Buffalorising has been redesigned.

I'm a bit confused what the point of UM:TO is. Is it to get more people to visit Toronto? Is it to get people to look at good things about Toronto and bring ideas back to Buffalo?

I am sorry but I do not think much of Toronto or the rest of Canada. The last time I visited Toronto was not a pleasant, fun-filled urban experience. Instead I found it to be very cold-hearted and unfriendly and horribly over priced. Everything costs an arm and a leg. Plus I experienced a lot of anti-American attitudes from Canadians. I was made to feel very uncomfortable in that city. You can have Toronto and you can have Canada. This proud American is staying in his own country and supporting the American economy. Canada is only a close friend when it is politically convenient for them. It is time for Buffalo to develop closer relationships with fellow American cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Toledo, and Detroit. We don't need those hypocrite Canadian nationals.

Yeah and what's with all that money in different colours?
And just what is a "colour" anyway?

And sure there's plenty of beer, but where's the trash littered on the streets?
Where's the graffiti?
And don't get me started about their lack of flying bullets!
Some urban experience!
Robert is right. Gimme a Buffalo or Toledo any day of the week.

Hey, will there be an Until Monday site for Toledo?
I'm getting so sick of reading that stale ToledoRising site. They just blame all their problems on the fact that Frank Lloyd Wright never designed any buildings there to create an unstoppable tourist magnet 100 years later. Sad really. Perhaps some new event based calendar type Ajax-y-ish kind of thing could cheer them up, eh!

Um, stupid question, but what does "Until Monday" mean? It suggests a site promoting weekend tourism to Toronto rather than a site for residents.

I have visited many large cities all over the world. Toronto is perhaps one of the very best with some of the friendliest people I have ever encountered. They are not perfect but they have sure done alot of things right. We could learn alot and need to form a closer connection with the world class city of Toronto.

Hey Regina and Sean. While the name Until Monday specifically references the weekend, hopefully it also evokes the broader idea of recreation--of one's own time. The site is written by tuned-in residents and the primary audience is other residents looking to do things in the city they love. But we also think the site will be of interest to people in surrounding ares like WNY who are frequent visitors of TO.

I have to completely disagree with Robert. I go to Toronto ALOT and every time, I have had a wonderful time. The city is very easy to navigate, it's pretty clean and remarkably safe feeling no matter where you go. There is so much to do and I have found the people to be fairly nice and helpful. Robert says the people are unfriendly--has Robert ever been to NYC??? Don't let Rob's bad experience dissuade anyone from going--he must be a real downer to hang out with.

MeliQ,
For your information I have been to both New York City and Chicago and I was treated fairly well in both those great cities considering the fact that they are both huge, major urban hubs. If you love Toronto and Canada so damn much why the hell don't you just pack your bags and move across the border. I am sick and damned tired of hearing about how great Toronto is when the truth is that it is not that great of a city and they only want us Americans for our pocketbooks.
Once them two-faced Canadian nationals drain our wallets, its Yankee go home. It is high time for us to stay on our side of the border and visit differant cities in our own country and support our own economy. There is more to see and do in the good ol USA then probably any other country in the world. What is wrong with spending a weekend in Cleveland or Pittsburgh and sampling what those two great cities have to offer. MeliQ I might be a downer in your opinion but you definately are brain-dead.

Robert:

Let me guess - you're a republic bush supporter...abd all the crap that goes along with that...

Toronto lacks an identity. It seems sterile and completely void of any attitude, good or bad.
Kind of like a movie set.
The shopping is weak the restaurant scene is weak and everything closes early and on the weekends.
A better urban experience is a little farther away in Chicago or NYC.

I just went to Montreal and found a better Canadian experience. Nicer people, beter restaurants and a true sense of culture.

John Marko,
For your information, I am a proud moderate democrat who is strongly opposed to the Bush-Cheney administration. I consider this current republican administration the absolute worst in recent US history. You sound exactly like the Canadian nationals accusing anyone from the US as being Bush-Cheney supporters before they know the facts. This is one of the false accusations that has made me very distrustful towards our neighbor to the north. The anti-American attitudes of many Canadians is a major irritant because they sure love to copy the US rather than trying to be themselves. It is much easier for Canadian nationals to blame us for "crushing their beloved national identity" and soveriegnty later on rather than look at their society's own shortcomings and coming up with solutions themselves. This is why I do not care for either Toronto or the rest of Canada, I do not hate them. I just do not trust them.

I agree with Robert, I've never met a friendly person in TO. If you really want to go to a Canadian city, make the longer trip to Montreal. Friendlier people and a great city to boot!