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reminded me of those mounds or hills you see in england

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Originally Posted by SpongeG (Post 8399564)

reminded me of those mounds or hills you see in england

Yeah, those aren't even 100 meters wide. We are talking 4000 by 5000 meters :P It's actually a protected area because the indigenous grassland of the hill is part of a very small surviving area of it, as over 95% of it has been converted for human cultivation and urban development. The views of the rockies and the city skyline from the summit are remarkable, as is the extant wildlife :)

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https://seanchu.ca/nose-hill-park-issues/
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https://where.ca/alberta/calgary/get...es-in-calgary/
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Lone Tree Beneath the Rockies by Doug Zwick, on Flickr
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By Jim Walling - http://fonhs.org/

I'll give my amateur opinion. Amateur because even though I've worked downtown for the past 10 years, I have never lived in TO and prefer not to because I'm more suburban. And my first eight years of life in North York close to Steeles doesn't really count.

I have driven all over TO and have been to Montreal 11 times, most of which I stayed in the city proper. In both cases, most my time on street level has been driving or on bus. Or, actually below the street.

You can't really appreciate the housing stock until you actually walk up and down the streets. Just two days ago I walked a street that is only two streets over in my neighbourhood for the first time and only now noticed some of the unique attributes of some houses and gardens. Have driven by them on my way to work hundreds of times but never noticed!

In the occasional instances where I have actually spent considerable time walking TO and MTL residential streets, I give Montreal the edge in low to medium income neighbourhoods, as mentioned. I find there is more charm and character and just better aesthetics when compared to TO equivalents.

And also agree that when it comes to higher end TO takes it there. Though one of my pet peeves, and this is the case in lots of old cities, if I were rich and looking for a house in these neighbourhoods would be the prevelance of single wide driveways. For $3 mil plus I want to come and go from my driveway as I please and not have to swap spots constantly with my wife's or teenager's cars! But I suspect a lot of people here prefer these grand homes to be closer to the street to add that more intimate atmosphere and a byproduct of that is the smaller or narrower driveway.

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc (Post 8399576)

i'm still calling it a mound :yes: its not a diss as you seem to be taking it :uhh: from the air it looks like a bump aka mound aka hill

There is no reason to assume I was taking it as a dis, I was educating you, but I clearly failed to correct your misinformation :haha: it is not a mound, it is an enormous hill.

Even dark & fuzzy I still like seeing pictures of my home town :D

See you in two weeks Vernon :cheers:

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Originally Posted by 240glt (Post 8400932)

Even dark & fuzzy I still like seeing pictures of my home town :D

See you in two weeks Vernon :cheers:

Snapped that with the cell phone while walking. The old Civic Arena is gone!

Everything looks small from an airplane.

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc (Post 8399932)

There is no reason to assume I was taking it as a dis, I was educating you, but I clearly failed to correct your misinformation :haha: it is not a mound, it is an enormous hill.

Pyramid Mountain in BC is taller and is classified as a mound.

:haha: To be fair, though, BC has more mountains so the standards are different. Someone standing at the elevation of even the lowest parts of the prairies would be small airplane height here. Thousands of feet up in the sky.

For example...

Elevation
St. John's: 0m
Calgary: 1,045 m

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Originally Posted by megadude (Post 8399592)

Wealthy Toronto, i.e. Rosedale, can't match the grandeur and charm of Montreal, i.e. Westmount. Where Toronto (and essentially southern Ontario) wins by default is in the peripheral districts, where Montreal (and essentially Quebec) is bleak beyond belief.

That is mirrored by small-town Ontario vs. small-town Quebec.

But Westmount > Rosedale, certainly.

I agree that Westmount is exceptional. Only drove through it for the first time on my last trip two years ago. Other than that, in totality of rich neighbourhoods, the quality in TO stands out. Although I will say I still find these neighbourhoods overrated and not nearly worth the premium. But they are beautiful.

Sorry, went off on a tangent again!

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc (Post 8399531)

Lol mound? Back east it would be considered a mountain :haha: It is one of the two single largest urban parks in the nation at 12 km2, the first being Fish Creek Park in the southern half of the city at 13 km2.

Sorry but this is just plain incorrect. Rouge Park in Toronto is 62.9 km2. 5 times larger than those.

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2017.07.18. Toronto by Péter Cseke, on Flickr

Yes, and rouge park is not surrounded on all sides by urban development, so yes, what I said is correct. :tup: Amazing photo though, I'll have to check it out one of these days I'm back in town. One of those areas I've never been to yet.

Rouge Park: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Rou...!4d-79.1722545

Fish Creek Park: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Fis...4d-114.0107697

Nose Hill Park: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Nos...!4d-114.108906

Love Rouge Park, a real gem.

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