Toronto: Tea Party mayor on the rocks

[Gerrard]

Berlin actually does feel quite "American" -in comparison to other European capitals (many reasons why and mitigating factors).

I'm sure if Toronto had maintained its more colonial attributes people would be saying it felt like an English burg.

In the end there's a lot of focus on defining the city from elsewhere in the nation (I suppose it really is that alien to some). Slightly amusing considering the people that actually live here really don't spend all that much time doing it themselves.

I'm also not so sure "American" is an insult. I doubt much people in Montreal or San Francisco are all that mortified when someone says those cities feel "European" -anymore I imagine than Berliners or Londoners would be all that insulted if you said their cities felt unlike their respective nations.

The Great Lakes is a REGION, despite imaginary borders, and thus will share many cultural similarities while at the same time maintaining a certain distinctiveness from each other.

Now back to Mayor Cheeseburger...