^^I agree with both of the above posts - not the funeral one.
Toronto has changed dramatically over the past generation. Some good. A lot bad.
It has become, more than ever, a magnet for people across the country and around the world. The city centre now seems mostly populated by people from other places who live in little see-through boxes high in the sky. The sense of community, the friendliness of Toronto has not disappeared per se but has greatly diminished.
Toronto is now your typical World City. Cold. Unfriendly. Unaffordable. Forever focused southward. In a sense, it's
unCanadian - whatever that means.
I'm glad Toronto's there; Hamiltonians are fortunate it's on our doorstep. But, as someone who spent his first 10 years in Toronto, that city feels alien to me now and I always feel a great sense of homecoming when I pull off the 403 at York.
I hope Hamilton continues along its current trajectory but I'm worried about the culture shift that is likely to follow.