Toronto the Good (and not so good)
September 4, 2007Sometimes I love the YYZ — we’ve got a green bin composting program, Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market, and tons of organic, local food. Our cycling culture is also pretty strong, considering we’ve got snow for at least three months a year. And I especially get all warm and fuzzy when I see stuff like this:
Look how cute and happy our police look riding around on their bicycles! (here’s the Flickr link to it)
But then, I’m also frequently reminded that I don’t live in a perfectly green city. My friend Meghan snapped this photo the other day:
It was taken in what used to be a grassy park by the lake — now, it’s been turned into a makeshift parking lot for people in the suburbs to leave their cars while they hang out at The Ex, eating myriad forms of high-fructose corn syrup wrapped in non-biodegradable packaging. Then, when they’ve finished winning useless stuffed toys and riding sketchy rollercoasters, they go and toss all their junk in the overflowing trash cans. Sickatating!
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