge Street is an amazing display of shops, restaurants and people.
I love this city where I live! Home of CN Tower, Ripleys Aquarium, Raptors and many more..I just dislike the driving downtown and lack of parking space there LoL! But TTC is always there so can't complain👍Enjoy your ride and the views! Take care.
QuebecOriginal I also find it funny when tourists visit Toronto the big thing for them to try is Poutine when it’s more of a Quebec thing and way better out there.
Great little video of my city. I used to live downtown for many years on the east side of the city and then moved to the burbs in the west 20-years ago. It was nice to see all my favourite haunts again!!!
I've spent my early childhood living in Regent Park in the 70s, but now to go and visit Regent Park it's like a whole new world, it's a lot more diverse than it was in the 70s.
I lived in Toronto, as i watched this video it reminds me of CITY TV Channel 79 ( that correct Not channel 57 ) in its early days after sign off, they drive thought the city all night until they start the morning program. It was enjoyable to watch especially your not driving.
I love Toronto Canada. Though I don't live there. But its beautiful and doesn't record so much bad news from there as compared to most states in the USA
@Houston2851 In 2014 Toronto had 177 shootings, in 2019 it had almost 500 shootings. That's a pretty big jump in a few short years and its probably going to get worse unless our politicians find their balls and actually do something about it. Young, black men here are getting much more wild in recent years and why not when no one wants to stop them.
@Drift King Toronto's large population skews crime rates low. Much of the crime that doesn't happen in Southern Ontario happens in British Columbia and Alberta. East Hastings Avenue in Vancouver has the highest concentration of homeless drug users in Canada. The oil boom ending caused Edmonton to have a big increase in homelessness and overall criminal activity and it is considered roughly the most dangerous big city in Canada at this time.
@Drift King I mean the large population of Toronto means that a single murder doesn't greatly affect the overall crime rates like it does in a small town. Southern Ontario has a fair bit of property crime in general but our large population means we don't have the absolute highest crime rates.
@Drift King Statistics Canada recently estimated Ontario's population at 14.57 million. I guess you could say that population growth can nullify increased criminal activity. Certainly it is easier to be more anonymous in urbanized areas too. I find that the lowest crime rates in Canada are generally in the small towns of Atlantic Canada where most locals know each other and are quite often related.
Your observation of tucked in jeans into Doc Martens made me laugh. It makes perfect sense considering the climate. I've always wanted to visit Canada especially since I'm a hockey fan. Thanks for the video tho
@@NickJohnson Nick. You're correct about most things. However - you're wrong about Toronto's weather! Specifically - you make it sound as though 33 degrees (Fahrenheit) is record-breaking temperature for Toronto. Put simply - 33 degrees is a VERY common winter temperature in Toronto (well within a normalish range). Which US city are you from?
@@NickJohnson I watch alot of your Videos. Your a Genius. Geography is a great interest of mine. Even though I rarely leave Chicago. Mappy is to funny. Late for Work. Gotta go.
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I live in Toronto why am I watching this lol
Same
Lol
Same here I guess I am curious for an outsiders perspective on the city
Lol for real
I saw the 121A bus passing on Spadina and lower simcoe, same one I take everyday :'D
You should have visited Jane and finch it is an extremely historic and upscale neighborhood in Toronto with one of the best malls in North America
Lmao want him to get robbed ? 😂
Ahhhhha ... how about massage parlour at Wilson and Dufferin .
Try a few of these places rexdale regent park vern block. Make sure you talk to people with your windows down
Shotsfired Mandown - the best place ever . Especially after 10 pm.
Lmao
This video should be called “I drove around Spadina.”
I didn’t get that what does it suppose to mean
StormBreaker 3049 Spadina is a Street in Toronto
Deadassss
"We're going to start on King street" actually starts at Spadina and the Gardiner, then Drives down Front.
I'd rather Spadina than Eglinton, man's gonna be stuck in traffic for a minute.
I’m 75 and have lived in all parts of Toronto all my life. I’ve never had a problem. People are nice and helpful. Never a problem going out at night. We are very lucky.
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Toronto in the summer is absolutely gorgeous. That's when ou should have come.
Totally Agree, you can really enjoy every bit of it in the Summer.
Funny I’m going during the summer lol
I second your opinion
Toronto is extremely beautiful in the summer less so in the winter because its only beatiful outside the major cities and population centres, or most parks and nearby conservation areas.
@@Rebel940 there's a good buzz in Toronto (Canada in general) during summer because of the harsh winter.
You'll have a great time
Some of the most “sketchiest” people aren’t homeless..
Like mayor john tory?
hi I will move to Toronto in October. who are the sketchy people/place to avoid?
Damn right! He drove past the sketchy people's offices right there at queens park and city hall
@@samiab6077 jane and finch regent park po driftwood
@@samiab6077 Americans
I’m from Toronto, watching this during quarantine so I can remember what it’s like to be in the city
I'm watching this video right now thinking the exact same thing.
I'm watching it so I know what I'm getting into when I have to go there for the Miku Hatsune concert...which sadly..might not happen this September now :(
Your beautiful by the way from Massachusetts Boston sending love to you ❤️
So truuuee
Lol same
I was in Toronto for a week a couple of years ago, and I've discovered that you have to be outside of the tourist area to really fully experience a town. I had my own apartment in a residential neighborhood, and I loved it!!!
. . . A week?
@@Nick-wi3kd Furnished short term rental?
Nice! I'm glad you liked it. What neighbourhood did you stay in?
You said town😳 no it’s a city 😊
I am so shocked by people on here complaining about Toronto. I have lived in lots of places in U.S. and I pretty much hate everywhere and don't really like people. My son took me for a week last August to your city and I loved loved loved it!!!! We walked, took transit and drove all around city it was great. Even the homeless you complain about were nice compared to where I live in states. If you don't like it work to change it but realize you have it better than most. My son asked where I want to go next and I told him " of course back to Toronto!". See you next August!
So happy you enjoyed our city!
Ruby June Toronto is definitely a nice city...but in my opinion the homeless people are definitely quite bad there lol, my first day there I was with a friend and a random homeless lady pushed my friend and knocked her phone out of her hands; her phone ended up getting cracked..
JOT that's terrible I am sorry that happened.
Matt L I know that feeling. It's like where do people get all that money that's outrageous! Where do regular people live when it is like that? I think I need to visit more of Canada. I just really liked the diversity and the people weren't jerks. The recycling is great along with the transit. Just loved it.
@Matt L You could be right about a housing crash or real estate crash we had one in the US,I think around 2009,they are building alot in Toronto and I dont know if it is a scam .
I've been living in Toronto since 1970's and Lake Ontario never freezes. Because of its great depth, the lake as a whole never freezes in winter.
I lived in Toronto during the late 80s. One year Lake Ontario was partially frozen and they held ice canoe races on the lake. Sunday shopping was still outlawed then so the lake front as well as Chinatown were the only places opened (as tourist destination) on Sunday.
Peter Rezba: People living in Toronto don't usually go out into the lake to see that. Most people think the lake freezes over because it DOES freeze over close to the city and the shorelines on East and West sides which I may link a picture for you of me looking back at the city from out on The Leslie St. Spit and the whole harbour areas and also out a ways from The Islands is frozen which is what most landlubbers like me would see.
Not true! the lake has had at least 2 years in the past 20 with 75%+ ice coverage; the last was 90-95%.
It was the result of global warming.
I think that was satire my friend
I don't go by the lake that often. But about 7 yrs ago, I did walk on it because it was frozen and it was March 🤷🏾♀️
The fact you voluntarily drove around downtown is hilarious to me because I avoid it at all costs
Not to mention with the construction of the so called metro link or whatever is called, which has being in construction for five years now sigh.
That might make the traffic a lot more bad.
W - ok but you lost to your own Zamboni driver
At least he didn’t hit up Eglington
W - is Eglington the East Hasting of Toronto?
@@ryanbarth863 no
I was born and raised in Toronto. I'm 58 and my dad worked downtown when they were building the CN Tower. Near the top there is a piece that they let kids sign before it was lifted and put into place. My dad's been gone since 2006 and every time I see the tower I think of my dad. It's an expensive city, and we have our share of issues but it's diverse and interesting and I wouldn't live anywhere else. Thanks for doing this video. I loved it.
Hi Mary. Great! You dad sounds like a great guy ❤️
I live here and find this vid strangely soothing.
I think we all live here, don't we?
DELUSIONS many suffer from...
@@deborahvictoriaedwards5188 ... you mean ... it's like that movie? ... you know - that MOVIE!
Probably cause not a real outlook rather from tourists
A familiar place is comforting
I grew up in Toronto and I love my city but unfortunately it is getting very expensive to live here. It's becoming the NYC of Canada with rent prices sky rocketing. Have to work 2 jobs or just move out.
Yes and dining and entertainment is expensive as well
So rents are too high but your politicians are bringing in more immigrants? If you vote for these fools, you have no one to blame but yourself!
@@NickJohnson to be honest dining out and entertainment costs are expensive in many places across Canada. It's the property prices that are skyrocketing in Toronto that is making Toronto particularly more expensive then many other cities to live in.
The price of rents have nothing to do with immigration. There's been a significant amount of development over the past few years, and most of it has been in the form of luxury condos which current residents and immigrants alike cannot afford.
Lee B. No politician is importing people. Its called immigration. Where people choose to come here. Dont get brain washed by conservative talking points.
But what you’re lamely describing is the refugees from syria. Those unfortunate people would die if they continued living in a war zone.
Im not going to reply to you when you @me with your propaganda & conservative views. I voted liberal twice - voting out your pm harper and his 10 year reign. I was born here in this city, many moons ago (i mention this cause i know you’re going to instruct me to return home lol)
You missed Yorkville, the Beaches and Parkdale, among others!
I know it's a big city!
@@NickJohnson you also passed by front street area and the sports complexes without mentioning THE TORONTO RAPTORS ARE THE 2019 NBA CHAMPS
Parkdale is one of my favourite parts of the city. I’m from Roncesvalles and go there for school, they have the best Tibetan food out of the whole city
lmao good thing he missed Parkdale
Ya the whole thing about his videos are the downtown core.
As for the Beaches all the stores are BOARDED UP on Queen St east, there an eye sore - Oggi Jeans, Fitzgerald's bar, St Louis Bar and Grill etc etc etc.
Toronto is definitely the cleanest city I've ever been to. Beautiful.
Then you only Was in toronto
“Every man wears skinny jeans”
*me from Toronto wearing sweatpants 24/7*😕
You're NOT HIP! Haha jk you're hip
I wear sweatpants that look like denim.
Oooh, loook at Tooorontooo. They can afford sweatpaaants. -Calgary
I only wear sweatpants
@@ogilvieds
Toronto track pants are Louis Vuitton and cost $1400. The bums here wear Jordan's and SB Dunks.
"Judging people from my car" - the movie.
LOL! Who would visit a city and just drive around making judgements about the entire population? That is no way to discover any city unless you visit Dubai or some suburban city.
I didn't hear any judgements. Just plain descriptions on race, foot traffic, and overall fitness.
@@nonmagicmike723 right ✅
Hi, hello, the picture is so handsome! Much like a star.
I live in Toronto and sometimes I forget just how cool of a city it really is cause I am so used to it!
So true. I just moved out of Downtown a few months ago and its a HUGE change. No more late night runs to get fast food, haha! I'd have to drive 5km.
Go to 3 world country for week or two, especially to asia, there are a lot of cool things to do, but the chaotic traffic and architecture is really bad, and you will understand how good toronto is.. or go to europe, Switzerland or norway will show that toronto isn't ideal
@@tetispinkman9135 you're right. Toronto isn't ideal, but when there's only a small selection of cities an arguably zero cities the size of Toronto nicer than Toronto I can't complain lol
With that being said, I will be moving to Europe within a few years 🙃
@@tetispinkman9135 is toronto souless with suburban sprawl and "stroad" too?
I love toronto, its such a modern underrated city. It gives me a bay area vibe in the summer, n a nyc vibe in the cold. Idk how to explain it.
Very astute observation.
The vibe u get in the winter when the streets are empty and there’s snow everywhere is second to none can’t be explained
I have never been to Toronto but I used to live in the Bay Area and been to NYC and it legit reminded me of both places. I know your post was from a year ago but it's good to see that I wasn't the only one thinking that, lol.
Who is underrating it? It ranks highly throughout multiple categories.
@@ch1ckmom217 yes it has been trying to catch up with NYC in many ways.
Kinda cool seeing someone that's not from around here giving their take on our beautiful city. Hope u enjoyed ur stay...... Go Raptors!!!! 🤗😄🙃
Season1 better2 oh get over it. Go back to wherever you live if you don’t like our Canadian winters.
@Season1 better2 Toronto has very similar weather to cities like Chicago and Deteoit.
Vancouver has very similar weather to Seattle and Portland.
Other cities like Motreal or Ottawa are closer to weather like Minneapolis.
Its not as if the Northern Cities in USA are way warmer. It's when you get further South that the changes are very different.
It's not as if Canadians cant travel to warmer climates in the winter months like they do in Northern USA cities.
Never mind the lack of ice on the lake. That time of year it usually becomes virtually impossible to get around town due to the CN Tower becoming limp and laying across most of the major streets.
what do you mean “it becomes limp”
@@insertusersname8277 it’s a joke
@@Tommy88- I dont get it
It seemed erect in this video here. Maybe the canucks gave it a hand job before Nick arrived.
I stumbled upon this channel with this vid, and now I'm bingewatching all the vids lol. Love your sense of humour and the Mappy fam!
MAPPY loves YOU!
@@NickJohnson That's where Camp Rock 2 the Final Jam was shot in witch is the film
I love the way you presented this video. You don't blabber like most TH-cam film makers, you just show us what you saw with nice music playing in the background. This was very pleasant to watch.
Well done for the very small section of Toronto that
you covered. There is so much more like Yonge Street the longest street in the world and one of Toronto's biggest tourist attractions. Yorkville, Greek Town, The Beaches, Harbor Front, Uptown, Little Italy, Liberty Village, Distillery District, Leslieville, Bloor West Village etc
A proud Torontonian gave you a thumb up.
Too bad you didn't visit little Italy, little Portugal, little Greece, Koreatown, little Tokyo.
Toronto has so much to offer I can go on and on.
he went little Tokyo what think Chinatown is now since we got two spandia is now little Tokyo
Kinda bummed he didn’t go to parkdale aka little Tibet but it’s whatever
Multicultural Toronto is bland and the city is nothing unique, no character, no identity,I'm surprise you take pride, every ethnic group with their own.
ericktwelve11 that’s not really true tho lol. Parkdale is a good example, there’s plenty of different ethnicities, Tibean, Sri Lankan, Jamaica/Caribbean in general, and central and south american
@@gavinn.4060 Toronto is still bland no matter how mix the neighborhood is. No culture, just a immigrant settlement. You want to experience a real culture from foreign influences? Miami, that city is not bland.
I am born in Toronto and am always amazed by the ever changing cityscape. I now live in Paris, France.
So....which do you like more?
@@NickJohnson Totally different. As I am a fashion photographer, there are only 3 or 4 cities in the world I can live, New York, Paris, Milan or London. I did live in NY and Milan, but finally landed in Paris. What does always impress me about Toronto is how friendly the people are and how low the crime levels are and lets not even start on the clean streets. Don't throw paper on the street, not unless you want a hefty fine. Paris and Montmartre in Paris where I live is so picturesque. I think that Paris and Prague are two of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Benjamin Kanarek it’s changed so much man
Benjamin Kanarek I am from Paris (Saint-Paul). I live in NYC now. I would love to visit Toronto. Tired of NYC.
@@BenjaminKanarek toronto blows those away lol
I lived in Toronto for 4 years while going to University…what a fabulous time I had. I never was afraid to walk downtown even late at night. You just have to be aware of your surroundings just like anywhere. Thank you for this!
Is it expensive to live there?
Buff,
On my two trips to Toronto in 2006 and 2008 confirm the safety perspectives, unlike it is in the US. However, as far as cities go - and I've been to a few around the world - I gave it about a 5 out of 10. But judging in those ubiquitous and, moreover, those ghastly condos that have sprung up I will reduce it to a 4.
Alas, Toronto/Canada has, as it is here in Sydney and Melbourne/large scale immigration agendas to BOOST GDPs, primarily aimed at Chinese. The result being they've established culturally-insular colonies. Thus, it's not cultural enrichment but transmorgification.
But apart from that matter, these cabals of condo complexes are badly constructed and, worse still, future Petri dishes for pandemics. To assuage those factors consult the studies by Professor Ted Kesick of Toronto University.
Yeah sure Toronto is nice in certain areas downtown just like any city but I've gotten jumped 3x around my neighbourhood, I just don't carry cash and hide my card in my shoe nowadays lmao... Don't live near Rexdale peeps
To be fair someone got gunned down in public after a bluejays game a few days ago.
A few years ago some crazy guy ran down a bunch of people in North York.
8 years ago, some lawyer was also gunned down near the Annex which is one of the 'nicer' neighborhoods. Long time ago, shooting in Eaton Centre.
Also, a couple years ago, there was a serial killer who targeted the Church-Wellesley Neighborhood..
The downtown is sketch af at night. There are people who don't have much to lose just roaming the streets at night. Those fuckers sometimes have cursing fits in the middle of the night, waking up everyone. Those fuckers piss and shit in some places you never think off. Oh yea one time I was walking out, and someone had left a butt plug out on the stairs leading up to a Scotiabank... with what looked like mucous and shit all over the ground..
I think Iqaluit is looking pretty good now.
Toronto grew organically, that is it annexed many smaller places and larger places like townships. To truly get Toronto explore the old towns and villages like West Toronto Junction, Weston and Forest Hill etc. Explore the old townships or inner suburbs like North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke etc.
And explore neighbourhoods like Cabbagetown.
Cobourg to St. Catherine's
I lived in Toronto for about 2 years absolutely loved it, people are very kind, hope to come back some day
Loved Toronto, spent 6 weeks there staying in Davisville in 1981, great city, and the people were so helpful and friendly, would love to return to look over the many changes in a brilliant city.
It's turned to shit since. It's basically New India nowadays. Traffic is insane. Rent is as bad as New York except people still make about 50k CAD a year. Housing is even worse. Still only has two pathetic subway lines.
I live in Toronto now with mom who was born here. I left the US when the Pandemic hit. I got out just in time. I'm a US and Canadian citizen.
You have Dual citizenship?
How do you like it btw
ive lived in toronto since september (i go to uoft!) and i still got unreasonably excited recognizing so much of the city in this vid... it will always feel incredible to finally be a resident of my dream city:,)
@succulent kool-aid lollll my bfs from kitchener n ive been a few times so i know what it's like
@succulent kool-aid fentanyl has taken a grip of the city. Im from kw and it wasnt that bad 10-15 years ago but its pretty bad now. Lots of break and enters to feed ppls addiction...
@succulent kool-aid I grew up in Kitchener. You have my condolences. I have lived in Toronto for almost 15 years now, and I'll never go back.
In Kitchener u can still get home after work in time......the GTA is crazy traffic
Toronto has much worse areas than kitchener .....even Scarborough is worse.....
I want to visit. I collect Canadian cities...been to Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.
Toronto is truly a summer city. Respect to @Nick Johnson for displaying the splendours of Toronto, but to truly capture the vibrance of Toronto, one would really need to re-do this video in the summer. Post quarantine of course!
hey it was sunny that day!
@@NickJohnson You missed the Beach area .. one of the oldest and most beautiful spots.
Every northern city is a summer city
@@NickJohnson also maybe drive through other areas and not just downtown
100% agree! i love visiting Toronto in the summer months and definitely a different vibe
Was this done on a Sunday? Doesn't seem like much traffic.
Traffic is nuts -- combination of cars and foot traffic from office workers going home to the train station not good.
definitely is. judging from the timing of some shots it was morning too. and like any metro area, weekday mornings are busy. this was very light traffic and definitely not a weekday.
There are simply too many cars. People taking up so much space in traffic is ruining it for everybody.
Ya he was there for 3 days... all of them where Sunday.
@@DrunkcookingwilthBilly LOL
Thanks for the memories. I lived in Toronto from 1990 to 1997 so much has changed since I moved away but I was able to recognize the main landmarks. When you got to that old building at the end of Bay St. that is the City Hall next to it, built in 1965, quite something to see.
You crossed Huron St in Chinatown. I lived there, further north towards Bloor St in three separate houses.
Had I settled down there, I'd be a millionaire many times over. Real estate has gone through the roof since I lived t here.
One final thing : I used a bicycle to get around anywhere in the downtown core, certainly everywhere you drove. It was almost always way faster than driving a car. I imagine that's still true today. I also bicycled all through the winter too.
From Toronto & still clicked the video 😂. It was a soothing video for some reason.
Except for my annoying interruptions you could fall asleep to it
You go to Scarborough and everyone’s wearing Timbs.
it’s not that ghetto anymore lol. neither jane n finch. stop stereotyping ✌🏾
CaapriceTube I’m not saying that it’s ghetto. It’s just that a lot of people from Scarborough regardless of of race love wearing timbs.
Yep
Ur a goof if u think dat
You walk around Scarborough looking at people’s shoes? Lol 😂
Nice job. You really threw me at the start giving the temperature in Fahrenheit. You also passed by many iconic buildings without a mention, old and new City Hall for example, Union Station and the Royal York Hotel. But as you can see, the city is very liveable and very walkable.
Loved my time in Toronto; I’m from Scotland and I’ve been about but Toronto is easily the best ‘big city’ I’ve been to 👍🏼
Lol why am I reading this comment in a scawtish accent
I loved Glasgow and also went to the Orkney islands--nice people too
It's not. New York is the best city you've been to.
@@yusefalaminde3186 wtf is this comment
Damn... never been outside the U.S. but Toronto is now on my list. Beautiful to see how clean and kept the city is, tells me the residents really care and if they care about the city they care about each other...
I hear Montreal is cool too!
I live in Toronto and trust me it's not all clean and kept well. Walking downtown you'll see lots of human poop guarantee it. Though over all it's a nice fun city.
@@jacobjb Sounds like they need to send all that human poop back to their own countries!
@@jacobjb Toronto and Montreal are big city and will attract homeless, it's normal. Trust me, Canadian city are clean and safe.
@@jacobjb What? Human poop? Lived in Toronto for so long and never saw any poop anywhere…but anyway the point is Canadian cities are a lot cleaner and well maintained than US counterparts
I worked in downtown Toronto for over 30 years. I spent a great deal of that time walking around the financial centre for my job. I retired in 2005. I still spend time there but your video tour of my home town was good to remind me of the places I worked and enjoyed. Thank you. As people have said, visit in the summer, it's even better. Thanks for coming. I suggest parking your car and walk around. It gets even better.
I stayed for three days
2005 or right around there was the last year that the BIG SMOKE was 'ok'
China town is so much alive back in 80s and 90s, lots of good food in Toronto.
Bloor Street is also a good route to take west to east right into Greek town.
Yonge Street from the lake all the way way up north straight to pass Newmarket starts to turn
Toronto also has a big underground Mall start from Union going different direction and to Eaton Centre (Dundas & Yonge)
Lakeshore is another nice route to drive on, and the Island airport.
Much taste of Chinese food belongs to north of Toronto, a city called Markham 👍
Home of the Burger Priests and many others.
Canada also the banking technology test bed, as i remember we were using debit card way before US, when i moved to Vermont, debit could only works within the same bank names.
We had been using eTransfer $ through email.
Love the greek restaurants and summer festival on the Danforth.
You really should have indulged more in the food in Toronto...Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world and has some of the best food from EVERY CULTURE in it! :) I strongly encourage you to come back just for that, it is so worth it, whatever cultural delight you can find online, you can find it made and sold at top quality in Toronto! :)
You passed the Royal York hotel and the train station across from it without a mention.
Yea
3:58 & there were two police officers to the right /southside of front st on university ave. nick said he only saw 1. He was probably just looking ahead while stopped @ the light.
Admiring the mentioned royal york hotel(left) & Union (train) station (right) 3:59
hello there. I would disagree. He starts on front st, goes up Bay Street to dundas. Mentions old chinatown. Drives further west skips the footage of the AGO- art gallery of Ontario & shows footage of yes chinatown from beverly to just past spadina. Then he goes north on augusta ave where kensington market is. Ok yeah he swings back south on spadina from college. 33.33% chinatown. Theres so much more in toronto. If he made it up to Kennedy & steeles(finch?) he coulda gone to pacific mall & visited the city of markham- thats all chinatown lol.
also city hall and the famous el mocambo club .
Wolf Schmueck I noticed that as well. Liz and Burton stayed at the Royal York Hotel in the 60's my mother told me.
People complaining about the city should try to live somewhere else and then come back and let us all know. I’ve travelled to a lot of spots and Toronto will always be where my heart is. It’s home.
WELL SAID SIR !!
Did anybody else notice the red light he ran at 9:17 or is it just me lol
He did
Call police,,,
@Flekk Bone Gnawer No one cares about your opinion either
At 19:09 as well.
Red light camera! 😂🤣
I’m so proud to be Canadian guys! I love Canada!
I went there the first week of January and it was much warmer than I expected, really beautiful city.
Manny Explores What city do you live in?
@@scholarlyanalyst7700 Newark, New Jersey
@@MannyExploresVlog OK. Well Newark, New Jersey is warmer than Toronto but Toronto's not the arctic, either. It's winter climate is MUCH milder than Minneapolis (to use one example), and has almost precisely the same weather as Milwaukee Wisconsin (year-round). Someone from Milwaukee would feel right at home in Toronto (temperature-wise, at least!).
Beautiful? Maybe compared to New York or Newark, but for a major city Toronto is rather plain looking at best.
Lol you're talking about downtown man which is not representative of TORONTO as a WHOLE.
That's like any city, Toronto like the GTA, is filled with ethnic pockets. The only way you know you're still in Canada is the local tims.
I know come to scarborough or rexdale
@@88trusa Agree with rexdale, scarborough has pockets that are very canadian.
Mans was cappin styll
@@danzig159 It depends on the area, but yes, public transit has immigrants that haven't got their liscence yet, or don't own a car.
Been to Canada several times. Toronto is a clean, well run city. Although, they used to be very strict about closing the bars down early (don't know about now). It's Montreal that is the good time capital of Canada where they laissez le bon temps rouler almost 24/7.
Ottawa fun to its the capital city
Although not alot if attractions (I'm in toronto
Ottawa is the capital of Canada not Montreal!!
@@profileprofile Ottawa is anything but fun.
@@michaele1278 lol not wrong
As a Canadian who lives in Toronto my whole life, Toronto is a very nice city to live in.
Nice...running a red light in Chinatown. When in Rome... lol
I saw it too...several times
I booked that too 😭😂🤣 9:14
5:13 lol
Ha ha, on Queen Street, Mappy was kinda dicey on a couple of intersections too. I started paying closer attention after the Chinatown traffic light imbroglio.
gunther giesl the US does have amber lights but where I’m from they couldn’t care less about them
Glad I saw this vid. At 10:20 is one of my favorite spots, I used to work at the School one street over from where you turned, it's on Denison. I love that area, so many good places for food. Glad you enjoyed it, part 2 should be in the summer for Jazzfest in the Beach, yeah you didn't come to the Beach.
I've never been to Toronto. Thanks for the interesting tour, Nick.
Hi, the picture is so handsome! Much like a star.
I live and work in Toronto and I'm super familiar with all these places, but when you're seeing it from the eyes of a visitor, it becomes new for some reason haha. Thanks for driving through our city!
Canada is a magnificent country I love it.🏴🇬🇧👍🇨🇦
Thank you! I happen to love the UK!! 🇨🇦❤️🇬🇧
this time of year makes Torono look dreary, but its far from it. Also North America's 4th Largest city ..ahead of Chicago
Sounded weird to me so I checked. It's actually 7th in North America by population and Chicago is 4th. According to WorldAtlas.com
@@Matt-ir1ky Go by statistical metropolitan. Toronto is indeed #7 but I DO NOT believe Mexico City is larger than NYC Metro NYC is in 4 states, huge, huge with TONS of illegals
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_metropolitan_areas_by_population
@@Matt-ir1ky Its complicated, but nope Toronto wins.www.canadianbusiness.com/blogs-and-comment/so-is-toronto-really-bigger-than-chicago-its-complicated/
@@concernedcitizen3476 this is well explained. One of the biggest issues people don't understand when comparing cities population and greater area population are often not taking into account land mass area as well as population density.
A recent comparison I saw was how Houston 'city limits' has 2.4 million and Toronto 'city limits' has 2.9 million people, and some claiming how Houston can pass Toronto someday. Except....Houston City limits is 2 and a half times larger in land mass.
Houston land mass=1,651sq km
Houston population= 2.4 million
Toronto land mass= 630sq km
Toronto population= 2.9 million
The city of Toronto with some of its surrounding suburbs land mass followed by population:
Toronto 630sq km (2.9million)
Mississauga 292sq km (828,000)
Brampton 266sq km (593,000)
Vaughan 273sq km (306,000)
Markham 212sq km (328,000)
So now it really looks more like this:
Houston land mass= 1,651sq km
Houston Population= 2,400,000
Toronto land mass= 1,673sq km
Toronto population= 4,955,000
Toronto also still has many other suburbs, and other cities that it could take into account if it choose to. Such as Hamilton, however just to put Houston and Toronto on more of a fair playing field you realize Toronto is far more people. Same goes with Dallas. Those cities are much lower density population and take into account a larger land mass than Toronto generally does.
@@Matt-ir1ky youd be suprised how low density and large sprawl make Dallas and Houston an unfair comparison with Toronto. But above explains it more. I believe Toronto is at the very least #5 on that list you showed.
I've lived in Toronto 30 years there is no way you spent 3 days here and only saw 1 cop lol otherwise great video
I live here....I can't tell you the last time I saw the cops randomly floating around. They drive through the corridor occasionally but there isnt a huge police presence
@@TalentedTenth in the first 5 min of this video you see a cop right by union station lol
@@TalentedTenth but I all fairness I live In a pretty shitty area and right by the cop shop
@@spencermonteiro1319 but c'mon....its raaaare to just see beat cops wondering around. I'm even thinking outside the downtown core.
@@TalentedTenth I walk out my front door and 7 out of 10 times there will be a cop parked on my street but your right you don't see them just walking unless you are in a mall or get the 1 off cop walking around
For a City of 3m it’s incredibly safe compared to most US Cities .
@KA you realize not every US city is dangerous right?
That was my old neighbourhood for 25 years. So glad to see this little drive around. Haven’t lived there for 25 years but I see not much has changed except for the new street cars.
Great job! Been away for 2 years, I see why I moved but at the same time I miss it so much! Great to go through Kensington again.
I've been quite the fan of urban/suburban style areas, and this video really makes me wanna live there. Thank you for making this.
Thanks for this channel Nick. Thanks for taking us to Canada. I live in Australia and have visited the USA twice - first to Boston & Rhode Island (to watch the America's Cup - the year Australia won), second to Seattle (to visit a friend & to look about the state). Love "visiting" all the different places with you.
Ok Jen ❤️❤️
You missed Yonge St. My beautiful city. 🇨🇦
Right ?!! That's where everything happens. The longest street anywhere
Lol longest street in the world too! Whatever at least he enjoyed his time here🤷🏾♂️
Mandy M oh really
the section bewteen Major Mac and Fich is cesspool now!
You're city is overrated.
Passes lil Tokyo, “this is old china town”. Also nice “candy” bar.
enticous sch Old Chinatown WAS actually where Little Tokyo is today. It was demolished when City Hall was built.
whats a candy bar ?
That wasn't even close to 1 percent of TO. But hey, tourists eh!
totally, eh
etobicoke, north york and scarborough are hardly "toronto", they were amalgamated just 24 years ago. when i think toronto i think lawrence to lakeshore, jane to vic park. everything outside of that is uninteresting malls, condos and suburbs
Eh
Hey Nick, I think your videos are fantastic. You're one of the few producers who knows when to shut up and let the video do the talking. I love the panning left to right and back, the maps placed just often enough, and the informative dialog that is always interesting with a dash of humor. You are brilliant. Keep up the good work.
I live in the suburbs of Toronto, and i appreciate your perspectives of this great city, thank you.
"I'm going to start in the center of downtown"
Drives to Front and Spadina lol
It 's always nice to see home from a visitors perspective...
While you missed more spots then you caught, it can't be helped as Toronto has so many interesting areas. And it was still fun to watch.
This video is actually therapeutic, it's 2:30 am and I'm falling asleep, with no anxiety. So thanks xx I wanna feel the same way the video is made, calm and flowly, yet informative✨
Well there are quite a few others that I did so try another one next time you want to chill 😉
@@NickJohnson I sure will,and also great choice of music.
Toronto is super-good for restaurants if you like foods from every culture. I like it better for that than NYC, because you don’t have to go to another borough or something to get the full variety.
Up from California, I spend many weeks a year visiting friends in Calgary. Was just there for 3 weeks over Christmas and New Years in fact. Never been out of BC and AB in the West so it was super to see your tour of Toronto. Calgary is an extremely livable city. I wish I could pack the whole place in my bags and bring it home with me. When not riding with my friends, I walk and take the great public transit everywhere. As you noticed in Toronto, overweight people, especially obese, seem very rare in Calgary. For a number of domains, I frequently tell my Alberta friends, "don't let the US happen to Canada".
haha James super great points!
Ha! There see def overweight pple in Toronto more now than before
Not a fan of calgary at all, the public transit takes such a long time because there is barely any metro routes, it isnt the nicest city because it looks super surburban and there is nothing to do there, lack of diversity and entertainment etc...
@@jessforan7810 I haven't found much of this to be true myself, except for the suburban spread, but I haven't been to Toronto yet for comparison and can only relate to where I live in California where by comparison Calgary is the most livable city in the world.
James Duncan It’s sustainable, clean, generally nice people, but when it comes to getting around I have to drive because the city is so spaced out in comparison to where I live. I also find that maybe i’m biased because i live in toronto which is a large city
From I was a child I've always wanted to visit Canada thanks for this.
Any time Jacqueline :)
Torontonian here: Not sure what your stat source meant by "Arab," but maybe the people you were seeing were non-Arab Pakistanis, Sikhs and Hindus. If you meant you saw, say, women in hijabs, they are Muslim but not necessarily "Arab."
Fair
@@NickJohnson Of the Asian Canadian population of Toronto, South Asians from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and so on make up approximately 13% of Toronto. Muslims in Toronto make up around 7% of the cities population, with many Muslims being Black or South Asian in ethnicity.
I like your commentary and also that you let images do the talking, good job. It seems like a cleaner and much more wide spread New York. Looks so cold to me though.
Not much more widespread it’s pretty dense but yeah pretty accurate. Climate is the same as NY tho. Toronto summers may even get hotter. We have really humid hot summers
Thanks for the video.....I had no idea Toronto was so diverse.
Did not know that about Queen Elizabeth. I suppose I should wait to comment until after I've watched the entire video to prevent so much editing. Lol
There you go, running those red lights again. 🤣🚦
always susie. why stop? i was moving slowly :)
@@NickJohnson Lol. That wasn't even a California stop(usually rolling made at a stop sign)........ that was a full on "let's keep going". I could say I'm not guilty of that myself but I'd be lying. 😂
I love the way you describe Canadians like they are aliens. How they're dressed. What did you expect them to look like. Much better would be a running commentary on what we see. I know the city reasonably well, but for those who don't!!
Well we do live in igloos & eat whale blubber you know...
So many land marks passed by and not commented on, over all well done, of course this is strictly Downtown, where for a number of years I have avoided. Speaking of avoiding.....there are areas where one should consider avoiding. That said....at 19 I would often walk around.....a little drunk and never give it a second thought.
Well we don't blame everything and credit everything to Jesus. Maybe that's what makes us seem like aliens. I think you call it.... enlightenment.
I love Toronto, and Nick that was a great tour, love the fact that you did this in the winter months also, now I want to move there!!
Me too it's pretty expensive though
Great Video! But please visit in the summer, thats when the city comes alive. You only saw half of whats to offer. I hope you come back then. :)
I will. It's fun!
I think I saw myself waiting for a streetcar on Spadina. Back in January when I still had to go into work. Cool video.
Next time you're in Toronto...head to Yonge Street down by Lake Ontario and drive north. Yonge Street is an amazing display of shops, restaurants and people.
You drove by my workplace three times in this video, I kept expecting to see myself on the street somewhere :P
Were you at your desk??
@@NickJohnson don't know what time it was but most likely
@Red Greene King/Spadina is a main thoroughfare in downtown Toronto
I love this city where I live! Home of CN Tower, Ripleys Aquarium, Raptors and many more..I just dislike the driving downtown and lack of parking space there LoL! But TTC is always there so can't complain👍Enjoy your ride and the views! Take care.
Toronto is beautiful
@@diymadness9688 yes indeed! 👍
@@barbarianfromclashofclans 😁😁 TTC..yeah and there's YRT, ZuM, ViVa and GO, trust me they come handy when you dont feel like driving! Take care👍
Poutine isn't french, it's Quebecois. Unless that's what you meant...
QuebecOriginal was going to say the same thing, but I wanted to make sure that there wasn’t a similar comment before.
QuebecOriginal I also find it funny when tourists visit Toronto the big thing for them to try is Poutine when it’s more of a Quebec thing and way better out there.
kika lol you act like a Poutine is hard to make you can get one almost anywhere in Canada
Avery Flath Because poutine IS a very Quebec thing. I know we can find it anywhere in Canada but it’s more of a thing in Quebec.
kika not really lol you can find them all over canada and they are the exact same everywhere typical Quebec thinking you guys are special 😂😂😂
Great little video of my city. I used to live downtown for many years on the east side of the city and then moved to the burbs in the west 20-years ago. It was nice to see all my favourite haunts again!!!
You should’ve visited regent park at night Toronto’s diverse and friendly culture makes it one of the most beautiful places in the city
Hahaha
I've spent my early childhood living in Regent Park in the 70s, but now to go and visit Regent Park it's like a whole new world, it's a lot more diverse than it was in the 70s.
Lol
I lived in Toronto, as i watched this video it reminds me of CITY TV Channel 79 ( that correct Not channel 57 ) in its early days after sign off, they drive thought the city all night until they start the morning program. It was enjoyable to watch especially your not driving.
I loved that show!
I love Toronto Canada. Though I don't live there. But its beautiful and doesn't record so much bad news from there as compared to most states in the USA
Last year Brampton and Mississauga had a record number of homicides and in 2018 Toronto had a record 96 homicides.
@Houston2851
In 2014 Toronto had 177 shootings, in 2019 it had almost 500 shootings. That's a pretty big jump in a few short years and its probably going to get worse unless our politicians find their balls and actually do something about it. Young, black men here are getting much more wild in recent years and why not when no one wants to stop them.
@Drift King Toronto's large population skews crime rates low. Much of the crime that doesn't happen in Southern Ontario happens in British Columbia and Alberta. East Hastings Avenue in Vancouver has the highest concentration of homeless drug users in Canada. The oil boom ending caused Edmonton to have a big increase in homelessness and overall criminal activity and it is considered roughly the most dangerous big city in Canada at this time.
@Drift King I mean the large population of Toronto means that a single murder doesn't greatly affect the overall crime rates like it does in a small town. Southern Ontario has a fair bit of property crime in general but our large population means we don't have the absolute highest crime rates.
@Drift King Statistics Canada recently estimated Ontario's population at 14.57 million. I guess you could say that population growth can nullify increased criminal activity. Certainly it is easier to be more anonymous in urbanized areas too. I find that the lowest crime rates in Canada are generally in the small towns of Atlantic Canada where most locals know each other and are quite often related.
I lived in Toronto for several years. The nicest thing I can say is that it was clean.
Aaaaah my dream place to live in
You can do it Samantha ❤️
or maybe...the people you thought were arabs....werent actually arab?
Supernova12034 yeah that comment was weird! What’s wrong with Arab people?
I think he’s confused all brown people for being arab. This is some really ignorant nonsense.
@Mustafa Al-youzbaki Yeah half my street is syrian lmao
Perhaps he meant, looked middle eastern.
It's hard for an outsider to comprehend the diversity of Toronto.
Joined the CF 40+ years ago and love seeing how my home town has grown still and always a Leaf fan.
You missed the best parts of the city!! Yorkville, The Gay Village, Dundas Square, Distillery District, Queen West - just to name a few!
Only parts of the city you mentioned that are nice are yorkville and queen west! The rest you named are boring or trash lol
@@asav6649 Distillery District is really quite nice; especially for the Christmas Market
Your observation of tucked in jeans into Doc Martens made me laugh. It makes perfect sense considering the climate. I've always wanted to visit Canada especially since I'm a hockey fan. Thanks for the video tho
Who else would agree, this city looks awesome, almost futuristic?
I agree
Prizmatic Z This is my city
@@NickJohnson Nick. You're correct about most things. However - you're wrong about Toronto's weather!
Specifically - you make it sound as though 33 degrees (Fahrenheit) is record-breaking temperature for Toronto.
Put simply - 33 degrees is a VERY common winter temperature in Toronto (well within a normalish range). Which US city are you from?
Yeah.
@@NickJohnson drive in ottawa pls.
What A Beautiful City. Nick Iv Watched almost Every Video You Created. But WOW
Mike!! ❤️❤️ did you even watch the us state flag one??
@@NickJohnson I watch alot of your Videos. Your a Genius. Geography is a great interest of mine. Even though I rarely leave Chicago. Mappy is to funny. Late for Work. Gotta go.