Wasn't that long ago that Toronto (then York) was a bunch of wooden huts covered in dirt and dust. In fact it was called "Muddy York".
Until very recently, Toronto was called, derisively, Hogtown (still called that, sometimes), because all manner of livestock wandered about the muddy streets - I'm not sure if that was local livestock looking for grazing opportunities, or if it was livestock being driven to slaughterhouses (likely both).
Until the '60's, Toronto was a Victorian, puritanical, parochial, provincial, backwater of a sleepy town, bereft of any culture (except Scottish, from the robber-baron entrepreneurial class that controlled business and politics here for about 100 years) or excitement. Unless you count Hockey. Mind you, the Maple Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup since about the time Toronto woke up and became exciting (1967 was their last win). More than a co-incidence?
Then, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell moved here. The rest is history.
(I left out a few details for the sake of brevity) <vbg>
cheers, frank in Toronto
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Didn't we cross the border and burn down York as repayment. That worked out really well didn't it. What did you call the replacement? Toronto?
Regards, Bob S.
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