I was born and raised in Toronto and I live in Boston now. Personally, I'd pick the city I had more social connections to because that makes me happiest.

Boston is better in a lot of ways that people have mentioned: ocean, nearby mountains, history, more character in the architecture, weather is slightly better (but sunlight hours are worse), sports teams.

Toronto is better in one major way that I haven't seen mentioned here: food. Toronto has more ethnic diversity and the food scene is where that really shines. Also, if you belong to one of the ethnicities that's more prominent in Toronto that can mean a lot.

The healthcare in Toronto at the high end is worse but still really good and likely better for the lower income levels. Most importantly, taking health insurance out of the picture is a huge stress relief.

Education is the same to a lesser extent. The school system is less important when you're moving to a new area in Toronto because the extremes aren't as severe.

Toronto is also bigger and importantly the biggest city in Canada so it draws talent from the whole country. I think the art and music scenes are a bit better in Toronto but both cities are pretty great in that regard.

You wear different clothes yes

Acton area might work for you. The commute isn't too bad. Route 2 literally cuts it in half. Might be out of your price range but the schools are great.

Lost ya damn mind

There's a big difference between 50 and 70

It was also supposed to generate traffic for the nearby mall to help it stay open, but that's gone now too.

Holbrook. South Shore. Quiet town. Commuter rail.

We've had one winter, but what about second winter?

"Maybe" Vancouver? Why maybe?

I'd take Vancouver > boston > montreal > Toronto.

Do you want the house to come with or without a unicorn?

It's nice to know millionaires spend their time on reddit just like me.

I don’t think there are any bad schools in Massachusetts. Generally, larger and wealthier districts are better funded, but this isn’t Mississippi where you might end up in the wrong district and your kids are ruined forever.

“To what degree do homeowners owe a duty of support to non-homeowners in their pursuit of homeownership?”

Nothing. But they are entitled to their property and nothing else. Purchasing a property doesn’t mean your neighborhood is suddenly frozen in time from that point onward, and you are entitled to never have your neighborhood change. So no, you don’t get to tell everyone else what they can and can’t build on their property.

So if a developer wants to buy up some lots and build some higher density housing because there is extreme market demand for it, tough luck. If one does’t want their neighborhood to ever change, they can feel free to purchase every lot in the town. The “neighborhood character” of your neighborhood was once just forests and cornfields. Why was it okay to ruin that “neighborhood character” to build your neighborhood, but once you purchase property, suddenly now everything must remain frozen in time?

“Do you want to live in a society where a younger version of yourself could no longer buy a home?”

That’s exactly where we are heading because of all the “I got mine, fuck everybody else” NIMBYs block more housing from being built.

“How does it make you feel to see other people enjoy the financial and physical security of owning their home?”

They are welcome to enjoy that. But nowhere does their deed say they are entitled to never have their town or neighborhood ever change.

I mean maybe you’re speaking to a different audience, but from my perspective your message seems heavy on expletives and short on the sort of cause-and-effect I’m used to, i.e. the reason you are incorrect is because of x,y,z

I doubt you care to talk more, but for posterity I will ask a few questions that I’d expect you to share.

To what degree do homeowners owe a duty of support to non-homeowners in their pursuit of homeownership?

Do you want to live in a society where a younger version of yourself could no longer buy a home?

How does it make you feel to see other people enjoy the financial and physical security of owning their home?

Yeah I doubt they could get a home for their budget but a 3br condo in melrose is (probably) achievable

Enter it just like you would any other state tax refund received in 2022.

You should have gotten a 1099-G from the state.

I just came from VT which started as a whites only cult - I promise I won't be too shocked lol.

The daffodil stems in my front yard are beginning to rise from the ground. In February. Have never seen it this early.

I work is present

Agreed, for the record I'm in the get rid of it all camp. I have nothing against the tribe and the arguments against their recognition were flimsy at best. Just disappointing to see how normalized gambling has become. Vices are fine when they are treated as a luxury, but I grew up in the area and I know what the unfortunate reality is. There will absolutely be kids in the surrounding towns that get stuck in the poverty cycle because their parents are addicts. That's just how the world works and it's sad to see us washing the blood of the past off of our hands with the blood of the future.

No, my message is absolutely accurate.

90% of the things that NIMBYs whine about, especially when it comes to new housing construction are complete and utter bullshit, and just boil down to “I feel entitled for my neighborhood/town to never have to change… I got mine, fuck everybody else.”

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I'm not a fan of it either, but the gambling genie was out of the bottle a long, long time ago.

Multiple casinos already nearby, scratchers, lotteries and keno everywhere you look, and now mobile app sports gambling, among everything else. Either get rid of all of it or let the tribe share in that blood money.

You sound like you’re more upset than articulate. Your emotions are valid, but your message is just emotion.