Topic: "What should Toronto’s slogan be?"

[milnews.ca]

Couldn't resist:

Torontoist is imploring readers to dream up a new city slogan to sum up Toronto’s best qualities for a new contest.

The city has had many nicknames and slogans, both official and unofficial. Some were generic and non-descript. Some would be too silly, too crude, too boring or too arcane to plaster up on official signage. And others fit.

But though the Torontoist contest won’t likely have any bearing on Hogtown tourist campaigns, residents will have great incentive to invent a stellar slogan: bragging rights! In recent weeks, Torontonians demonstrated they are sensitive about their city’s reputation. What better way to prove their hometown’s dominance than to unveil the best slogan of any Canadian burg? ....

My submission:  "They only hate us because we're so great!"   

[Michael O'Leary]

"If community-based ego was mapped like gravity, we'd be the only black hole in the country."

Or, in a shorter form,

"Narcissism-R-Us."

[the 48th regulator]

"Tess live here, can it get any better?"

dileas

tess

[dapaterson]

"What do you get when you combine a dysfunctional city government with narcissistic New York wannabes, without the style or class?"

[HavokFour]

"No Refunds."

[ColdNorth]

"You're just mad 'cause you don't live here"

 

[ArmyVern]

"What would Canada be without us?"


BETTER!! 

[Haletown]

"We really like it when you shovel our snow"

[Retired AF Guy]

Gangbanger Capital of Canada!

[mariomike]

It's a city of diverse neighbourhoods. Each one could have it's own slogan. :
http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm

Huffington Post described Toronto as, "The New Capitol of Cool":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauri-lyons/toronto-rises-as-the-new_b_632271.html

[Technoviking]

"Hogtown.  The Big Smoke.  T-Dot.  This rose stinks by many names"

[Petamocto]

Toronto, like the USA, really does get a raw deal as far as reputations go.

It would seem like the average Canadian has an ingrained hatred for anything that is the biggest of anything. 

A lot of people outside of Toronto assume everyone there is a pompous jerk.  A lot of people from both sides of Ontario assume everyone from Ontario is a pompous jerk.  A lot of people from Canada assume everyone from the US is a pompous jerk.

I know good and bad people from all three groups.

[Michael O'Leary]

The most curious thing I have found about many Torontonians (is that what they are called?) is that although many exhibit pride to be from the nation's largest city, upon questioning it turns out they grew up and lived within a relatively small section of the GTA, usually no bigger than a middle-sized city of 300-500K. Excursions further afield were generally for the same sort of thing everyone else experiences; vacations, periodic shopping trips, school trips, etc. It is probably an effect of how large a territory any one person will usually become familiar with while growing up.

[Tommy]

Personally I'm proud to be from Hamilton.....

"Hamilton - About as far away from Toronto as you can get in a 40 minute drive"  (in every sense of the term......)

or

"Hamilton - Yeah our City is a mess.... but its OUR mess!"

anyways back to Toronto....


"Toronto - Looking better by not being Hamilton for over 200 years"

[dapaterson]

This thread would be incomplete without:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCccvr2XIg

[Spanky]

"Toronto:  Legendary in Our Own Minds"

[BF1]

I thought it was obvious?

"Toronto: center of the universe!"

[George Wallace]

Personally I'm proud to be from Hamilton.....

"Hamilton - About as far away from Toronto as you can get in a 40 minute drive"  (in every sense of the term......)

or

"Hamilton - Yeah our City is a mess.... but its OUR mess!"

anyways back to Toronto....


"Toronto - Looking better by not being Hamilton for over 200 years"

I thought Hamilton was a suburb of Toronto. 

[Spanky]

I thought Hamilton was a suburb of Toronto.

OUCH! 

[Haletown]

Maybe they could borrow the Air Canada motto.

"we're not happy until you're not happy"

[Technoviking]

I thought it was obvious?

"Toronto: center of the universe!"

This is a winner.  With "center" (sic) appropriately spelled using American standards.

[sprl]

"Toronto:  if you're tired of Toronto, you're tired of life."[1]

[1] Suicide hotline can be reached at 416-555-LIFE.  No collect calls, please.

[kkwd]

Toronto - Take out the consonants and you have OOO.

[Kat Stevens]

Toronto: The Prince Albert of the East!

Welcome to Jamaica, have a nice day!

Toronto: Drive-bys have right of way!

[mariomike]

If crime is what a slogan should focus on, Toronto may not be the most dangerous place in Canada:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/04/the-most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-overall-crime-score%E2%80%94by-rank/

[Old Sweat]

   Canadas Biggest Speed Bump!

[Danjanou]

You know some of us do live and work here

[Michael O'Leary]

"Toronto, you may not think we're the best, but we do have your attention."   

[Journeyman]

You know some of us do live and work here

Toronto: Where sad people live and die     

[Old Sweat]

Golf with the Leafs during the playoffs.

[milnews.ca]

You know some of us do live and work here

We hate the city, not you, bud!  Any comfort there? 

[mariomike]

Canadas Biggest Speed Bump!

With all the construction going on, "City of the brake light" is also true. 

"Toronto EMS is on record as not supporting the installation of speed bumps (narrow asphalt
bumps consisting of a steep vertical rise). This traffic calming measure will affect an
ambulance's response time to an emergency call and subsequent transportation to the hospital.
This in itself could prove detrimental to the medical conditions of some patients.":
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-23081.pdf

On the other hand, children struck at 20 mph instead of 40 mph would have a better chance of surviving the impact.

You know some of us do live and work here

It was exciting working for the City of Toronto. 

[Tommy]

I thought Hamilton was a suburb of Toronto.

If you can find me a Torontonian who feels that way, then by all means.....

Arguably Our Mayor and City Council are just as stupid as theirs...

So I can see where the confusion may lie..... 

[Sapplicant]

"Children, the elderly, and people with breathing problems should stay inside"

[Drummy]

Me, Me, ME.

or       Toronto - A good place to be FROM.


Drummy

[PMedMoe]

Okay, I found this one in an article about the ridiculous panic over Toronto's bed bug situation (actually, a hilarious read):

"Toronto: you come for the sweltering heat, you stay for the...oh wait, actually, you don't really stay".     

Here's the article:  Bedbugs and Ballyhoo

[mariomike]

Okay, I found this one in an article about the ridiculous panic over Toronto's bed bug situation (actually, a hilarious read):

Begbugs are in the news across Canada.

Edmonton Sun:
"Bedbug infestations in Edmonton:  EDMONTON -- Swarms of bloodthirsty bedbugs are taking over entire apartment buildings across the city, and public health officials warn that it's only getting worse."

CBC- PEI:
"An international survey of pest control companies suggests the world is on the verge of a "bedbug pandemic," says the U.S. National Pest Management Association."

Vancouver:
http://www.westender.com/articles/entry/dont-let-the-bed-bugs-bite/news-and-views/

CBC-Regina:
"Bedbug infestations challenging Regina pest controller":
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/04/17/bed-bugs-123.html

Saskatoon:
"A group of visitors to Saskatoon this week believe they bunked with bed bugs":
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=743c9c1c-cd26-4968-bc96-fa740726f4ce

CTV:
"We see them in any transit destination, the Niagara belt, Toronto, Vancouver - pretty much in every city across the country.":
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Specials/20071115/bedbug_spread_071117/

Ottawa:
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/health/environments/bed_bug/index_en.html

"Canada's bed bugs invasion: What's behind the spike of bed bugs in Canada?":
http://www.vancouversun.com/Video+Canada+bugs+invasion/3433047/story.html?tab=VID

"KITCHENER — For four months, Amanda Underwood’s been living in what she describes as a creepy crawly nightmare.":
http://news.therecord.com/article/765391

[kratz]

Didn't Toronto earn it's new slogan when they won the title, "Speed Trap Capital"? 

[mariomike]

Didn't Toronto earn it's new slogan when they won the title,

That would not surprise me one bit. ( Speed traps. Also Metro and OPP seat-belt traps at on-ramps. )
Also, the traffic situation in Toronto has become intolerable. If this city ever faced an emergency evacuation order, and outside help had to be called in. I believe it would total chaos. Especially if the subway lines were out of service.

[recceguy]

That would not surprise me one bit.
Also, and I am just guessing, but I bet Toronto has about the worst traffic situation anywhere. If this city ever faced an emergency evacuation order, and outside help had to be called in. I believe it would total chaos. Especially if the subway lines were out of service.

You mean, like if it snows

[PMedMoe]

Begbugs are in the news across Canada.

It's all a terrorist plot:



 

[mariomike]

You mean, like if it snows

Yes, that is exactly the sort of thing I mean.  Which raises the question, what if something unpredicted and major ever happened? Toronto has been spared since 1954 with Hurricane Hazel. Our Disaster Plan has never really been put to the test.

[Danjanou]

Yes, that is exactly the sort of thing I mean.  Which raises the question, what if something unpredicted and major ever happened? Toronto has been spared since 1954 with Hurricane Hazel. Our Disaster Plan has never really been put to the test.

What Plan?

[Grimaldus]

An empty mind is a loyal mind

[Bruce Monkhouse]

"We Sure Aren't Perfect But At Least We're Not Windsor."

[Gunnar]

Toronto:  Nozzle insertion point for Canada's enema

[Foxhound]

Toronto:  Not as cool as Montreal since 1793.   

Or maybe...

Toronto:  #%*k you!

[medicineman]

Toronto - centre of our universe.

Toronto - centre of fecal cephalic excellence since 1793.

MM

[Rookie Green]

Toronto:

The only shows we can sell are those about our police officers!
Make money without any discernible skill! (I'm looking at you, Leafs!)

[medicineman]

Toronto - home of the world's most gullible hockey fans since 1967.

MM

[uptheglens]

I'm going to go on a traditional route, and write it in Latin. Mine also takes in Toronto's rich history as Hogtown.

Porci ex grege diaboli

Translation: Swines from the devil's herd

[mariomike]

Toronto:
The only shows we can sell are those about our police officers!

"Toronto ranks third in film and television production in North America and ranks second as an exporter of television programming in North America.":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_North#Toronto

Films shot in Toronto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Toronto

List of films set in Toronto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_set_in_Toronto

Toronto Film and Television Office:
http://www.toronto.ca/tfto/index.htm

T-EMS does a lot of Paid Duty for the Toronto Film and Television Office TFTO. This money does not show on the annual Sunshine List, because it comes from the film companies, rather than the taxpayers:
TFTO rates:
http://www.toronto.ca/tfto/pdf/ems.pdf

There was a T.V. series called "Fire Station". It was filmed at station 331 on Claremont St.:
http://www.youtube.com/user/justin1790#p/search/4/iW7Y3IfigOs

I used to watch it, only because I worked a minute away on Richmond St. W..

TFS and T-EMS ( Divisions of the same Department ) never had a shortage of out-of-town and out-of-province applicants wanting to work in Toronto. I saw it.
This is discussed in the second paragraph:
http://issuu.com/local3888/docs/spring2009/9?mode=a_p

Same at TPS.
"Toronto policed by out-of-towners":
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/856817--toronto-policed-by-out-of-towners

"Many U.S. cities force some municipal employees to live within city limits. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 1997 that municipalities here cannot do so."

When I hired on it was all local guys from the neighbourhoods, but not anymore.

I'm going to go on a traditional route, and write it in Latin. Mine also takes in Toronto's rich history as Hogtown.

That is mostly all gone now. The Stockyards closed in 1993 and moved north of the city to Cookstown. That land was redeveloped into new housing and big box stores.

[Rookie Green]

I know Toronto is quite the entertainment industry hub, one of my favourite things to do when I was a kid was watch Due South and pick out the areas of Toronto that were disguised as Chicago. But, I was referring to how if I recall correctly, only Flashpoint and Rookie Blue are set in Toronto and have been picked up in the States. Hence, that joke.

[crooks.a]

"Toronto: Where a pre-season [hockey] win is grounds for a victory riot."

[milnews.ca]

This candidate, from the mentals comments section of this story:
"you don't like TO .......... LEAVE!"

[EpicBeardedMan]

Toronto: That's how it's supposed to smell.

[mariomike]

Toronto: That's how it's supposed to smell.

Air pollution is a problem in all large Canadian Cities.:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/epeq/data/CDNCities.pdf

The entire Windsor - Toronto - Montreal- Quebec City Corridor is polluted.

We are fortunate to live in the High Park neighbourhood, where the air quality is good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Park

There's lots of professional and amateur sports in Toronto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto#Sports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame

There's arts, culture and recreation.
This week is Toronto International Film Festival TIFF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival

I always enjoy the Royal Winter Fair later in the year. There's plenty of things to see and do in Toronto. The Zoo is one of the largest in the world, the CN Tower, the CNE and airshow, the Toronto Islands and ferry boats, Ontario Place, the Eaton Centre, etc. One little known place that I enjoy is Riverdale Farm. The Rouge Valley. Lots of ravines to explore.

Best of all, lots of highways, Union Station and the airport(s) for when this city is driving you crazy, and you have to get out of town!   

This candidate, from the mentals comments section of this story:
"you don't like TO .......... LEAVE!"

I would not be surprised if Toronto is the worst city in Canada for wheelchair mobility. So much of the construction is vertical. I carried people in my arms up and down stairs for a living, and, from what I understand from others, it is the most back-breaking city in the country to work. Lots of old-fashioned "walk-up" ( no elevator ) style apartments and rooming houses. Many are obviously over-renovated, and over-crowded with low ceilings. I'm not qualified to call them fire-traps, but...
It is not flat or wide open. The population density ensures that Victorian homes are renovated into multi-family dwellings. It is an expensive city, so you have to take what accomodation you can afford. There are over a million private dwellings, and over 10,000 different streets. Cellars and attics turned into apartments. Houses built on ravines. Lots of ravines. It is a city within a park.   
However, there are many new condominiums being built.
I don't blame her for leaving. It is a difficult place to lift and carry people on stretchers, so I would imagine it is also difficult for people confined to wheelchairs, as we were often sent on "courtesy calls" to lift-assist them up and down stairs and tip-overs.







 

[Technoviking]

Toronto: "We're sorry, we couldn't hear you over the sound of how awesome we are"

[the 48th regulator]

"Toronto: Where a pre-season [hockey] win is grounds for a victory riot."

Are you confusing Montreal with Toronto??

The last time we had a riot, the roads were paved with mud, and the Mayor was William Lyon Mackenzie.....

dileas

tess

[crooks.a]

Are you confusing Montreal with Toronto??

The last time we had a riot, the roads were paved with mud, and the Mayor was William Lyon Mackenzie.....

dileas

tess

The reason Toronto hasn't had a riot since then is because they haven't won a hockey game since then.

[the 48th regulator]

The reason Toronto hasn't had a riot since then is because they haven't won a hockey game since then.

Zing,

Touche!  Good one!

dileas

tess

[milnews.ca]

"Toronto:  Where the Elite Press for Keeping the Long Gun Registry"

[mariomike]

"Toronto:  Where the Elite Press for Keeping the Long Gun Registry"

The Toronto Police Association ( TPA ) issued this News Release on the subject:
http://www.tpa.ca/tpa/Media/news%20release%20--%20Long%20Gun%20Registry%20--%20June%207%202010.pdf

"The Association, the largest single association of its kind in Canada, also presents briefs and lobbies government at all levels to ensure the voice of front-line personnel is heard loud and clear in the never-ending public policy debate on law and order issues.":
http://www.tpa.ca/tpa/History.aspx

“Getting rid of the registry would be a naïve, foolish and dangerous move that could cost lives,” said Mike McCormack, head of the association that represents 8,300 uniform and civilian members."

"Uniform and civilian senior officers are not members of the TPA."