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[vangemeren]

Born and raised Torontonian (in actual Toronto, not "North Bay, Toronto").

What does that mean?

I have lived in:

Calgary, Alberta (born there)- 6 weeks
Near Denver, Colorado (I forgot the name of the place)- 1 year
Lahr, Germany- 4 years
Chilliwack, B.C- 4 years
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Lower Sackville to be precise)- 5 years
Petawawa, Ontario- 4 years
North Bay, Ontario- 2 years (university hopefully 2 more years)

I have basically lived where BMETs are located, as my dad is one.

 

[Big Foot]

Near Denver, Colorado (I forgot the name of the place)- 1 year

Is it Colorado Springs you're talking about?

 

[vangemeren]

I was inclined to say that, but I can't remember. To tell you the truth, I don't ever remember asking where. All that I know is that my dad took his training there and lived there for a year.

 

[Andrastryker]

So there isn't much difference in distance between toronto and north bay??

 

[vangemeren]

If you consider 330km (approximately) not far, then yes

 

[bojangles]

I'm from NOrth Bay, Ontario.

Bojangles

 

[WannaBeFlyer]

I'm in Ottawa...

 

[Jonny Boy]

hey i am from toronto.    go   ontario

i live in ontario right now but i have lived in the following places

Oshawa 1986-88
Sundridge 1988- 96
out skirts of Hunstville 1996-97
Hunstville 1997- 2000
Toronto 2000-2005 (moved 4 time through out Toronto. areas include Scarboroughorth York, Fleminton park, Beaches)

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

Born and raised Torontonian (in actual Toronto, not "North Bay, Toronto").

Whereabouts in Toronto? (streets)

 

[Morgs]

Downtown Toronto,
Yonge and Eglinton

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

Cool, Im a bit North of you at Yonge and Steeles.

 

[Rfn]

I'm from Winnipeg which is in Manitoba. Not Ontario, nope. But right next to it. The one to the left. ;D

 

[Glorified Ape]

Downtown Toronto,
Yonge and Eglinton

That's downtown now? I always thought of downtown as anything below Bloor.

Whereabouts in Toronto? (streets)

Avenue Road & Lawrence/Yonge & Lawrence.

So there isn't much difference in distance between toronto and north bay??

No no, there's a big difference, I just picked North Bay randomly to exaggerate the distances some people are from who claim to be Torontonians. That's not to say North Bayers claim to be from Toronto, it was just a pretty distant locale that I could think of.

What does that mean?

Just a crack at the people that live nowhere near Toronto but when you ask them "where are you from?" they say Toronto. Like I said, North Bay was a random selection - I've never had a North Bayer tell me they're from Toronto but it's pretty distant so it served as a good exaggerative example.

Usually it's people from Peterborough, Oshawa, Pickering, Oakville, Burlington, etc. It's no big deal, it's just funny sometimes.

 

[Sheerin]

I'm in peterborough now and I have yet to hear a single townie say they're from Toronto. 
Although i know what you mean about people saying they're from Toronto, I know a few people in school who when asked what part of Toronto they're from have said everything from Richmond Hill to Burlington, to Oshawa, etc. 

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

Whats funny, is my father can remember when everything North of the 401 was Boreal....

Soon, We'll be seeing high rises in Newmarket.

When people say Richmond Hill is Toronto, I believe they're referring more to the GTA than Central Toronto itself. I live in Thornhill and consider it Toronto...

 

[Sheerin]

I remember a time when there were few sky scrapers north of the 401 on Yonge.  I also a remember a time when there were relatively small areas of open space throughout Scarborough (and Toronto as a whole) but have since become really small housing developments. 
I remember going to horse races at Greenwood track in the Beaches. 

I also remember the old city of Scarborough!

 

[Glorified Ape]

I'm in peterborough now and I have yet to hear a single townie say they're from Toronto.  
Although i know what you mean about people saying they're from Toronto, I know a few people in school who when asked what part of Toronto they're from have said everything from Richmond Hill to Burlington, to Oshawa, etc.  

I've had one or two Peterborough people claim Toronto, IIRC. It's usually done by people closer than Peterborough, though - Oshawa and similar areas being the most likely. Some have explained that they claim they're from Toronto because no one knows where Oshawa, etc. are.

I got ragged on for being from Toronto today by a Montrealer (they always rag on us). The best response, I find, is to say "Too bad we don't have any jokes about "your city here". We just don't care enough to make them up." That always shuts them up.

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

When people make fun of where Im from...I usually just laugh at them for being so petty as to actually commit the air to making such a pointless comment...

 

[Morgs]

That's downtown now? I always thought of downtown as anything below Bloor.

I suppose you're right. Technically Yonge and Eg is considered North York. But people from the 'burbs don't know that 

 

[Jordan411]

Windsor Ontario here