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| In today’s edition of This City: six families defend their visions of the ideal life in and around the GTA. Plus, a 26-year-old fashion director’s nightmare date, inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our coverage on the city. |
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| Deciding where to live in the GTA was fraught even before sky-high prices and rock-bottom supply turned searching for real estate into a battle royale. Want that big yard? Better be ready to move off the subway line. Dreaming of a downtown dwelling close to work? Get used to the sounds of bickering neighbours through the walls. And yet, despite the compromises, everyone thinks their decision is best. Here, five families who are convinced that their way is the superior way. |
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| | Annika, a 26-year-old fashion director, is usually non-confrontational, but one particular Hinge match put her easy-going nature to the test. “When I told him that I worked in the fashion industry, he looked me up and down and asked snidely, ‘Why did you choose to wear shorts for our date instead of a dress?’” she writes. “It shocked me into silence.” |
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| | Doug Ford’s U-turn decision to earmark swaths of the Greenbelt for development prompted widespread outrage—plus pockets of praise—across the GTA. But what do the people who live and work on the land think about it? Here’s what some of them had to say. |
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What to read, watch and listen to in July |
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| | After more than 40 years of artistic practice, Sarindar Dhaliwal is presenting her first solo exhibition. The South Asian Canadian mixed-media artist has shown her work across the country and around the globe. Now, the AGO will display a selection of key pieces from throughout her career. Archival works, such as drawings from the 1980s to the 2000s, will appear alongside more recent additions. Opens July 22, AGO |
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| | Toronto used to have one of the best transit systems in North America. Now it’s crowded, unreliable, underfunded and dangerous. In our July issue, the inside story of what went wrong and who’s to blame. Also in this issue: Shania Twain’s Toronto years, essential stuff for the pampered pooch, the summer’s best street food and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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