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To: elmatador who wrote (54233)10/14/2004 7:45:33 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Yep.. Doesn't surprise me elmat... When I moved into my neighbourhood 10 years ago... more folks (strangers) than not would say hello to you or at smile at you out on a walk... not so anymore... I think it's because the most recent crop of mayors has been hell bent on turning Toronto into a 'world class' city like New York... :o)

I note our youth violent crime and gang activity is way up also... I guess it's working... :o(



To: elmatador who wrote (54233)10/14/2004 11:32:16 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
<In Vancouver, a retiree with a passion for his city helped reporter Dan Girard almost as soon as he produced a map. The same thing happened to our tester in Ottawa, reporter Mary Gordon. But in Toronto, map helpers were few; at one point reporter Andrew Chung lingered on the sidewalk at Queen and York Sts. for half an hour with no assistance.>

Homosexual retiree [who was also a bit bored] thought Dan seemed a nice chap. Mary the Babe, in Ottawa, no doubt was looking like a damsel in distress and red-blooded males would see an opportunity to "help". Andrew Chung stood for half an hour because in Toronto, city of sars, nobody wanted to be the first to catch sars or chicken flu from a visiting Chinese.

Nobody claims that journalists have an ounce of science brain in their heads.

Mqurice



To: elmatador who wrote (54233)10/14/2004 11:59:14 PM
From: Seeker of Truth  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Elm, old boy, people in big cities are really busy. They assume that if somebody needs help they will ask for it. The last thing they want to do is spend time offering assistance where none is needed.


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