TORONTO HAS CHANGED... and not for the better

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[@AlinaMcleod]

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[@JimMork]

One benefit could be crystallizing your personal values so you can view locations with perspective. Maybe the teenage infatuation is blowing away like a mist to reveal where you basic values lie. I think the Tao Te Ching had something about that.

[@RIZFERD]

These people's condition living homeless isn't new in the history of human existence. They weren't prepared for the constant change of life, the evolution including world order reset, digitalisation, internet of things including cryptocurrency as fiat currency (USD, GBP, EUR, etc) is losing its power slowly. Born a complete multiracial multilingual Indonesian incognito royal living around the world all alone since childhood as rough as I can say those not a complete multiracial not multilingual never been living around the world all alone since childhood are the same apes never evolved inside their tiny boxes and learned nothing from the past to evolve better.

[@masternobody1896]

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[@AnthonyManzio]

Move to Montreal

[@mikeyitalian1981]

Born and raised Torontonian And lived in Toronto for 42 years now i'm still here but things have gone downhill a lot in the past 5 years.

[@mactravel112]

It's definitely a shithole. But been that way for years now

[@downtomars6268]

This goes for the rest Canada. Not enough resources to accommodate newcomers, classrooms are overflowing, rent prices are similar in all major cities.

[@mactravel112]

@@downtomars6268yup. Sure does. Gotta feel for the poor people living there.

[@user-wm2tw]

What happened in last 5 years?

[@basicinfo2022]

quality of life globally has gone down because our governments are corrupted and colluding with billionaires.

[@PRETTYGROSSSTREETFOOD]

Chinese Hong Kong Torontonian here. Grew up in the T Dot. Back in the 80s people don't even lock their front doors at night and it just took a short 15 mins drive from downtown to Markham. Average Property value was at around 200 to 300k for a double garage detached house in the GTA. Today...... I rest my case.

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@harryshuman9637]

You do realize people like you are the problem? Massive amount of rich people from China that came here in the 2000s and 2010s to buy out property and drive land prices to the moon. Especially in BC due to close proximity to Asia.

[@SmashBrosBrawl]

that's the result of liberalizing your immigration system. Now there's entire marches of palestine flags, looks like a conquering army.

[@petermelnikov682]

Entire Canada has changed...

[@petermelnikov682]

@@MalibuMerle cost of living, increased itinerance and drugs related crimes are not helping to build a good image of Canada and Montreal. That's not the part of the Canada's dream.

[@edimi2454]

And not for good... Unfortunately. 🤐

[@MaxwellMax]

And not for the better.

[@mortgagedavid]

It's not just Canada however it is the entire world there is a bigger money gap between the different classes and it is very relative

[@amandeepv]

Yes all the Indians came in

[@Andrico77]

Born and raised in Toronto, the last 7 years have been a dramatic decline in livability and increase in crime. Sad to see the city I love go downhill with no end in sight.

[@mtlnascarfan]

But haven't you heard from Trudeau? Our strength is in our diversity! 🙄

[@tuttuttut7758]

Don’t forget the neo liberal politics. It’s been killing the middle class since the 80s, yet we vote for it ourselves. But hurrah I guess?

[@ArohaStill]

​@@mtlnascarfanit has nothing to do with diversity you racist and it has everything to do with a terrible taxation system, rampant inflation, a downward push on wages which has been happening for decades and a failure to implement rent controls oh and let's not forget the closure of mental health and addiction facilities which Once Upon a Time did exist

[@shamila774]

You are million times right every field is going down rapidly, especially Healthcare and home care for elderly is a extreme mess, people come to help elders but they just want to sit and leave because no one is there to monitor them if you talk to the manager they also support that injustice. Canada is tuning in many fields worst than third world countries ,it is really sad to see.

[@mtlnascarfan]

@@shamila774 Canada is turning into something worse than 3rd world countries because our system is overloaded by people coming here from 3rd world countries.

[@istvanglock7445]

"Toronto has changed ... not for the better" Well, that's something that can be said of every city in Canada. Personally, I blame incompetent management of immigration. Just too many people flooding in too fast, and the country can't cope.

[@paulmaul2186]

Immigration is at the root of many, if not all, of Canada's problems. The numbers are FAR too high, and have been for decades. It's also poorly managed, allowing in people who defraud the system, who are fake refugees, who commit crime, and who are a burden on the healthcare system. A great many voices have been raising concerns for many years, but we were completely ignored by politicians and journalists and were almost invariably dismissed as racists and xenophobes. BUT Canadians kept voting for politicians that supported that flawed system so you get what you get.

[@magahatatheist1838]

It's all by design. Remember what Santa Klauss said about infiltrating Canada's cabinet ?

[@Davo-i1s]

Canada is not the only one with this problem the Australian government is also allowing record numbers of immigrants to enter the country during a housing crisis... the number of people coming into our Australian cities on study visas is out of control. We also have a problem with homelessness but nowhere near as bad as what was shown in this video. If the current immigration policy doesnt change its possible we could end up like that.

[@jbitts]

it's spreading everywhere like wildfire, I'm 4 hours north and it's gotten crazy bad.

[@jeffreywise4807]

Immigration is the major reason why Canada is doing as well as it is. Your statement is incorrect, unless you see diversity as an ill in and if itself.

[@susanstewart1402]

We lived in Toronto for 30 years and moved to Calgary 6 years ago because of a good job offer, and the hope for a less congested, polluted, dangerous, expensive environment. Here in Calgary, we are living in the inner core and can enjoy sitting in the back garden without hearing the drone of traffic or airplanes. Toronto was fabulous from 1994 to 2014. All our friends and family who still live there are unhappy with the decline of the city.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

calgary has a worst crime rate than toronto and toronto is twice its population. more break ins and assaults as well.

[@markc1551]

@@giovanni-ed7zq Calgary is also much less multicultural and diverse if that's important to you.

[@markc1551]

Calgary, today, is no comparison to Toronto in terms of a livable and vibrant city. This "decline" that you and others are referring to is generalized for anywhere in the country and even in other countries.

[@user-pe3tt7iu7g]

Calgary isn't good for young people anymore. Less and lower paying jobs, dangerous public transport/downtown & inflated house prices due to house poor people from Vancouver/Toronto moving here.

[@queenwest2018]

​@@giovanni-ed7zqToronto is worse then calgary

[@absolutelypitiful3837]

In Quebec City, my house that I bought a year ago cost me almost five times less than it would cost in Toronto, and I get one of the safest cities in the world with absolutely fantastic quality of life. I can afford it on a single average income while I take care of my disabled wife and of my daughter. Really, the choice is easy. We would live in absolute misery and squalor in the big expensive cities.

[@ericperreault8889]

it's coming for quebec as well...less fast than toronto or montreal but these issues are slowly getting bigger in quebec as well not to the point of not feeling safe there but I keep my eyes open a lot more than I used to...I even go to levis more than quebec these days...let's hope that it won't get to the tipping point

[@BG-ig6fd]

I used to live in Québec City for nine years (1992-2001). The cost of housing there has more than doubled to tripled, yet salaries remain low there. We would have moved back a long time ago if we could have afforded it. The gap between salaries and cost of living have gotten insane in most places. WHEN will our governments acknowledge it?

[@cost7569]

Quebec City is still safe and great because it didn't hit with diversity yet.

[@FastGuy1]

⁠@@cost7569Exactly, I went to Quebec City in November and after visitng Montreal too I can say its definitely the diversity. Quebec still feels like one of the last pockets of fresh air while the rest of Canada goes down the drain. I hope Quebec City still continues to thrive the way it is

[@TheJlee28]

If one has been living in Toronto for a long time, there’s no affordability issue.

[@RobertTorontoYYZ]

Lived in Toronto for over 20 years and worked in the city for over 30 years. Recently involuntarily "retired" from a major financial institution. I am grateful that I have a nice home and am able to pay my bills, because I made good choices while working (saving, investing and paying off debt). It is very, very hard to live in Toronto earning less than $80,000 a year (pre-tax) in a safe neighbourhood. A minimum weekly income of $1,200 is recommended to afford rent, groceries, transportation, entertainment and recreational activities with personal care expenditures. You can live on less but definitely not on a $20 hourly wage. Video is very accurate about 2024 conditions in the city.

[@TheJlee28]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That’s weird! I’ve no mortgage, but expenses on house $800 a month, $300 grocery, $350 medical as I live with chronic pain, phone Internet $140. My budget is less than 2000 a month and I WFH. Everything else I save. You guys must live lavish lifestyle. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RobertTorontoYYZ]

@@TheJlee28 Yes once you have no mortgage your housing costs really decline. I still have a mortgage and condo fees plus property tax. Once I get the mortgage paid off in 2 years I can live on $3k month including a vacation. It's definitely good to live within your means. No credit card balance ever.

[@TheJlee28]

@@RobertTorontoYYZ 👍👍👍👍👍👍 excellent!!!! WFH saves a lot as I’m not eating out nor spending anything on transit.

[@Gcescon]

I'm brazilian and run a language school in my country. I've been to Toronto 3 times in exchange programs with my students. The first time, in 2012, I found the city amazing and incredibly safe. The second time, in 2018, I noticed a small change for worse in terms of security and homelesness. My last time in Toronto was this year, and I felt myself very insecure and saw things that I wasn’t accostumed to seeing not even here in Brazil. It’s a pity, because Toronto is an unique city and it has potencial to be very developed socially speaking. Unfortunately, I'm searching for alternative destinations to take my students abroad.

[@stevestevens502]

are you talking about the open air drug use in toronto now?

[@Lpmeff]

Canada use to be a wonderful country,

[@jasonmcguire4655]

" Try Moscow "

[@JimMork]

@@jasonmcguire4655 Under Gorbachev or Putin?

[@AJ-bh7vm]

Toronto is 100 times safer than any big size Brazilian cities. Your country has some of the most dangerous cities in the world. You are lot safer in Toronto compared to your very dangerous cities like Rio De Janeiro and Sao Palo. In Brazil, even your small cities such as Feira DE Santa are extremely dangerous. Feira de Santana, a city in Brazil with 100,000 people is considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Brazil as whole is a very dangerous country with crime everywhere. I will be scared to live in Brazil, you should be worried about living in your country instead worrying about Toronto, which is lot safer than any of your cities in Brazil.

[@soha7271]

I’m currently in Toronto to take my son to college, after an absence of 40 years since graduation I hardly recognise this place anymore. So many homeless around and it’s saddened to see how great this city was in my days here

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

3 million in the city core its gonna change. still has a lower crime rate than calgary half its size.

[@iWhisperASMR]

I tried to give one of them $100 bill and he refused it, like adamantly. I worked downtown at the local temp agency and they were not homeless as a means of protest, they are that way by choice. No one chooses to live in a million dollar mansion, but when it comes to destitution, almost all religious people vow poverty. Yet when you look ugly, you're a problem.

[@ricosuave4275]

@@Natureandcrystalshealstheheart Honest Ed you mean? Yes I remember, especially the free Turkey every year at Thanksgiving.

[@Navy35]

Diversity is our strength

[@johnmorelli3775]

You can thank Trudeau!

[@Chuck8541]

Sadly this is happening to a lot of western cities these days. It seems like an intentional self-inflicted would that our legislators are doing to our cities. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Best bet is to get away from all big cities if you can. It's cheaper to live, and depending on local politicians - safer.

[@jonm3131]

car-centric infrastucture is the obvious cultprit..but tbh seems more like a root cause of greed and capitalism

[@LadyScaper]

There is also the impact of the pandemic, which I think people are missing.

[@allykhan8594]

Real wealth nett is moving East from the West.

[@chris_hawk]

I'm thinking of leaving Toronto for a smaller city in Ontario, but first I gotta save up some money to move. The people here are stressed, rude, and fake. The climate (winter for half the year) doesn't make the experience any less unpleasant. It's true that there's a neighbourhood for everyone here, but no one ever smiles. I've been to Barrie, Oakville, Hamilton and the people there are always pleasant. If you care about quality of life, do NOT come to Toronto. This is a city of many promises, but few returns.

[@Chuck8541]

@@chris_hawk Good luck to you, man.

[@lisametauro7199]

I was born and raised in Toronto and lived 57 years there. 6 months ago, I moved to Saskatchewan having never visited before. I'm ashamed of Toronto. It's not what it was. I outgrew it and although I have good memories of what it once was, it no longer is. And I will forever tell everyone it's not even worth the visit.

[@TheJlee28]

It’s still ok if you know how to adapt. It’s much worse than before but we are working on it.

[@lisametauro7199]

That's my point. I'd rather not adapt to what Toronto has become.@@TheJlee28

[@TheJlee28]

@@lisametauro7199 you don’t need to come back and I’m sure you’ve outgrown to be small town dweller, which is great. We live on tree lined streets, subway 5 min walk away, private front and backyards, 2000 sqft with double density coming up. We duplicate this 10 times and now we go help out the homeless people, who are unfortunately victims of misfortune. We grow with it and never outgrow it. We love it when the streets are mostly cleaned now. Everyone deserves dignity, including the unfortunate ones. We are not ashamed of them, as it’s part of the big city. I will move to small town for vacation but always stay here during working months.

[@TheJlee28]

@@lisametauro7199 she deleted my comment. TO cleans up already.

[@TheJlee28]

This Aline is a witch who censors comments and pretends she is still from Toronto.

[@slotreality]

I am 54 years old and raced in Toronto. Toronto is not a good place anymore but just last week I visited Ottawa for the first time and the capital of Canada was not any better, I was surprised by the amount of homeless sleeping outside not far from the Parliament building. What happens to Canada is beyond my understanding. An apt in my building was around 1300 for two bedroom and that now is around 2800 just past the pandemic. I can only say that corruption is one of the big players why Canada has become like that and the break-down of the social safety net. Pensión plan are very low.

[@glowndark1]

The failure of the economic system, liberal capitalism, which is part of democratic system, this economic model enrichs the rich, they don't have to work a single day in their lives but live a far more comfortable life than those who are poor who unfortunately will became much poorer over time because this system just suck everything out of the working class until they nothing more..

[@mE-zx7pt]

Same in U.S.

[@fz4540]

Political correctness is killing Canada. So sad to witness the change since 2015, and you all know why.

[@johnmorelli3775]

You can thank Trudeau. Lots of people in Ontario voted for him!

[@chromaticvisuelle]

​@@fz4540you should educate yourself better about the so called "political correctness"

[@seancurran2054]

I was just in Toronto yesterday and I noticed how many homeless there were compared to when I was there in 2019. It breaks my heart because I spent so much time in the city growing up.

[@alexguolo5872]

over 400k people moved into the GTA in 2022. its a mess

[@alexguolo5872]

the entire 401 is just jammed all day

[@dereksbooks]

Come to Vancouver. It's even worse here for homelessness, drugs, and housing costs. Unlike Vancouver, at least Toronto has a big economy to match its housing costs.

[@JimMork]

@@alexguolo5872 Do you have a sense what they expected to find? I had very limited goals for my short visit. Never a thought of being a resident. Canada's a huge country. Being admitted is no requirement of seeking the most crushing burden. I knew long ago I wouldn't bring Canada economic value. I was surviving where I was. My niece works in a BC casino. They are getting by with a home far from Vancouver.

[@pinetworkminer8377]

Possibly due to COVID?

[@terryl6706]

Unchecked immigration and not enough jobs or public services is playing out across the globe.Our government’s have lost control of the situation.

[@-ns-8972]

Immigration is not the problem, managing the inflow of immigrant population in 1 particular city is the problem. Not sanctioning more good and reputed uni's and colleges outside of toronto is the problem. Not expanding and developing city outwards is again a HUGE mistake. Not keeping real estate price in check is again a HUGE HUGE problem. I have more to list but it's useless mentioning and cribbing about it here.

[@FRAZBTCMoney4Humans]

It's not 1 city... It's Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and then further down the list to other places like Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax etc. It's not just inflow management... it's a fire hose to the face and from countries on this planet that require extreme vetting before letting in. There are many sought after uni's outside Toronto. Queens, Western, Waterloo, Mcgill, McMaster, University of Ottawa and on and on. When our leadership and domestic policy is to grow this nation exponentially through immigration rather than multi-generation citizens having babies because they can't afford their own lives here... that's a problem. @@-ns-8972

[@John_Stone_]

@@-ns-8972 "Immigration is not the problem" Yes it is. The denialism is old.

[@JadeeCee-ty1he]

On a smaller scale comparison, it's like a household, if the parents do not manage funds properly or make sound decisions and judgement, the household will not sustain in the end. We have bad "managers of funds and decisions for the country " ...things will deteriorate.

[@barunkumar1047]

Justin Trudeau is more than happy to grant citizenship to international terrorists seeking asylum in Canada 😈😈😈

[@squidge125]

I visited Toronto from the UK in 2000 age 18, it was like a utopia compared to London, spotlessly clean, safe, affordable and the people were so friendly. So sad to see the changes.

[@nuudelz3711]

It’s still the same just depends on your neighbourhood. A lot of this is because people don’t like how the communities from 10-20 years ago are gone now (due to high economic costs for being in canadas largest city) and have been replaced by different ethnic groups than were in the area previously. Since 2016 we haven’t been as welcoming as Canada is known for..

[@julianprince8162]

London wasn't that bad in 2000

[@broddablack5290]

So sad I’m from Toronto but now live in London U.K. which I love ❤

[@broddablack5290]

It has become so dangerous! The transit system was never like this!

[@broddablack5290]

So many homeless people! I couldn’t believe it

[@mafiakickproductions]

I grew up in Toronto from 1999-2014 it has definitely changed so much, everyday I think about moving back down but it’s not a good place to raise kids anymore.

[@markferguson7563]

In 1968, in the city of Birmingham, Enoch Powell, delivered his warnings that dismantling Britain’s borders, and allowing mass numbers of non-Caucasian, and non-Christians to enter would culminate with a ‘Rivers of Blood’ scenario. At that time, the percentage of Birmingham’s population that was non-white, was less than 3 percent. Now, some 55 years later, in 2024, non-whites are a slight majority of Birmingham’s population. The great preponderance of whom are also non-Christians. Conversely, at that same point in time, London’s non-white demographic was slightly higher at 5 percent. Whereas now, white-British have also been reduced to nearing minority status. Five years after Enoch Powell delivered that address in Birmingham, the novel, Camp of the Saints, by Frenchman Jean Raspail, was published. In this work, Raspail duly warned of the immense danger that would befall France, by allowing unfettered numbers of immigrants from Third World cradles (ostensibly from its former African colonies) to swarm in. However, what he also correctly predicted was with guilt-ridden/self-hating/bleeding-heart liberals would willfully facilitate culturally unassimilable interlopers from the Third World to transgress Europe’s shores. But it would be three and half decades before the dire predictions Enoch Powell espoused in 1968, would come to pass. And this cavalcade of horrors first emerged on March 11, 2004, in Madrid, when a group of Islamic fundamentalists systematically detonated 10 bombs on four trains approaching the city’s main CBD railway station, at Atocha. Those instances callously claimed the lives of 192 innocent people, and injured another 1800. Then, 16 months later in London, on July 7, 2005, another group of Islamic fundamentalists replicated the Atocha event detonating bombs on trains and buses slaughtering a total of 52 people, and injuring about 800 others. In the subsequent 16 years after the London bombings, another 288 (accruing to be 532) innocent people were slaughtered, in a Reign of Terror, across Britain and Europe, which was callously inflicted by Islamic fundamentalists. Now, in Australia, on April 15, 2024, in the Sydney suburb of Wakely (Fairfield), a 16-year-old Islamic terrorist strolled into the Assyrian Orthodox Church, of The Good Shepherd, and stabbed its bishop. This dreadful event culminated with up to 500 of its parishioners gathering outside the church to stage a very violent riot in the subsequent hours. Their sole objective was seeking to get hold of the perpetrator, and exact their revenge upon him for this atrocity. Whilst being detained by churchgoers shortly after the attack, the 16-year-old assailant can be distinctly heard saying on a video clip that he had stabbed the bishop, because he’d “insulted my prophet”. Therefore, those few words, indisputably designate that this assault was premeditated: and, therefore an act of terrorism. Yet, in spite of him saying these words, the usual suspects have emerged in the past few days downplaying affairs. Some of them (all Muslims) are querying how authorities had been so quick, and eager to call this an act of terrorism. Needless to say, it’s an absolute certainty that in the coming weeks that the ‘system’ will surreptitiously maneuver, and manipulate circumstances to cast this goon as being a mere aberration within Australia’s Islamic community. Rather, than him being reflective of a significant component of the Muslims here. To garner the reality that there’s no shortage of Muslims in Australia whose prime allegiance is to Islam, merely requires perusing photos, and video clips appearing in media coverages depicting Muslims congregating outside Mosques. Most of them will be clad in some form of traditional attire, praying to Allah. What this all amounts to is to prove there are no shortage of Muslims here in Australia (and, indeed, Britain, France, and Belgium/Holland, or Canada, and the US), who consider themselves answerable to the teachings of the Quran, before the society they’re in. In the near future, we will be constantly bombarded with the line that this 16-year-old terrorist is not representative of Muslims, which of course is correct. However, the most ominous concern is that, there needs only to be a couple of hundred fundamentalist Muslims in the country who hold extreme views to wreak havoc. Tragically, mass intakes of people from a bevy of non-Anglo/European cradles over the past 30-35 years has radically transmogrified Australia’s two largest metropolises of Sydney, and Melbourne. So much so that, within the short space of a bit more than three decades (1990), Anglo/Europeans have been reduced from being 94 percent of these cities’ populations, to now becoming the ‘collective’ minorities: at around 47 percent. To ascertain this glaring reality, merely requires travelling on any train, at any part of the day that runs through the corridor of 20 stations between Burwood/Strathfield, Granville and down to Liverpool. By doing so, you will quickly realise that people of non-Anglo/European extractions will account for at least, 80 percent of all those people you will observe, either standing on platforms or travelling in carriages. For the record, of the 400,000 net-increase of Sydney’s population in the decade up until February 2024, 280,000 of them have been immigrants (either permanent or temporary) who are sourced from non-AE, and non-Christian societies. But what’s strikingly apparent about any of the main business districts of places which have an array of different ethnocultural entities traversing the streets (such as Bankstown), is with how none of them interact with each other: let alone do they have a connection to Australia. As of Saturday morning on April 20, less than 290 hours after the attack at Wakley, there have been many media stories analysing how this heinous event could have come to fruition. Their essences range from querying if intelligence bureaus had any prior knowledge of the assailant: and, if so, then why wasn’t he intercepted earlier. Well, to be fair to law-enforcement, and intelligence entities, keeping tabs on anyone dabbling googling up any facet of extremism, is nigh on impossible to achieve. So, engaging in a blame game on this is futile. Tragically, what the media should be pondering, is the immense sociological cataclysm that Australia is sinking into. All of which is due to the insanity of successive governments from the late 1980s, rapidly drawing in millions of culturally unassimilable immigrants from a large array of non-AE ethnicities? The culmination of this madness has ultimately destroyed the host’s culture. And, moreover, with these immigrants forming culturally-insular enclaves/colonies. So, it now comes to pass all these years after Enoch Powell, and Jean Raspail, warned us of would eventuate with dismantling borders, concludes with scores of acts of vile terrorism from 2004, being perpetrated by rabid Islamic fundamentalists. But, in spite of it being patently obvious to any halfwit that, mass-non-discriminatory immigration programs have destroyed the cultures of the host-societies, politicians in Britain, Canada, NZ, and of course, Australia, are totally committed to perpetuating large scale immigration intakes.

[@Moondustsmellsfunny]

@@markferguson7563 do you feel better after going on that racist rant???

[@markferguson7563]

@@Moondustsmellsfunny I state the facts about the sociological disaster that interlopers from the Third World have brought to bear upon Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, and Scandinavia. So if that's racism then tough luck.

[@AnalystRK]

I have lived in almost every big cities in Canada, situation is same everywhere in Canada. There have been massive decline in quality of life in recent few years.

[@louismarchesseau]

exactly .many things disturb me and people i talk to.liberals turned this country to be expensive ,not safe and less happy to live in .

[@backintimealwyn5736]

mass migration is not a sustainable practice. Every country doing this right now are having the exact same issues. It does'n tmean that you don't like the people coming in , it's just that it does'nt work, to much, to fast, not enough ressources to share. And by the way I'm writing from Europe, the new knaife atacks you've been experiencing latelay are nothing "random". We have them here too, 120 a day, and they come with refugees from the middle east. There is no ignoring it, it will only get worse.

[@bonjouritsready]

⁠@@backintimealwyn5736I’m not messing mate, it sounds like most of them refugees speak better English than you

[@reekinronald6776]

@@backintimealwyn5736 Read these comments. I see a lot of comments saying how sad it is to see Toronto and Canada decline. It's odd that no one actually asks the question, "Why?", or "How can we stop it?". The reason is that everyone knows, but are too timid to publicly state it, or simply can't face the fact that their Progressive ideology, the one that the West has been following since WWII, has been a disaster of historical proportions. The entire population of the West simply can't handle the Truth and thus ignores it to their ultimate destruction. I tip my hat to you. You have were brave enough to point out the reality.

[@cashway0420]

There's been problems since a certain someone has been PM...

[@ninjedi]

One of the things I like about Alina's videos vs. other travel YTbers is that she is very honest and frank wrt her perspective. Her rants on "making prisoners earn their keep" were pretty epic, and very entertaining ;). And based on her recent video, I am debating whether to recommend that my wife carry some dog spray in her purse when she is walking around Toronto by herself (we both have intermediate proficiency in Krav Maga). With that said, as many commentators have already posted below, in terms of crime, pollution, homeless, etc., most major North American cities have it a lot worse - NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, etc. Plus you've got more guns and racial tension in those places. Vancouver, B.C., has more homeless and a bigger illicit drug problem per capita vs. Toronto. Paris burns. Etc. Ultimately, Ms. Toronto is like a beautiful, narcissistic, incredibly high maintenance ice princess that you want to date - if you're successful, you'll have the best of times, but also the worst. Prolly holds true for a lot of the more "exciting" North American cities. We all live in our own Metaverse, really. Enjoy the ride!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw thank you so much for the support! And I totally agree, Toronto is definitely a beautiful but high maintenance date to have! It is still one of my favorite cities in the world but I just hope some of the issues it's currently having get turned around soon.

[@jay1645]

Know folks who are making 5-100M/yr. in TO atm .. and it's a paradise for them still 😄

[@ajiteshthawait4771]

​@@jay1645can you tell me their professions, just for information purpose

[@jay1645]

musicians , actors , stock brokers ..

[@gregmchale5011]

many problems in Toronto and Canada overall is the high immigration rate hundreds of thousands being added by the Federal Government with no planning by Provincial and Local Governments... it is crazy to bring so many in and not have a real plan to deal with housing and other issues associated with living in Canada today.

[@TheJlee28]

Because of the pandemic and crazy fed… it’s improving.

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@JesusSavesandRomeEnslaves]

Yet people who are married to a Canadian citizen tirelessly have to go through the legal way of becoming a resident. Trudeau is a disgrace and his puppet masters will be rewarded.

[@tjtreinen7381]

Last time I was in toronto, 1980, it was the most beautiful, clean city I'd ever been to. I was living in New York city at the time and it was such as difference. We went to all sorts of neighborhoods and never felt uncomforatable.

[@Anita-lf6zk]

Lived in Toronto before and left in 2019 right before COVID. I was considering going back to Toronto after working overseas these few years but everyone I knew living in the city are warning me not to… it’s sad how the city has changed for the worse

[@codylittlefield7885]

I moved to Toronto in 2019 and it was wild how different it was just over a couple of years.

[@zenonbillings9008]

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[@zenonbillings9008]

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[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

Toronto was garbage even before 2019.

[@ENIGMAXII2112]

@@user-zr6pl6nb6z It sure was, I left almost three decades ago. It was going down EVEN then.. But many arrogant Toronto people just did not want to believe it.. Now the whole counrty going in the same direction...

[@tomiesto240]

I left Vancouver in 2014, just returned this past February. A lot of my observations about "what happened here" are similar to yours in Toronto. When I initially left, I knew things were going to go downhill... but I'm surprised at how much.

[@joeynova9896]

it's a shit hole

[@nicktankard1244]

yeah it's very similar. I moved to Vancouver 2 years ago

[@nicktankard1244]

@squeekyclean1644 are you kidding? I am from Moscow and I was able to escape that shithole 5 years ago. Yes patriarchy is respected there but it’s a police state. Even before the war started it was a miserable place to live.

[@nicktankard1244]

⁠@squeekyclean1644I was making decent money there. But even with a lot of money Russia is a shithole and terrible to live in. Even if you can afford to buy a good apartment in the center of Moscow. And now with the war it became even worse and pretty much should be avoided at all costs. In my lifetime Russia turned from a kinda shitty police state to a full blown dictatorship with 0 human rights and insane corruption. Most decent people left and now it’s full of idiots and haters. But I agree that Vancouver is very boring. I’m super bored here.

[@Believe-gb5xf]

@squeekyclean1644Can you be my friend? I will be moving to Vancouver soon

[@Yami_Spirit]

Toronto is NOT a melting pot. I would say Montreal is a melting pot where all cultures contribute to the French culture. Toronto just has a bunch of different communities coexisting rather than melting in a pot.

[@dansbike1]

You never heard of Mosaic vs Melting Pot?

[@konraddsouza-lw1lh]

Facts .....Toronto is not a melting pot.....it's a cultural mosaic. Just corny immigrants and ethnic Canadians who are not socially charismatic but audaciously presumptuous

[@88hsef88]

Enjoy your video very much. It is a shame that Toronto has evolved to a mess looking just like the big cities in US ! But that shouldn‘t be in view of the different cutltual background including gun or violence history. I lived here for 6 years while in training. How is Vancouver compared ? I was in there early this month, it does not have the problem you mentioned in Toronto. I shall follow your guide on Montral next summer. Is Ottawa in your radar?

[@-f-r-]

@@dansbike1they’re both bullshit theories, a more cynical person would say platitudes that the elites came up with to undercut your wages

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Wrong. #1 - Montreal has a North American culture in the French Language. #2 - Many people here, whether they were born here or not, have never even bothered to learn French. You do not need it.

[@BerlinApril]

It looks like that only people from India can get all jobs as security, shop assistants, bank tellers in Toronto. My point is that people with other backgrounds have been fired or had no chance to get these positions because of the kind of corruption/ networking when 1 person brings only his friends or family members

[@chatguy629]

Its because they can fake any resume, any degree. Lying is like their second nature. Include other countries in same region too

[@Teresaisall]

But apparently that’s not racism.

[@devadii24]

Happens a lot in banks 💯

[@user1-2-3-m4l]

Not trying to be racist, most young white people ARE LAZY!!! Its only these new immigrants that are hard working. Tell me why when im at a tims with only white ppl working it takes up to 10 minutes for me to get a coffee with nobody apart from me waiting, not like this with them indians.

[@user1-2-3-m4l]

There's job opportunities, it's just the Gen z and millennial Canadians especially Italian Canadians have become lazy.

[@margaretinsydney3856]

Born and raised in Toronto but left for a job in Sydney in 1989. Every time I go back to TO, I find it dirtier and more crowded -- and the traffic is just horrible. I'm appalled by the homelessness. When I was a resident, if homelessness existed, it was pretty invisible. The clean, friendly, safe yet buzzy city of my youth is no more.😢

[@Willverinerage]

Australia or Nova Scotia?

[@margaretinsydney3856]

@@Willverinerage 🇦🇺

[@Wooplot]

What do you think of Sydney now compared to Toronto?

[@SchlichteToven]

I heard Australia is going downhill as well. Lots of crime and soaring rent and cost of living. Someone I know lives in the Northern Territory and says there's so much crime - roving gangs of kids smashing windows of cars to steal stuff, drugs, housebreaking. The grass is always greener on the other side, but it's getting bad everywhere, and if everyone moves to the one place it isn't as bad, it will soon become terrible as well.

[@dohdoh2430]

Tend to happen when you open your borders..

[@donbernie9346]

Watching this from Mexico City, now Mexico City looks so advanced, impressed by how quickly can things change in a few years.

[@JamesBooond]

Don't recommend your city to foreigners, they'll flock and move there - which destroys the rent and residents in your city.

[@donbernie9346]

@@JamesBooond which is already happening, rent went to the sky

[@R-oc4tr]

​@@JamesBooondthey already found out about Mexico City and the rents are actually going up.

[@valerievancouver365]

​@@JamesBooondthey already moved thousands 😮😮😮

[@BrooklynNYinsideConstruction]

@@JamesBooondamigas over there

[@jennings-gn1ct]

Born and raised in Toronto. It’s so hurtful to see how this beautiful city had changed so much last couple of years.

[@TheJlee28]

It’s getting better.

[@josephforest7605]

Immigrants that do not care and a police dept , that is not pro active .

[@TheJlee28]

@@josephforest7605 Nop? You should start political activism as I volunteer for parties regularly. Do you have real name and pic?

[@TheJlee28]

@@josephforest7605 tell TruDoped to screen them 😂

[@Alifeofglory]

Thank you for speaking out on behalf of all the other less fortunate victims trying to survive in that city. 😢

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

its reality everything goes up over time. thinking it will be cheaper is like thinking its gonna be 50 cents a liter for gas like in 1995.

[@Rhgeyer278]

The financial markets are full with opportunities, but l've learned a lot over the past few years to doubt that. The key is knowing where to focus. Well appreciated,Samuel Peter Descovich

[@GaryWinstonBrown]

My previous coach got me into over 60 different investment which turned out bad,I lost over 25% last 3 years.Anyways that’s all in the past now as I was able to clear my debt and make up for my losses with the help of Samuel Peter Descovich

[@Ashleycorrie8494]

This was just what I needed to see today. I've been struggling with finances for months after my divorce, and I just discovered his exceptional resume when 1 Googled his name. I consider it a blessing that I discovered this comment area....

[@tomgold5646]

no that is not how it works genius...things just do not go up...things go up when u import 1 million ppl from India and china in to a country with 30 million in it is how they go up genius@@giovanni-ed7zq

[@DarkStar3147]

Canada in general has changed, and not for the better in the last 15 years. The cost of living has gone through the roof, and salaries are not any better. This is from the point of view of someone from Montreal, so I cannot even imagine how expensive Toronto and Vancouver must now be.

[@VS257]

Too many Indians invading, welcomed by Turdeau and Jagmeet

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@sickna-sty3244]

Well lemme give you an update: As a software developer with a Bachelors and 3 years of experience (right after graduation) I can't find an entry level job :) Rent is about $2600 to live on the edge of Toronto in an unsafe high crime rate (especially car theft) old building with no superintendent or maintenance (2 bedroom). Nothing much to do except walk around the city or GTA in general (since everything is $$$$$$$$$ these days) but oh right... homeless people at every corner never mind. Literally the only thing that brings light into my life is biking around... wtf.

[@DarkStar3147]

@@sickna-sty3244 sorry to hear that. I honestly do not know how this entire situation can be fixed, and highly doubt anyone in government knows how to fix it either.

[@sickna-sty3244]

@DarkStar3147 Yeah I know and it's no one's individual fault. The system is literally doomed and since there's so much corruption no one pays attention to actual important matters and instead focus on bs and wars outside the country. I'm literally dead inside and applying all the time for jobs while doing work around the trash apartment. Anyhow, thank you for hearing me out and I hope you have a great day and all the best 👍

[@bobhotz]

I left Canada for South Florida in '95. I did it for various reasons, the major one being that I got tired of the long winters and overcast days. I love Canada and visit often but for my lifestyle and goals it wasn't a good fit for me. I immigrated to the U.S. legally and it took a lot of time and money to get my citizenship but it was worth it. No city or country is perfect but some will be better for you than others.

[@emallace447]

My dream is to do what you did. Congratulations on making it work! Toronto is simply in decline and I don't see it as a fulfilling place anymore.

[@ninjaweretiger4273]

Know not for everyone. I’m from Alberta. I refuse to go elsewhere personally. Especially the USA. Friends died there… Mass shootings…

[@natulia]

Life in America also changes and unfortunately it goes down the hill and it goes fast. Politicians destroying the country.

[@zenwilds2911]

Here I am in the US wishing I could immigrate to EU. US surprise bills for medical services would destroy anyone financially. Having insurance doesn't help because insurance doesn't cover every medical need. The moment you need a specialist, you're paying out of pocket. People who say they like the US have been lucky to not have a medical need that isn'tcovered by their insurance. And you never know if it's going to happen to you.

[@emallace447]

@@zenwilds2911 I have a high paying job, investments, and medical insurance through my work so I am not concerned. I think people in my position can live a very good life in the States. Much better than in Toronto.

[@kartikeyaa4705]

Lived and worked in Canada from 2002-2007, in Toronto from 2004-2007 as an immigrant. I have Canadian citizenship, passport... Returned from Canada to my country of birth in late 2007. Those 5 years in Canada were the worst 5 years of my life, even then, when I was there in Canada - it wasn't as bad as today - today it is much worse (there is now a homeless camp five hundred meters from the block where I lived, it wasn't there then). Here, where I am now, I do not have a permanent job and a stable income, however, I live much better, much easier, with less effort, and most importantly, much healthier and peacefully than in Canada. I never even thought about going back there. Despite the false propaganda (because the Canadian state makes a lot of money from immigration - in order to legally immigrate to Canada, I had to spend 2000-3000 for administrative costs and show $10,000 in cash when entering Canada, plus a $1200 plane ticket) that Canada is one of the best places to live, my experience is that it is one of the worst places to live (and I have lived in both Germany and Cyprus and in my native country which has been devastated by Western sanctions and NATO bombing. Never in the 16 years since I left Canada have I thinking of going back there. I'm sorry, my experience was extremely negative.

[@lordaizen6815]

Thank you for sharing and sorry your experience was bad mate.

[@paulkovalov4848]

You were staying there for too long given how bad your experience was. Should’ve moved back to Serbia or wherever you are from for an easy and good life!

[@frenchmime1972]

As someone born and raised in Toronto I have seen the massive delcine, problem is most big cities are getting worse, when they finally let me leave Canada for being unclean at the end of 2022 someone who travelled a lot before the pandemic, I have noticed many cites in the US and Europe have became much more violent, tent cities and much more expensive, so more of a global problem.

[@linabanfield8658]

Where excatly in Europe? Thank you.

[@frenchmime1972]

@@linabanfield8658 Paris and London, shells of what they used to be.

[@Mikenoronha]

Violent crime in Toronto has seriously gotten out of control, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. There is a concerted effort by government and media to downplay the reality by changing how the statisticsare gathered and parsed. The mayor needs to address the issue head-on or step down.

[@davidellis5141]

Sadly , so many small businesses closed during covid & many people lost housing & once on the street desperation takes over & crime increases. All major cities in the world are enduring this wave of homelessness & it's negative results. Very sad.

[@mrkevintetz]

All major cities - in nations and regions that enacted severe lockdowns and reckless quantitative easing (money printing) - are enduring this.. The federal Canadian bail reforms that the current government enacted have also really hurt major centers in Canada.

[@JimMork]

@@mrkevintetz They don't want bread lines like the Depression. I don't buy that is the major problem. Two values, entertainment and wealth are what will undermine any place where they rise to the top. All those upscale stores just blazon "money is king". Isn't the first time in history that a city was ruined in that way.

[@mrkevintetz]

confounding factor's for sure @@JimMork

[@njam101]

@@mrkevintetz Which wealthy countries didn't have those policies?

[@JimMork]

@@njam101 Norway? And their infections were way less than other countries. My fellow ethnics just dislike crowding same as I do.

[@FTrainProductions]

New York is facing the same thing (been living here since I was born). It's a shame to see Toronto go down a similar path. Hopefully both cities improve with time.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

Mayor Eric Adams is certainly improving things.

[@FTrainProductions]

@@user-k4d-e59mo28oc that’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it.

[@uzin0s256]

NY is completely fine. Was there last month

[@vkrgfan]

New York has been facing this for decades.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

they are exaggerating karens or on the russian propaganda pay roll. you notice alot of these comments on similar content creator sites parrot the same russian propaganda points of racism, gender discrimination, woke, hate for trudeau or anyone else that opposes russian aggression in ukraine. most of these content creators that point out stuff like that are just there do distract and cause division.

[@julieclark1369]

Lived here since 1966. It’s not “ Toronto the Good”. I’m lucky I got into the market in the 70s. I wouldn’t recommend moving here for all the reasons you say. Taxes are high, rents are high, crime and homelessness are high. Not a place I’d recommend for someone starting out to move here. I’ll stay here because I live in a lovely neighbourhood and know all my neighbours. It’s home.

[@Entername-md1ev]

Toronto’s biggest issue is that it accidentally became the largest city in Canada (Montreal was always Canadas premier city until QC tried to separate). As a result the city simply had no clue how to manage such a change in population growth, housing, city design, etc., and now it’s biting them in the behind, this crisis was years and possibly decades in the making

[@LeeZaslofsky]

No clue? What complete nonsense! Toronto is ranked the 9th most livable city in the world. Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America. I've lived here for over 50 years. It has its problems,like every big city. But it is safe, clean, and has a wonderful diversity of population that makes it a great place to live and work. You a sound like a spoiled young woman who loves to complain.

[@toddpick8007]

No its problem is the far left invalids in council who run it and the far left invalid in Ottawa whos ruining Canada.

[@V1sual3y3z]

Definitely decades. Infrastructure upgrades have been lagging behind for a long time.

[@evemarie1605]

Actually Robert Fulford wrote a book about Toronto called "Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto" (1995). Toronto boomed post-1945 due to a huge influx of Europeans and European capital fleeing from Europe due to the poverty caused by the destruction of WW2 and the European immigrants turned it into a First-World metropolis but after 1975 started a trickle of Third-World migrants who slowly degraded Toronto into a Second-World city and the Chretien Liberals expanded that into a torrent of Third-World migrants so now Toronto is becoming a Third-World city and now native-born Canadians are fleeing this brain-dead cesspit of inbred idiocy as Justin Trudeau remakes Toronto in his own ugly inner image (a real "Dorian Gray" that one!).

[@johnmorelli3775]

100% Truth. I was one of those many people migrated to Toronto from Montreal due to Quebec's flirtation with separatism & French language fanaticism.

[@CowboyPants-h5p]

Born in Toronto in 1953. Left Toronto in 2019 and settled in rural Nova Scotia. I can sleep now. I am on zero meds now. I own a house and acreage which are completely paid for. I have zero debt. I hate Toronto and will never go back...not even to visit. Toronto is now officially the armpit of Canada.

[@beaverfrnd]

Lived there for 2 years and regretted since the first day. Now back in Sydney Australia and it's just so much better.

[@nostalgia9338]

I feel it’s more than just the typical factors like affordable housing etc.. but the vibe and energy of the place and its people. Call me a hippy but it’s true. I live in Auckland New Zealand and it has problems but I didn’t think Toronto was an upgrade when I visited.

[@beaverfrnd]

@@nostalgia9338 Yeah, it’s also the lack of safety when catching a train and junkies being on hard drugs and bothering people.

[@alarriag1]

Let’s not circle the obvious here. These are the major problems in Canada that are greatly amplified and visible in the bigger metro areas: - Loss of economic opportunity due to the disastrous Liberal government policies of Justin Trudeau, with all the known bad social consequences. - Out of control immigration. Impossible for a country to absorb that many immigrants in a short period of time to make them productive and pay into the system. -Rampant and oppressive woke culture. If you disagree with it, you’re labeled anything from racist to transphobic. -Permissive liberal policies with drug abuse and mental illnesses. -Spineless Conservative politicians. This is changing, but boy is it taking long. -Canadian complacency and self-imposed politeness. The worst traits we have as a country. We basically don’t react to bad situations until the shit hits the fan. I’m hopeful for this country, but we still need to fall further down to do the changes we need to do.

[@MrHispanicpride]

sounds like the UK. I used to be left wing but crime linked to immigration has made me Far Right.

[@James-x9z3x]

All good points!

[@shownaton1992]

Been living here in Toronto for 18 years now. The past 5 years has gone to shit. Nowhere to shop, everywhere is run down and graffiti on on every other wall. SO much mental illness and no one is getting help. I'm legit terrified to walk anywhere right now, I do, because I have to live but it's a constant anxiety and awareness you sort of get used to feeling. I don't see an end in sight but our rent is $2000 for a 2 bedroom close to downtown so we're kind of stuck in that price. To move anywhere else, even small towns, would be more expensive. It makes me depressed and helpless to see so many young people waiting in line for food banks and living in tents. WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING??? There's always this feeling of "anyone could be next" unless you're rich or living off of a trust fund. I work for my money and that means zero these days.

[@jakecarroll5]

Truly depressing. Toronto 2014 I remember celebrating about how blessed the city was. A decade later she's not the same and its sad to see.

[@ȘukabIyàþ]

And Indians have took the whole entire place😭😭😭😭😢 Canada lost its culture

[@aclem8246]

I lived in Toronto years ago. It was nice in summer but in reality the weather is only warm 2 months of the year and the winters are very cold. I moved to the US and have lived in Manhattan, Ft Lauderdale, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Seattle. Each place has its own special things and negatives. Nothing is perfect but I do prefer a longer warmer climate.

[@amym3169]

So would you rather live in Toronto or Manhattan? A longer warmer DRY climate you mean. Here in NYC the summer humidity is so draining that I actually long for a longer colder climate 😂

[@BrandonSchleifer]

I live in Toronto. I am seriously considering leaving, even though I have a job downtown. Things have gone downhill a lot in the past 4 years.

[@timphiey]

Leave while you still can ❤

[@mikestone7185]

Thats Canadian govenemnt plan! go start your life in Manitoba or PEIor SASw . Vancouver and Toronto are too over populated

[@myleshagar9722]

Drugs are destroying Canadian cities.

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

@@myleshagar9722 Crappy Liberal polices, insane amounts of immigration and allowing small but very loud and angry groups of people to dominate the decision making in this country is what's destroying Canada.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

@@myleshagar9722 if ya want drug and prostitution problems go to fort mcmurray in alberta. its a coke town. all those oil sands and gas towns in alberta and in atlantic canada are coke towns cuz they make money and have nothing to do so they do coke and spend it on prostitutes.

[@CommandoMaster]

One of the worst cities I've been to. Terrible dating scene for a man. Overpriced. Unsafe in most areas. People are entitled, and fake AF.

[@mashonaholistic]

I moved in Toronto in 2015 and been living here since then. I was really happy to move here and became a resident and citizen. It was what I wanted for a long time. Now I can’t deny the fact that I’m not feeling in alignment with this city anymore. Hustle & bustle to cover your basic physiological needs get in the way of my peace and mental health. It has even become stronger after the shutdown. I’m currently planning my solo packaging trip to South East Asia and really considering moving out of Canada in the next year.

[@AlinaMcleod]

That makes sense. Hope you have a great trip!

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Toronto does not define the identity of Canada but Asia ( China, India ) ... i am Canadian living in the best city in Canada ....i will never live in the horrible city of Toronto ... the city of closed minded people and asian city

[@malikattarasool188]

@alinamcleod What suggestion about to move other provinces of Canada not a Toronto ?

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

Which country in SouthEast Asia would you prefer to move?

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@haute03]

This is really sad to hear and, unfortunately, is happening in many cities all over (DC, NY, SF, LDN, SYD, etc.). The pandemic, inflation, and the cost of living crisis are all significant contributors to the rise in homelessness and even violence that we're seeing.

[@vcullenization]

Capitalism is the root cause of all of it

[@StrivingMen]

Many of the crime in these cities are due to the liberal policies followed by the progressives and the left who are the one who control big cities. In SF NYC for instance the no bail has givien free ride to criminals who now feels empowered. We don’t have those issues in Miami.

[@coolioso808]

Money is the root of the problem. It is not the love of money or greed, it is the mere presence of money that is the major barrier to human peace, abundance, prosperity and sustainability. Well summed up in this video "A Viable Society" by Peter Joseph. There is a reason people all over the world are not happy with the way the world is going. We need system change or else things will just continue to get worse.

[@StrivingMen]

@@coolioso808 I disagree. There is no problem with money. Money has always existed. Previous generation always had money present. What is not working is the glorification of money. Is greed, is people actitudes towards money and what money represents. We need to stop blaming material stuff for social evils. Guns aren’t the problems, Americans has always being born and raise and cohexisted with firearms. Yet, previous generations didn’t struggle with people going into schools and killing innocent lives. Racism always existed. Statues were not the culprits but people. Again, we need to stop blaming stuff , material stuff for our new self destructive patterns and evils. The system works fine for those why are willing to play by the rules and make responsible decisions.

[@coolioso808]

@@StrivingMen Respectfully, I don't think you've really thought this through or done more independent research on it. What are your sources of information bringing you to such conclusions? I can tell you some of mine include Peter Joseph, Michael Tellinger, Abby Martin, Gabor Mate, Richard Wilkinson, Zachary Marlow, Matthew Holten, David Graeber and Lee Camp. They all have easy to find sources online, on KZbin and books. You are free to check their stuff out then disagree with them if you have alternative evidence to the contrary. Money has not always existed. Over 90% of all human history we existed without money, markets and economic classes. Racism was developed from an economic capitalist situation where the slave trade just made it easier to keep track of the slaves if they were black, even though in some areas of the world they had white slaves. Most of so-called 'civilized' history there were massive divides between the wealthy and the lower classes. For over 6,000 years humans have been enslaved by money and it has only been the slow and gradual collective advancement of science and technology that led to Industrial Revolution that allowed us to do more with less and that was sparked about 200 years ago. But owners and workers become the new economic divide instead of Masters and Slaves or Lords and Serfs. Capitalism brings out the worst incentives in human beings. It encourages profit maximization, competitive self-interest and infinite growth on a planet with finite resources. Doesn't seem very sane to me. Gun related deaths and mass shootings in America have a very high correlation with people suffering from shame, guilt and mental health problems which is related to inequality. Dr. James Gilligan studied this for years in the American prison system and found poverty to be the worst form of violence. The best way to reduce violence is to reduce socio-economic inequality. And how are you going to do that when money is the way we access resources and the big banks and super wealthy control the vast majority of money and creation of money? The only way is to build a new system, at the community level, with cooperation, collaboration and co-ownership as key structures to allow for localizing as much production and distribution of the goods and services everybody needs for a quality life. That can be done. It will require transition and money to make it happen, but eventually make money and debt obsolete, therefore freeing people from their enslavement by the monetary-market system that has been going on for over 6,000 years.

[@jackalicous123]

Winnipegger here who lived in Toronto 2014-2020, moved back to Wpg 2020-2021 and is now back in Toronto. First and foremost, your comments on crime are inconsistent with the data and blown out of proportion. I suggest viewers take a look at StatsCan’s crime severity index which confirms that Ontario is the safest province or territory in Canada (safer than PEI lol). There are also scores for cities and Toronto is safer than almost every other Canadian city, safer than even Ottawa or Calgary, twice as safe as Vancouver, nearly three times safer than Winnipeg. If we start comparing to US cities, it would be even more shocking. Suffice to say, Toronto is not only safe, but it’s the safest major city in Canada and one of the safest major cities on earth. The homelessness crisis has certainly gotten a lot worse, sadly. As has the cost of living, but you get what you pay for. Having travelled to 35 countries (doesn’t mean I’m an expert, but I have some experiences in other places), I respectfully disagree and think Toronto is one of the greatest cities. It’s one of the greenest cities in this continent, safe, on the lake, super close to other major cities, great infrastructure (relative to Canadian cities anyway), it’s beautiful and there’s a ton to do, not to mention the diversity. Don’t be turned off by this, if you can afford it, it’s one of the best places you could live on this planet.

[@AlinaMcleod]

It’s ‘safer’ because it has the highest population in Canada so yes, statistically you could say your chances of having something serious happen are low. But at the same time there are much more serious crimes happening every single day compared to somewhere like PEI or SK. And emphasis on the random crimes that have been prominent in Toronto over the last 5 years. This was not something that was regularly happening a decade ago. It’s a great city in many ways, I still enjoy it and feel comfortable here but personally for the price that is costs to live there, it’s not nice enough. For $2500 for a one bedroom I would expect to live in a city that is much better managed. Cities like Tokyo and Singapore are perfect examples of first world countries that are safe, clean and prosperous.

[@jackalicous123]

Fair point, Alina, I like your videos and you’re of course so right that Toronto could be better and that it is overpriced. I also agree it, like every other city, has gotten worse in this regard. That said, you’re still wrong about the safety part. There are 2.5x more murders in Saskatoon than Toronto. Violent (and all types) crime is so much worse in Manitoba, Sask and Alberta. That is just a fact. You are far more likely to be involved in a violent crime in Saskatoon, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, etc. There is no other way to look at it or measure it than occurrences vs number of people. That was my only point. It’s expensive, not everyone will want to move here, it’s gotten worse, all fair points. But you gotta admit it’s safer than pretty much every other Canadian city and give flowers where flowers are due. And I’m fine with Toronto being in a class with Tokyo and Singapore haha, I agree with you there.

[@mard9802]

@@jackalicous123 I have lived in other countries and have travelled a fair bit. And I agree with your assessment of Toronto. I don't complain as much as others because I have seen how some people live in this world. When I think about that I feel grateful to be here in TO,

[@revolutionaryhealing9992]

@@jackalicous123 There is much more crime in those other cities because of the Indigenous reserves. There are very few aboriginals in Toronto as compared with western Canada, and they also account for the majority of crimes in Vancouver.

[@PascalRascal]

the shots of the tent city in allan gardens park are heartbreaking. I lived in toronto for a few months back in 2018, and that was my favourite place to hang out. I visited again for the first time in 5 years this summer and decided to go on a walk there. i was shocked to see how drastically it had changed.

[@chairforceoneYT]

Lack of accountability from city leadership is heartbreaking

[@TheJlee28]

Free drugs fed gives out.

[@joehogan8234]

​@@TheJlee28They enable drug addicts.

[@TheJlee28]

@@joehogan8234 yup and that’s why Canada has deteriorated. But Toronto and Vancouver are getting cleaned up. They’ve got the funding and social workers are everywhere convincing homeless people to get help. It’ll soon get back to normal.

[@TheJlee28]

@@chairforceoneYT Tory gone

[@shoke1729]

10 years ago, I moved from Toronto (my hometown) to Alberta . Probably the best decision I ever made financially. Cost of housing and gas is cheaper and my salary is also higher. Less crowded as well and I’m not stuck in traffic all day!

[@narcyznarcyz-uv4td]

but I have to deal with winter 8 months a year

[@andreibutnariu8827]

@@narcyznarcyz-uv4tdAgree. I have been doing this for the past 10 years in north of Sweden.

[@JeffSSartor]

Please keep telling everyone that. ​@@narcyznarcyz-uv4td

[@amym3169]

Better than months and months of summer humidity.

[@narcyznarcyz-uv4td]

@@amym3169 My friend got a job in Edmonton .on contract for 3 years.. After 2 years living in Albetra she told me that the first think she is going to do after her contract expires is moving back to Toronto because of winter.. For 6 months you drive every day on snowy roads and temperature. is between - 10 and - 35. she said .. Thanks a lot...

[@eduardofuenzalida2872]

IMO, this is what is making Toronto so awful nowadays: cost of living, rent pices keep increasing, wages are low, homelessness, drugs, tents everywhere, mental health, public transportation seems like a third world country (2 subway lines? And those slow streetcars? C'mon!!), healthcare, insecurity, making friends is almost impossible, "canadian experience" to get jobs, too many immigrants from certain country (I don't want to be specific, but you know what I mean),

[@James-x9z3x]

Don’t be afraid to speak truth and be specific, Indians! You should see brampton

[@markp448]

Toronto was as one of favorite memories and experiences many years ago. The struggles and changes have evolved into desperation. 🙏

[@JimMork]

I had a superficial fascination for TO. It was the huge South Asian representation. When I scratched the surface, I found myself less fascinated. I just don't like bigness.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

go look at russia, mexico and brazil. you will find you have it good compare to those countries. when russian economy callapses its basically gonna be a nation of prostitutes like 1990 ussr.

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@horridohobbies]

I agree with you 100 percent. I live in Markham; I used to live in Toronto. If you can't afford the cost of living in Toronto, stay away. If you worry about your personal safety, stay away. The rise in home invasions is very worrying. The rise in subway crime is very worrying.

[@JF-qu5zy]

This recent crime wave on the TTC is certainly unnerving and felt like something from inner city America in the 70s and 80s - most certainly very un-Canadian-like but unfortunately very real.

[@jerrymiller9039]

It is no longer un-Canadian if it ever was.

[@JimMork]

I wonder where responsibility lies for TTC safety.

[@jerrymiller9039]

@@JimMork I would agree with Obama that elections have consequences

[@JimMork]

@@jerrymiller9039 Baffling to me why anyone would emulate America. America is now San Francisco and LA. SF where I once lived is a tragic failure, in my view of things.

[@jerrymiller9039]

@@JimMork la and San Fran are two small spots in America. Saying they represent America is like saying a current Ukrainian battlefield represents Europe

[@prp3858]

Born, raised, educated, worked, married & started my own family in TO. We left TO & extended fam. several yrs ago. We knew living in Toronto was not sustainable. Best thing we ever did😊.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Glad you found a better place for your family!

[@JimMork]

You should tell people if there are places in Canada where a satisfying life doesn't come with a staggering price tag.

[@timphiey]

Same here ❤

[@JimMork]

@@AlinaMcleod Or if no family, yourself. TO has problems that affect people of all conditions. You grew up in a place where your parents weren't crushed by an economic juggernaut.

[@Loretta_C]

I lived in Toronto for 37 years and left 5 years ago. I am not convinced I want to stay where I am forever, but I cannot see myself moving back there specifically.

[@williammanuel994]

Don't forget that diversity is our strength!😂😂😂

[@JohnPKusumi]

I've lived in Canada before - twice, and it changed drastically between those two times. These days, I wouldn't touch Canada with a ten foot pole. You may remember, I was living in Lviv, Ukraine - and then the invasion happened. That pushed me out; I have moved to Croatia. I found cheap rent on a 5 bedroom apartment - in a seaside city with a Mediterranean climate - and signed a 5 year lease. By now, I am more than 1.5 years into living in Croatia. (And, Croatia developed a reputation like Sweden, for very little Covid restrictions. So I have 1.5 years living with no medical questions, no mandates, no masks, and no vaccine passports. Outside of Sweden and Croatia, the rest of Europe is less interesting, because of how they were during Covid.)

[@carefulconsumer8682]

Even Calgary is too dangerous now for my liking. it was wonderful in the 70s and 80s imo. I wonder if Banff is still nice or ruined by tourism?

[@skinnflint]

Yes protection from disease is absurd

[@rhythemsinghal8017]

whats your rent for a 5 bed ?

[@JohnPKusumi]

@@rhythemsinghal8017 €1000 unfurnished. If it was furnished, this landlord could get €1350 or 1400.

[@cliffchoi1959]

Croatia is now facing a massive housing boom. Rents are not going to be cheap. But at least the worst city for crime (Split) is miles safer than Toronto.

[@aisumelef211]

My rent in Carlton Street jumped to $1200 in 2002 so, I moved. That same apartment is now $2400. It's overlooking Allan Gardens. Good luck, Alina and, Thank you so much for your honesty.

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@bronney]

The scary part isn't that things change. They all change. What's scary is we're experiencing accelerated changes on everything, ALL AT ONCE. You can name anything about TO and it's changed. From the way people drive, the inescapable pot smelly blowing inside restaurants indoor seating area, the rent, car insurance, groceries prices, ttc violence, jobs or as you said the availability of "modelling jobs". Any jobs tbh. The failure of wages to catch up to anything, not just housing but gas, food, diapers. That's what's scary. It's not just housing it's everything, quickly. Too quick for anyone to do anything so the ones that can do something just quits as they're already in a good position to. Ain't no one's gonna risk their necks when they're already afloat.

[@Mikenoronha]

Violent crime in Toronto has seriously gotten out of control, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. There is a concerted effort by government and media to downplay the reality by changing how the statisticsare gathered and parsed. The mayor needs to address the issue head-on or step down.

[@valentinivanov3389]

Heartbreaking. Unfortunately it is the same all over the world. Apartments in my country are up 3 times. Food is up double. It is post covid money printing. Rich people got super rich , middle class lost ground and ordinary people are fight for survival literally. And with AI it will only get worse. Capitalism is failing. And I dont think we have anything to replace it with.

[@bassamal-kaaki3253]

I recently visited Toronto on a business trip for the first time living in Montreal. I loved Toronto it is a great potential city. However, I saw drug addicts on the streets, homeless people at every corner I walked in, it is very expensive and on top of that I was harassed by a group of homeless drug addicts in one of its streets. I am lucky I had friends that told me where to go and not to go later. But as a new visiter you want to explore the city and enjoy your time and see what the city can offer you. I totally agree with what you said. It would only get worse as more and more flux into the city without any managing criteria regarding housing, jobs and life in general.

[@martinphillips7221]

It's not only Canada ,the world is dying before our eyes

[@sashineb.2114]

Yes, and for those who complain about immigration, just wait until the effects of climate change become even worse, forcing people to migrate to cooler areas.

[@polmoro]

I'm sad to say I've been living in Canada since 1980, and you are absolutely correct. Between the pandemic and the lousy government and politics in Canada the last ten years or so, we are in serious decline. I used to highly recommend people live here.. not so much anymore. It's simply not affordable. There is just too much wrong with this country that is going to take years to fix, if they can (doubtful).

[@TheJoshuacheng]

Why do you think the city is in “serious decline” apart from affordability (which is the case in every major global city) and the drug problem (way worse in the US)?

[@kenmartin861]

Actually Canada only has one problem. It's called justin

[@aservantinbabylon]

I'm originally Canadian, left in the late 90s in my mid 20s and will never go back to live. Nor to even visit. It was already changing for the worse very rapidly then with the implementation of NAFTA when I left. Went back in 2003 out of necessity for personal reasons, had only been gone for 6 years and the changes I saw were shocking. Absolutely shocking. The amount of immigration, coupled with a sort of totalitarian attitude and policies among the people was bone chilling. Too many details to explain here.....but the last few years have really affirmed what experienced 20 years ago. It has become painfully obvious to anyone that wishes to look into the matter that Canada and the other Anglo commonwealth nations (Australia/ NZ) seem to be like the prototypes for the globalist control paradigm that is being implemented worldwide. This "decline" that everyone speaks of is absolutely by design. Your "minders" up there have very different plans for you than what you wish for and they aren't good. There will be no "fixing this", no matter how many years you are given.

[@drugsdelaney2907]

These problems are everywhere that blank is.

[@countchoculitis1528]

Serious question here, how are you not aware that this is occurring all over the world?

[@patrickraymaker5325]

Toronto has changed so much that it’s been traumatizing enough to insert an ad for therapy 03:42 in. So if therapy doesn’t work, my choices are to: A) Move to Calgary. B) Move to U.S. C) Live in a tent. D) Jump off CN Tower Answer is A-Move to Calgary.

[@richy77g99]

I’ve lived near Toronto for the vast majority of my adult life. Around 2016 I was working there and started to explore the city a little bit more, living there for a short time. I think the draw and attraction was that it always was a little hectic. Always something to look at, so many different cultures. Also such contrasts, walking through the downtown core and then out to a neighborhood like Greek town. With parks and even forests to be found. It went from tense to a feeling of refuge and a sense of a natural oasis within a chaotic machine. I think the sense of calm which could be found has become a little more rare. Also a certain openness that people and cultures had towards each other has been fading. Discourse with other opinions morphed into the near impossible. It’s all by design and sad to see. It’s a tangible and significant change. When you zoom out at the infrastructure, social and economic level. It’s very hard to see a healthy recovery happening anytime soon. Mostly due to those being in charge not caring. Still lots of beauty there. I would never choose to live there again, but if anyone is still living there and reading this. My advice would be to explore the greenways, parks and forests to be found. The juxtaposition of city and nature gives a heightened appreciation to both realities, and really gives a more balanced/peaceful mindset to explore the good which can be found

[@darlinspaces]

I like the way you described it. Back in 2016, all I ever heard of was robberies and rapes in High Park so we avoided that part.

[@napke8571]

Not only in Canada dear brothers and sisters, here in the Netherlands housing prices and living costs are at least to say expensive. My luck is that I bought my house 10 years ago for a very good price ( 160.000 Euro's with a current mortgage of 519,00 Euro per month as the interest rate is 1,3% almost hilarious for Dutch standards today ) for a normal house with 3 bedrooms, attic, normal sized bathroom, garden, driveway for 1 car and on one side separated from my neighbor because there is a shed in between. Nothing special but now people will fight each other to get a house like mine. So conclusion: I can save some money to plan a trip to Canada next year or 2025, no delay anymore! Targeting BC and Alberta ( mountains!!!) is the plan for this trip as your country is huge at least to say. I like your vids Alina, really useful information and your relaxed style of presenting. Keep safe and strong, grz from the Netherlands.

[@JimMork]

But your biking is way way better. You don't love automobiles like North America.

[@foxxycleopatra615]

Yay! Yes save your money and come to the Rockies. You’ll love it here. I’m in Alberta and highly recommend you check out Waterton Lakes, Banff, Jasper and plenty mountainous areas nearby. You’ll also love BC. 🎉

[@dinapawlow1622]

Similar experience in Montréal, so many store fronts are empty and for rent, looks so depressing, so many homeless people, many with substance abuse or mental illness. Graffiti is rampant. Can’t say crime is worse, traffic is affected by the massive infrastructure construction but this should be temporary as work gets done.

[@justindot4887]

graffiti is rampant.. youve got a gift for the inportant things in life

[@jcymngo]

This is a worldwide phenomenon. Toronto is my home but I've been and lived in other places. It's happening everywhere.

[@smithsj227]

I visited Montreal last summer, and the amount of homeless and trash overflowing everywhere was really staggering. One local woman had said before COVID it was a much better place. I still enjoyed my time there, there's a lot of fun stuff to do, but they definitely have a lot of problems they need to address.

[@pierretanguay2527]

⁠@@justindot4887, the proliferation of graffiti is a symptom of more serious problems. When graffiti increases, crime and vandalism increase rapidly and so does incivility. The feeling of insecurity also increases and good citizens end up leaving, giving way to more delinquency.

[@nostalgia9338]

I remember my visit to Toronto and feeling like something was lacking. It had no “identity” or “soul”. I’ve lived in pretty slow paced countries like in NZ yet Toronto felt weird. The problem might be that it’s too diverse with different cultures, in turn losing its Canadian identity.

[@spelbound]

After returning from Japan, I feel a strong desire to leave Toronto. The prevalence of homelessness, excessive garbage, high prices, and the self-centeredness of people have tarnished my perception of the city. Toronto used to hold a special place in my heart, but now I eagerly anticipate escaping this unpleasant environment. Unfortunately, I see no signs of improvement in the foreseeable future. Overall, my dissatisfaction with Toronto has grown to the point where I dislike my hometown and I am actively pursuing opportunities to relocate outside of the country.

[@bananian]

What happens to the homeless in Japan?

[@ronbonora7872]

bye and good luck. It is always greener on the other side until you are there!

[@spelbound]

I live in two parts of the world. I have been on the other side. So your point is moot.@@ronbonora7872

[@anishkakoteshwar8182]

I grew up in Toronto my whole life. It is honestly so disappointing and horrible to say that it has changed not positively! I still love this place but it is so sad to know how horrible things are.❤I hope it changes..

[@petert1692]

Go live in other cities in similar size.

[@F40-c4i]

Yeah grew up in Toronto, moved away at 30 to small town ontario in 2006 and I’m so lucky I did. Have many friends in the gta still and most of them are planning to leave.

[@E.Cerulean]

It's everywhere in Canada tbh, things in Ottawa have gone downhill, same for Montréal, I truly hope I can move to Qatar or Kuwait in the near future.

[@anishkakoteshwar8182]

@@petert1692 it’s not about the size, it holds so many memories and it’s my home honestly

[@anishkakoteshwar8182]

@@E.Cerulean ya we really need to bring back some things from before Covid..it’s possible

[@Mittenzzs]

I grew up in the states but am a dual Canadian citizen. I'd love to move to Canada one day but the cost of living compared to the low wages is a huge turn off. Even though the US has a host of problems, for my field (tech) all its major cities pay far beyond what any major city in Canada would.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Yes, it's very surprising how much higher wages are in US than in Canada with taking cost of living into consideration.

[@harleyquinn8202]

@@AlinaMcleod Not surprising, relative to population there are many more immigrants competing for work than in the USA.

[@skinnflint]

It's amazing the amount of school shootings that happen in the us and how much they love killing each other with guns and how fat and lazy Americans are.

[@johnklein338]

Thr US doesn't provide Healthcare, that's why wages need to be higher there.

[@Mittenzzs]

@@johnklein338 The country itself does not have universal healthcare that's true, but most high-paying jobs will cover all or most of your healthcare for you.

[@daveshork2797]

all major cities in north America look like this. I'm starting to thinks its by design.

[@TheJlee28]

Probably as they’re trying to eliminate middle class.

[@salkoharper2908]

@@TheJlee28 Yes, the middle class have historically been the biggest issue for the elites. Middle class are educated enough to see the corruption and fight against it. Working class are dumb and uneducated, so can be easily manipulated by the media. If you annihilate the Middle class, you destroy any chance of the common people fighting against this neo-feudalism.

[@markferguson7563]

(*** Yes, indeed, Dave, it most certainly "BY DESIGN". And this is particularly true for every Engllish speaking country. And the major reason for property and rent cost being excessive in them all is due to mass-immigration programs: of which Canada and Australia are worst cases. Following is a discourse condensing the historical nuances and, indeed, the ensuing disasterous sociological impacts that allowing Muslims to migrate en masse to these destinations. Alas, the moron presenting this program is distressed about refugees being disposessed by locals. So, considering there are at LEAST 2 BILLION people on the Planet who are poor then who would you deny entry to? The dire reality is that, in Britain and France, the worst crimes are committed by Afrians born in these countries. ***) *************************************** n 1968, in the city of Birmingham, Enoch Powell, delivered his warnings that dismantling Britain’s borders, and allowing mass numbers of non-Caucasian, and non-Christians to enter would culminate with a ‘Rivers of Blood’ scenario. At that time, the percentage of Birmingham’s population that was non-white, was less than 3 percent. Now, some 55 years later, in 2024, non-whites are a slight majority of Birmingham’s population. The great preponderance of whom are also non-Christians. Conversely, at that same point in time, London’s non-white demographic was slightly higher at 5 percent. Whereas now, white-British have also been reduced to nearing minority status. Five years after Enoch Powell delivered that address in Birmingham, the novel, Camp of the Saints, by Frenchman Jean Raspail, was published. In this work, Raspail duly warned of the immense danger that would befall France, by allowing unfettered numbers of immigrants from Third World cradles (ostensibly from its former African colonies) to swarm in. However, what he also correctly predicted was with guilt-ridden/self-hating/bleeding-heart liberals would willfully facilitate culturally unassimilable interlopers from the Third World to transgress Europe’s shores. But it would be three and half decades before the dire predictions Enoch Powell espoused in 1968, would come to pass. And this cavalcade of horrors first emerged on March 11, 2004, in Madrid, when a group of Islamic fundamentalists systematically detonated 10 bombs on four trains approaching the city’s main CBD railway station, at Atocha. Those instances callously claimed the lives of 192 innocent people, and injured another 1800. Then, 16 months later in London, on July 7, 2005, another group of Islamic fundamentalists replicated the Atocha event detonating bombs on trains and buses slaughtering a total of 52 people, and injuring about 800 others. In the subsequent 16 years after the London bombings, another 288 (accruing to be 532) innocent people were slaughtered, in a Reign of Terror, across Britain and Europe, which was callously inflicted by Islamic fundamentalists. Now, in Australia, on April 15, 2024, in the Sydney suburb of Wakely (Fairfield), a 16-year-old Islamic terrorist strolled into the Assyrian Orthodox Church, of The Good Shepherd, and stabbed its bishop. This dreadful event culminated with up to 500 of its parishioners gathering outside the church to stage a very violent riot in the subsequent hours. Their sole objective was seeking to get hold of the perpetrator, and exact their revenge upon him for this atrocity. Whilst being detained by churchgoers shortly after the attack, the 16-year-old assailant can be distinctly heard saying on a video clip that he had stabbed the bishop, because he’d “insulted my prophet”. Therefore, those few words, indisputably designate that this assault was premeditated: and, therefore an act of terrorism. Yet, in spite of him saying these words, the usual suspects have emerged in the past few days downplaying affairs. Some of them (all Muslims) are querying how authorities had been so quick, and eager to call this an act of terrorism. Needless to say, it’s an absolute certainty that in the coming weeks that the ‘system’ will surreptitiously maneuver, and manipulate circumstances to cast this goon as being a mere aberration within Australia’s Islamic community. Rather, than him being reflective of a significant component of the Muslims here. To garner the reality that there’s no shortage of Muslims in Australia whose prime allegiance is to Islam, merely requires perusing photos, and video clips appearing in media coverages depicting Muslims congregating outside Mosques. Most of them will be clad in some form of traditional attire, praying to Allah. What this all amounts to is to prove there are no shortage of Muslims here in Australia (and, indeed, Britain, France, and Belgium/Holland, or Canada, and the US), who consider themselves answerable to the teachings of the Quran, before the society they’re in. In the near future, we will be constantly bombarded with the line that this 16-year-old terrorist is not representative of Muslims, which of course is correct. However, the most ominous concern is that, there needs only to be a couple of hundred fundamentalist Muslims in the country who hold extreme views to wreak havoc. Tragically, mass intakes of people from a bevy of non-Anglo/European cradles over the past 30-35 years has radically transmogrified Australia’s two largest metropolises of Sydney, and Melbourne. So much so that, within the short space of a bit more than three decades (1990), Anglo/Europeans have been reduced from being 94 percent of these cities’ populations, to now becoming the ‘collective’ minorities: at around 47 percent. To ascertain this glaring reality, merely requires travelling on any train, at any part of the day that runs through the corridor of 20 stations between Burwood/Strathfield, Granville and down to Liverpool. By doing so, you will quickly realise that people of non-Anglo/European extractions will account for at least, 80 percent of all those people you will observe, either standing on platforms or travelling in carriages. For the record, of the 400,000 net-increase of Sydney’s population in the decade up until February 2024, 280,000 of them have been immigrants (either permanent or temporary) who are sourced from non-AE, and non-Christian societies. But what’s strikingly apparent about any of the main business districts of places which have an array of different ethnocultural entities traversing the streets (such as Bankstown), is with how none of them interact with each other: let alone do they have a connection to Australia. As of Saturday morning on April 20, less than 290 hours after the attack at Wakley, there have been many media stories analysing how this heinous event could have come to fruition. Their essences range from querying if intelligence bureaus had any prior knowledge of the assailant: and, if so, then why wasn’t he intercepted earlier. Well, to be fair to law-enforcement, and intelligence entities, keeping tabs on anyone dabbling googling up any facet of extremism, is nigh on impossible to achieve. So, engaging in a blame game on this is futile. Tragically, what the media should be pondering, is the immense sociological cataclysm that Australia is sinking into. All of which is due to the insanity of successive governments from the late 1980s, rapidly drawing in millions of culturally unassimilable immigrants from a large array of non-AE ethnicities? The culmination of this madness has ultimately destroyed the host’s culture. And, moreover, with these immigrants forming culturally-insular enclaves/colonies. So, it now comes to pass all these years after Enoch Powell, and Jean Raspail, warned us of would eventuate with dismantling borders, concludes with scores of acts of vile terrorism from 2004, being perpetrated by rabid Islamic fundamentalists. But, in spite of it being patently obvious to any halfwit that, mass-non-discriminatory immigration programs have destroyed the cultures of the host-societies, politicians in Britain, Canada, NZ, and of course, Australia, are totally committed to perpetuating large scale immigration intakes.

[@illiakhomenko6405]

Visited Toronto in 2014 for school trip and fell in love with the city. Moved to TO once graduated in 2017. It was manageable back then, now in 2023 it’s just a mess everywhere you go. Homeless everywhere, prices are sky high reaching Van level. TTC crime was scary to hear about every day on the news😢

[@birdtj82]

Homeless issue is INSANE it feels like worse than 3rd world country. How is it even possible in Asia they have police to snatch violent ppl up lock em up they end up get “clear” on drugs etc. obviously wont be easy. They dont enable it like :”here INJECTION Site “ mid of inside of Ryerson Univesity. N omg all sorts of violent critical activities everywhere spread out. All Busienss close door early, all malls close door early, all parks have washroom close early….because d city r ruined by on going drug issues n hundreds of violent homeless ppl on d street. Have seen like Naked ppl walking around weird.

[@michaelleetrini3635]

I am from Toronto and it's really changed for the worst as of my recent visit, my family all wish they could move , I currently live in Halifax due to work for the past 5 years and it's also bad with similar issues . Canada 🇨🇦 has really changed for the bad .

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

if you want to know bad go live in chicago and detroit.

[@joelzinho4600]

Shitty government focusing on ideology instead of reality, has led us here. Will take 5 to 10 years to get out.

[@jamesbrown9721]

Are you talking about the conservative government that's running Nova Scotia?

[@johnmorelli3775]

You can thank Trudeau. He has more than doubled immigration, refugee volumes???, He's a moron!

[@Swiss2025]

Toronto does not define the identity of Canada. You are so ignorant and closed minded .

[@ivyk8030]

Living in Toronto is the worst part of my life. It has made me extremely negative - I just hate being there and constantly Complain. I have been lucky enough to travel for months at a time, and get to see how amazing other countries and cities are. But it has just opened my eyes to how awful Toronto is, and I dread the last few days of vacation because I know I have to go back to my downtown shoebox, listen to sirens and hate my existence again. Desperately want to leave, and hoping to this year, but the day to day is just so bad. I make decent money but haven’t been able to save a thing due to the high cost of living. The winter is coming and I dread that so so so deeply. F this city, I’m sorry.

[@str8cndian]

have you been to the CN tower? I heard it's wonderful! How bout the LEafs? don't you like Austin Mathews?

[@minkorrh]

Right there with you.

[@minkorrh]

BOOORRIING.@@str8cndian

[@paul.hogan720]

Canada just straight up blows

[@tomgold5646]

yep it sure does@@paul.hogan720

[@Genevieve8002]

First visited Toronto in late 2019, it was my first time in Canada - loved it!! Went for a family wedding, the taste of Toronto that I got during that trip, left a really positive impression on me - the space, it was clean, the quality of life looked idyllic. Then the global pandemic happened, I always kept up with the news of what was happening in Toronto and have noticed how it has changed. The crime seemed to just increase from out of nowhere, housing costs increased. My relatives and I keep in touch and they have told me how Toronto has changed.

[@ZiggyAir]

That is sad for Toronto. However, it's the reality around north America. In the US is even worse. Even in small cities housing is starting to become unfordable. Really informative and great video.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Yes unfortunately it’s the same problems in a lot of places.

[@gracedagostino5231]

I'm dual American/Canadian citizen. I wouldn't say the USA is worse everywhere as Toronto, there are many cities like Dallas or Houston which have a much smaller gap between income and cost of living than Toronto has. I currently live in Los Angeles, that has a similar gap to Toronto. I have 2 young nieces that both left California, one moved to Dallas and the other to Houston. Believe me they live like millionaires, compared to Toronto. Their houses would be comparable to the Bridle Path! They would never live like that in Toronto.

[@ZiggyAir]

@@gracedagostino5231 My daughter lives in LA, and I am telling you it does not compare to Toronto. LA is far more expensive, and the availability of housing is awful. And I am sorry, but Dallas is a sprawling city that requires you to have a car in order to go to a corner store.

[@gracedagostino5231]

I can only go by my own experience, and LA is superior to Toronto in every way. Maybe your daughter should move back to Toronto, so she can ride public transportation, although LA is spending billions in upgrading our subway system. I though love cars and enjoy riding my car all over California.@@ZiggyAir

[@ZiggyAir]

@@gracedagostino5231 Oh god, it is not. LA is way more expensive and downtown smells like a public potty.

[@FilCanGil]

Thank you for bringing Toronto’s issues to light. If my Mother wasn’t living in Little Italy and loved the area so much, I would have moved to a different province by now.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

well if you go to calgary know it has a worse crime rate than toronto with half its population.

[@betonikysogonski2535]

That is World issue......

[@nightcrawleroriginal]

Toronto was a fun place to be back in the day, my girlfriend (at the time) and her family moved to Scarborough to a high end high rise (at the time) from Parkdale so her father (a surgeon) could be closer to his new position. I recently viewed pictures of that very same high rise and area and what a dump that turned out to be, high crime and lots of drug dealing unfortunately. I'll stay where I'm at thanks. Great "honest" break down of the present Toronto Alina, thank you. :)

[@ChennieChen-kt2oe]

I made a good decision of moving back to China in 2010...back then my condo in Parkdale only costed me 500. Guess I won't be able to afford it nowadays...

[@Justaperson717]

I immigrated to Canada in 2016. Lived in Toronto for the first 6 years, and a year ago I moved to Richmond BC. Toronto is an amazing city, I miss it, and it will always stays in my heart. However I agree with the arguments of Alina in this video. Sadly, what I see in Vancouver area is pretty similar to what happens in the "6ix", but luckily there is a warmer climate here, amazing nature, less crowded, and there's an overall feeling of better quality of life in this part of the country.

[@evemarie1605]

Do you actually like Toronto after only 6 years? Try existing here for 50+ years and then see how you "like" it. Did you stay "stoned" on "magic mushrooms" while you were here?:-it helps numb the senses which would otherwise be grossly assaulted by the sheer awfulness of Toronto.

[@Justaperson717]

@@evemarie1605 There are people who live in Toronto for many years and they like it. So the fact that you live there for 50 years, doesn't make your assessment the only true one. 6 years is enough time to know the city, and because I know what life in other places on earth looks like, Toronto is pretty good city, despite all the negative things that happen there recently.

[@evemarie1605]

Oh dear, I'm a 50+-year "lifer" being lectured on the subject of Toronto by a 6-year visitor who also happens to be a world traveller of sorts who thinks I don't actually know much about the rest of the world!:- ha!!! It might still feel good after 6 years but the longer you stay here the worse it gets and we can't all afford to be world travellers. That's the problem, too many footloose rootless visitors like you who sponge off existing communities, take the best that's there, invest nothing to help regenerate those places, and then when you've spoiled them move on to repeat the same exploitive process elsewhere and us "lifers" must listen to all your incessant complaining in the meantime. Perhaps we should restrict immigration to people over 30 who just want to settle somewhere and put some roots down wherever they land and let the cocky and conceited 20-somethings go try their luck elsewhere. @@Justaperson717

[@Diurnal-phantom]

You being there, is part of the issue.. Why are you in canada? Imagine not wanting to build upon your own nation

[@ninjaweretiger4273]

@@evemarie1605Every city and town has a negative side. Being negative towards it ain’t changing anything.

[@charlottehalstead1156]

Grew up an hour away from Toronto, and lived there between 2018-2020 while attending grad school. It was expensive then, and has only gotten worse. My friends that remain are afraid to taoe the TTC, and as you touched on even the nice neighborhoods no longer feel as safe given all the random crime. I work in community services, and so much of what we are seeing could be mitigated or outight eliminated with better funding for social services. It's been almost three years since I moved across the province, and although I love to visit, I could never move back eith the way things are now.

[@midnightlightthevamp]

I got a car during the pandemic so I haven't taken the TTC all that much since, but every time I get on it, it's gotten even worse than last time. It's now normal to see people shooting up/ smoking crack or other substances on subways and buses, and the only thing you can do it move as far away as possible and keep to yourself.

[@umbertomattei6553]

Toronto was what it was because of canadians. You can't change the demographic of a place and expect that the place doesn't change. Funding social services won't do anything, just like it does nothing in every other place with mass immigration. People are not interchangeable.

[@markferguson7563]

At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@lisaGTorontogirl]

I have lived in Toronto many years i originally as a child grew up in Mississauga. Both cities have changed with time. One of the saddest things is that many people don’t feel safe in Toronto. I have many great memories I still currently live in Toronto I can afford my place a one bedroom in west Toronto. But at the same time my landlady’s. Doesn’t provide what’s necessary. Being no doorbell inadequate heating mice around at times. However I put up with it because the alternative is not there at this time I work hard like many do. But at the end of the day. Not much left over

[@JimMork]

@jameswilliams3304 Question: Is the immigrant inflow the crux? I know that narrative is popular with people like Le Pen in France. But inflation is not really set by immigrants. It makes their choice of residence foolish, but basic economics won't support the idea that immigrants raise prices. Heck, they don't control the INCOME to raise prices (with exception of wealthy Hong Kong arrivals in BC, they do have the income).

[@Mr.Who3]

Born and raised in Toronto, and a university student. Definitely feeling the choke of the city, many of my friends are greatly considering moving to America or abroad after university. Hopefully the city can back on track, this city is awesome.

[@Hemant.s]

Toronto raised me. I wouldn’t change my childhood in Toronto for anything, but as an adult, it’s not for me. It has no identity. I used to stick up for Toronto all the time, even going as far as to say “I wouldn’t want to spend summer anywhere else”. I now look forward to my time away from the city.

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

why?

[@Hemant.s]

Why what? Which part would you like for me to explain? @@LifeOdysseyMotivation

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

@@Hemant.s 1) Why did you say that Toronto has no identity? 2) Why are you changing your perspective on Toronto now? 3) Why are you staying away from Toronto now?

[@Hemant.s]

toronto often calls itself "a cleaner new york" or "just like Chicago but with less murders". Nothing is "like Toronto" as it has no identity. There's nothing unique to Toronto, and the only times I ever visit the actual downtown core now is for sporting events, usually to see the opposing team. Unfortunately, whatever you can find in Toronto, you can usually find in any other larger municipality...but usually a better, more authentic version of it, as Toronto probably duplicated it.@@LifeOdysseyMotivation

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

@@Hemant.s So what do you expect Toronto to do to be unique?

[@clifflayne9073]

Diversity is our strength. Think of all that we gain from being home to the best of all that is available from these diversified cultures. Think of all of the worst that we also gain from so many of those diversified cultures. When we import people from all around the world, we import, along with all of the good, all of the bad. What is culturally and morally acceptable in a great many of these foreign countries, is NOT acceptable in Canada. However, our accepting liberal society has a solution for that, we simply change to meet the ever moving social and moral target. This is why our Prime Minister gets away with stating that Canada has no national identity or culture worth preserving, since we just accept and then change to suit.

[@clifflayne9073]

@@marcosreal11: a plan for what?

[@clifflayne9073]

@@marcosreal11: oh, that plan. That plan was started by his father and is now, for all intents and purpose, pretty much complete. Canada will never recover from the social damage that Justin and his father have rendered onto us.

[@Peter-sz1sn]

@jameswilliams3304 I might be wrong, but it is my understanding that if you are born in Switzerland and both your parents were born in Switzerland but their parents did not have Swiss citizenship, you dont have Swiss citizenship. If so, then Switzerland is not a model country for diversity.

[@My_Two_Cents]

I grew up in mid-town Toronto and love this city for reasons mentioned in video and much more but, it has seen better days. It's still a beautiful city. Things have changed is an understatement, tho. 😥 ETA: after a full watch - this video with news insight is well done and edited along with shining a light on the societal issues that need to be addressed.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Totally agree. Sad to see a place you love deteriorate.

[@thomasfang5156]

People who live and work in Toronto like machine and always rush.

[@JimMork]

Haha. Love your handle. Unfotunately. two cents wouldn't handle what I have to say!

[@khenglim]

Alina, thank you for your honest and forthright assessment of Toronto eventhough it hurts sometimes. As an immigrant some 40 years ago, Toronto was beautiful then albeit the cold. On a recent visit (I have since moved back to my birth country Singapore), I was saddened to see how much it has changed, for the worse. Hopefully, the government of the day cleans up the mess and restore the faith back to the country and its people. Have great memories of Canada and Canadians as a whole.

[@markferguson7563]

@@AlinaMcleod At the 10 minute and 30 second point in this clip Alina gets around to highlighting how refugees are sleeping on the streets. And also, how international students can’t find accommodation and, indeed, with rents being affordable. One young woman, seethes telling is that she is “ashamed and discussed” about the plights of (as it is demonstrated by the video) are all black Africans. Well, what a total insanity it is that, we have this mid-20-year-old bleeding-heart demanding that more be done to help refugees when her fellow-Canadians are dispossessed in their own country. So, I wonder how many of these African refugees she has arranged to stay at her own, of some of her relatives’ abodes. But, considering there would EASILY be 2 billion featureless bipeds traipsing the planet residing in the Third World who reside in dire economic, and sociological quagmires, and would UPROOT themselves in a moment to go a western country to get free housing and welfare means it wouldn’t take long to transform these places they lob in, to be turned into Third World shitholes. In Britain (overwhelmingly England) over 80 percent of robberies, and knife crimes are carried out by black African youths who are mainly the offspring of asylum seekers from Africa. In France, Africa youths are also a huge part of their social problems. And it’s all manifestly due to the fact that, Africans are overtly devoid of the capacity to study really hard - like Chinese or Indians - to improve their lots. Hence, they are (as the fellow in the reddish colour shirt bemoans) looking for handouts. As for international students: they (and not just in Canada) are a major reason why there is a housing crisis and, moreover, why rents are excessive. International students in Canada, Australia, Holland and NZ, are in plague proportions and are a HUGE problem: well, except for the people running education institutions, and employers who exploit them for low wages.

[@duncanmckeown1292]

Toronto was my home town...I am now 73 but have lived in Norwich, England for decades. My relatives have moved out of Toronto to the Muskokas; but they always tell me how expensive the city now is. My cousin was in real estate so he knows whereof he speaks! Another cousin has moved to New Brunswick. I cannot go back any more because I always see more societal decline and it depresses me thoroughly. The Toronto of the Centennial year 1967 I will always remember fondly: a paradise! Problems seemed to be something other cities experienced. And the Leafs won the Stanley Cup!

[@James-x9z3x]

If I could go back to that time! Being my age of 42. It would be heaven!

[@goldmaple5290]

Alina, I'm glad you covered this. Don't apologize for anything. Toronto is a great city but it's not for everyone. It's only good if your super rich or have a job that pays you a 6 figure salary or more. Canada is just not what it used to be since Covid -19.

[@AmericanEmperor]

Thank you Alina for your objective assessment of Toronto. It changed too much my liking, I have been trying to move there but costs of living are a huge turn off.

[@666katch]

I will never vote Liberal again!

[@JimMork]

She really has a clarity. It is good for all people to achieve that.

[@JimMork]

@@666katch OK. But Ontario isn't ruled by the Liberal Party.

[@bloodandaces9693]

@@666katch Ontario has a conservative government and premier, and up till very recently, Toronto had conservative mayors for years

[@FortYeah]

But immigration is a federal competence.

[@gracedagostino5231]

I am originally from Toronto but have lived for 35 years in Los Angeles. It is sad to see the same problems that my 2 favorite cities both have. Two big advantages that LA has is the weather, and higher incomes. In Toronto there is a drastic gap between income, and cost of living. There is that in LA too, but the gap isn't as big. People still make a lot of money here, but with more money, that increases inflation.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Yes the average income to living cost definitely has a very big gap compared to other major cities.

[@JimMork]

@@AlinaMcleod If entertainment was the magnet, that itself might be the root of Toronto's failure. I'm a skeptic about the role of entertainment in modern society. It is a pool of giant and sometimes neurotic egoes.

[@benouzgane1929]

@@AlinaMcleod Toronto's Crowded and noisy, though has great entertainment and can occasionally have better weather than Alberta in summer. This summer had Calgary with worse overwhelming heat than Toronto, despite Toronto's humidity.

[@gracedagostino5231]

A lot of nurses at the hospital near me make over a $100k USD, now that would probably include their overtime. I know one of them from Kitchner Ontario, that said she could never make that type of money anywhere in Canada.@@MalibuMerle

[@JimMork]

@@MalibuMerle I'm pretty sure there are places in Canada and US where life's necessities are more affordable. I'm not sure if it is management or just the natural outcome of economic processes. To me, the ethnic diversity or facts of activity don't seem so magnetic to me. I had a sister who was infatuated with New York as a magnet for artists. But she got over it. I think quality of life is more than that. There are way less glittery places where people can live peacefully and without the worry and stress.

[@flevah29]

Honestly you are absolutely right Toronto is very high on rent and the crime is just getting worse victims die right on the spot even though they are not involved in any crime so innocent people die by bullets or objects.Been to downtown and now Iususally keep away from there.Gangs are taking over Toronto and other cities.You are not being negative ,you are showing the points of facts what is really happening to Toronto and other cities.You are right there is better options where you can be safe and sound for your life.Thank you for breaking it down and clearing the facts of Toronto city Alina Mcleod.Nice name by the way

[@roberto.a]

I wanted to move to Canada with the IEC program, I am an Italian citizen. I was still attached to the idea of Canada of the past. I visited a good friend of mine in Toronto and watched the country literally get worse from one year to the next. In Italy we complain about taxes and the lack of meritocracy and the few business opportunities for young people, but Canada is a thousand times worse. A former "earthly paradise" transformed into a place of subjugated people, exasperated hypocrisies, fake progressivism, a crazy real estate market with exorbitant rents, precarious working conditions, high crime, an unreliable and manipulative press, a third world healthcare system and, the more seriously, a government that oppresses with the consent of the majority. A much more evil reality than Orwell's 1984. I gave up my work permit. It's fine for short visits, but it's not a country where it makes sense to work and live.

[@WhistleMaster]

OMG you summed it up so perfectly! 👍👍

[@iblackfeathers]

i remember when toronto was full of potential and promise. the music scene was blooming as well as film and television and tech industries. i used to describe it as almost like new york but cleaner and friendlier. sad to see homelessness has hit there as well. there are worse places with the homeless issue, but this looks to be a stark contrast to how it was before. would like to visit there again someday and hope things improve.

[@Adventure2305]

Yeah now the industry is on strike plus w the AI many jobs are going to be extinct soon Plus nobody addresses the construction a TTC what a disaster I always say 9 years old would do better job 😇

[@evemarie1605]

Actually more like Mumbai. @@Saturn7747

[@123benny4]

If you feel viscerally that something is wrong, then it must be wrong. Toronto had potential but now that potential is only limited to the elite. I have to pass through Toronto to get to my hometown. Pass through and keep on going, don't stop.

[@JimMork]

I hear common sense in that statement. No one is forced to become a victim of a city gone this dysfunctional.

[@123benny4]

@@JimMork I heard in the news the other day that two sisters, who were paying $2,500 for their place in Toronto, got their rent increase (building built after 2018), and their rent went up to $9,500. How insane is that??!! This is a rental??!!

[@JimMork]

@@123benny4 Even $2,500 is a lot. It is long ago, but I had a 1BR in a USA city for $129. Next I paid maybe $300. Right now I could get a 1BR for $925. Average is about $300 more.

[@123benny4]

@@JimMork I guess depending what city you live in the U.S. rents are reasonable. Here it's out of control; a housing crisis. When I first moved to Montreal, I paid $475 a month, now it's $300 more, and that's a bargain considering. I can't even think of moving.

[@JimMork]

@@123benny4 I don't know if "perfect storm" is the right label, but pandemic and the global search for both high profit and safety feed into this. The premium for sound economic counsel in government reaction is high. But another thing that really wracks the world is "populism". I've studied history and see where populism is one knee jerk reaction to tough times. It was strongest in the USA in the 1890s and the 1930s. That is opportunistic fringe politicians brainwashing the uneducated multitudes to think there is some forces in the background causing all the distress. When moderates are most needed, they find the electorate deaf.

[@write2pras84]

This is sad but I think this is happening all over the western world I’d say. There’s an explosion in migrant population. In some ways it’s good as it helps fund the economies of the countries as they are typically comprised of aging populations. But on the other hand, a lack of planning and forethought has meant that already faltering housing situations have turned into full blown crises. It’s just such an avoidable tragedy playing out in front of our eyes.

[@Truthhurts808]

I think you highlighted the symptoms of Canadian social problems that’s being brewing for last 30 years. And it’s going to get worse unless the politicians take their head out of sand. There are solutions but it’s contrary to interest of the ruling and well to do tribes. I live in YVR so I understand.

[@DavidPearcey]

I am a resident with Muscular Dystrophy in a wheel chair. I am exhausted! I work 5 days a week 8-10 hours a day and I do not feel well at all. I have no choice but to work because I cannot afford to move - What I pay for rent in his city is insane already. There is no where for me to go and there is no way I can find a cheaper place. I feel like I am living a nightmare to be honest. It just getting harder and harder and it seems like the people in Toronto are getting colder and colder. There are no social programs with enough funding and disability income is impossible because it doesn't even scratch the surface of rent costs. Food is completely out of control too. It just feels like I am circling the drain and the will end up homeless eventually. People with disabilities are treated very poorly in this province but in Toronto it is especially cruel and cold.

[@user-cl6uj5bn2f]

I'm so sorry for everything you're dealing with🙏❤️‍🩹 have you looked into CPP Disability benefits? Apparently they pay retro active. Praying for you that your situation improves 🙏

[@DavidPearcey]

@@user-cl6uj5bn2f Thanks for the reply. I am very aware of CPP. What is scary about this is it wouldn't even cover 1/3 of the rent. The funding for persons with a severe disability in this country and province is absolutely horrific and puts everyone into poverty. I am trapped working fulltime until I die. Oh Canada- the country in serious decline and a cruelty to those who suffer.

[@K_mich88]

A few months ago, I was planning my move to Toronto for my kids education. Both my kids are Canadians and I felt that there will be more options for university in Toronto for both of them. But after the last 2 months seeing and hearing all these issues in Canada, my inner voice is telling me not to make the move. It’s scary hearing abt the healthcare crisis, crime and housing cost. Comparing to what I have now in Singapore, I’m not too sure anymore if Canada has a bright future ahead. Will Canada bring in privately run medical to support the medical crisis? And I read that Canada is in deficit now, how is it going to come out of it and solve all these problems at the same time.

[@AlinaMcleod]

If Singapore is an option for you, that is definitely the better choice.

[@fcf777]

Will Singapore ever accept you and your families as permanent residents and eventually, Singaporean citizens?

[@K_mich88]

@@fcf777 in my case, i've been a Singapore permanent resident for over 30 years and my husband converted into a citizen after years of working here. But nowadays, it's tougher for anyone to become a pr or citizen in Singapore.

[@robb2959]

Research crime , housing crises and foreign students schemes under CBC ,fifth estate and Macleans documentaries .

[@keithhannah8695]

People that want a future and have enough money are getting out, or should I say escape!