The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

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Originally Posted by rousseau

That "Toronto" sign is iconic and something tourists flock to, but I'm not a huge fan, personally. Though it's certainly an apt totem of this age of ours, in which narcissism and primary colour in-your-face self-promotion are valued over substance and subtlety. It's very Drake/hip-hop, in other words. You just know, and I know I've read this kind of thing somewhere, that vacuous kids all over the U.S. watching broadcasts of NBA games in Toronto are witness to shots of this view cutting directly from helicopter panoramas of the skyline at night, and are thinking: "Cool."

I say this as a diehard NBA fan who hates everything about the NBA save for what happens on the court between blows of the whistle. I know I'm a curmudgeonly minority whimpering in the woods with this opinion, but I can't help it. It's not Glenn Gould's Toronto anymore, and it's a bit sad that the city hasn't retained more of that character in its headlong rush into world prominence.

Never seen anybody say "I dont like black people and their culture" using quite that many words before! Impressive!