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| Topic Started: Sep 3 2013, 02:49 AM (642 Views) | |
| angora | Sep 3 2013, 02:49 AM Post #1 |
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A thoughtful article on the decreasing respect for work .. and thus, workers. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/09/02/work_is_undervalued_in_societys_obsession_with_stuff.html |
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| Delphi51 | Sep 3 2013, 10:58 AM Post #16 |
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Angora, the town I grew up in had no railroad! I still am ashamed that I looked down on two boys my age because they had some more or less imaginary deficiencies. I recall many times realizing there were lots of adults who were very happy to help me - it was generally a town where everyone helped raise all the kids. I understand this so much better now as I see it from the other side. It feels really good to coach kids curling and do tutoring. My present town has a railroad but it lies at the edge of town, excluding no one. |
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| Darcie | Sep 4 2013, 12:55 AM Post #17 |
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I have noticed something that sets workers apart in all the cities I have lived in. The richer and elite live in the west side and the poorer live on the east side. Have always wondered why this is, anyone know? |
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| Trotsky | Sep 4 2013, 01:01 AM Post #18 |
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Same where I grew up. Perhaps when Horace Greeley exhorted Americans to "Go West young man" the upwardly mobile listened. :snowflake: Edited by Trotsky, Sep 4 2013, 01:03 AM.
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| heatseeker | Sep 4 2013, 02:55 AM Post #19 |
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I think this originally had to do with the prevailing winds and the way they conveyed smells from animals, etc. But not really true in central Toronto. Rosedale, a very expensive neighbourhood, is east of Yonge. And Riverdale, once not so posh but now trendy and with many million plus homes, is well east of Yonge. So, for that matter, is the Beaches, another trendy, pricey neighbourhood. http://www.planetizen.com/node/47486 Edited by heatseeker, Sep 4 2013, 02:57 AM.
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| Darcie | Sep 4 2013, 03:47 AM Post #20 |
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Heatseeker, where is the 'poorer' neighbourhoods in Toronto? |
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| angora | Sep 4 2013, 04:57 AM Post #21 |
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Riverdale, when I was growing up at Jones and Danforth was not wealthy and really neither was the Beach. |
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| heatseeker | Sep 4 2013, 07:53 PM Post #22 |
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Many of the poorer areas are in the suburbs. Parts of Scarborough, to the east, Rexdale, west, and a notorious housing project around Jane and Finch in the northwest. |
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