Toronto vs. You

For eight years of my life I lived just 131 kilometers away from the capital of Ontario. Toronto. And it was great. I didn’t necessarily go there often but, I did go the chain of cities leading up to if from my city. Ajax, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Whitby. Thats only a few. Going to metropolitan area whose population is 2.79 million from a city that’s population is only a small fraction of that size is exciting the first couple of times. after a while it’s just life. If you haven’t had this experience, then it probably would be way different for you, coming from Okemos. It takes some getting used to. For example, the smell is not like it is here. Ha! Not at all. Pretty much every time you go into the meaty parts of the city you get wafts of garbage, or sewer. But it’s not all the time, and after a while you don’t even notice. When you walk down a street in Okemos you maybe pass five people every two kilometers. In Toronto, you pass five people every second...and that is not an exaggeration. Crossing roads is hectic yet a pleasant sight because  you see so many heads bobbing with diversity in the crowd. You can picture every race unified into one crosswalk, and that’s a basic Toronto street. I could go on and on about how one day in this great city can change your view, but I won’t because I don’t feel like writing a novel today. But think about this: Would you be one to handle the bustling streets of Toronto firsthand?