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Originally Posted by Kevsh
Having low-income families and renters makes a place a scary ghetto?
I've lived in Toronto my entire life and there's not a single area I would be worried about walking around - and I've been to more than a few. Even if you disagree, they are certainly not in the same ballpark as some of the American ghettos mentioned in this thread. |
I would never fear walking in any part of Toronto at any time of day. Same as Vancouver, including East Hastings. I've walked through Pigeon Park many times at 3am without even questioning my safety.
The USA is on a whole other level. I once got off the bus at the wrong stop in Oakland one night coming back to a friend's place while visiting. The street names there are all numbered and I mixed up the names... like 13th and 32nd instead of 32nd and 13th (can't remember the actual streets). The bus driver said "are you sure you want to get off here?", LOL. It felt pretty sketchy, but I didn't have any encounters. It took 2 hrs to walk through it to my friends place, With liquor stores on every corner (it was a residential neighborhood) and 6-8 guys in front of each. This was like 15 years ago.