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Originally Posted by freeweed
Bay Street/Wall Street. Massive neighbourhoods/boroughs that used to be their own towns and have been absorbed into the borg, yet still retain much of their original identity. Iconic skyline. Home of 2 of the 3 longest Stanley Cup droughts in league history (the fact that Chicago is #2 is not lost on me).
Toronto is so much like NYC it's not even funny.
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I'm pretty surprised nobody said Montreal is like NYC. Toronto's similarities to NYC are (financial, media, theatre centres) and Dundas Square/Time Square and the fact that they're both the biggest cities in their respective countries. Both cities and their suburbs look very different from one another. Montreal is more more NYC than Toronto is.
They are the two biggest food capitals (quality, restos/capita, cuisine). Apart for being known for regular things like pizza, hot dogs and poutine, Montreal is known for its bagels and smoked meat, two items NYC is known for as well. They have very similar architecture and cityscapes. Portions of Old Montreal and the financial district look like lower Manhattan. Both are very transit oriented cities with the highest transit riderships. Both have their countries biggest mafias based in them.
Other cool similarities:
- Both are islands and have many bridges
- Staten Island = Laval
- Montreal and NYC are the only two places in NA where you can't make a right on red.
- Central Park and Mount Royal park were both desgined by Olmsted
- 2 languages play an important role in the city (French in Montreal and and Spanish in NYC) apart from english.
- Both are huge party towns with the best nightlife
- Both have the biggest populations of Hassidic Jews
- The two WINNINGEST sports teams in NA, Yankees and Canadiens
- Big cosmopolitan centres with somewhat similar demographics (Jewish, Greek, Italian, Irish, Haitian, Indian, Chinese, Arabic)