Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Toronto - The Most Hated Town?

By Elli Davis


Once more, Toronto ranked 1st in a survey per Canada's biggest towns by such honourable establishments as the Organisation of Canadian Studies and the Nation's Capital Commission. Sounds good? Well, perhaps there's not such a lot to celebrate when it comes to this victory. The report found that Toronto is the least liked town in Canada, as about 19 % of Canadians marked our hometown in the most hated category.



The survey was conveyed by polling 2,345 Canadians on their perceptions of Canadian towns. This list was comprised of Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, Victoria, Quebec City, Edmonton, and Ottawa, as well as Canada in total. Respondents were inspired to grade their feelings for the towns on a scale starting from "very positive" and "somewhat positive" to "somewhat negative" or "very negative." It was also possible not to answer if the surveyed person had no opinion or knew tiny about the town.

While 19 percent showed their negative perspective toward the city, it has got to be noted that 73 per cent of respondents claimed a positive impression about Toronto. The quantity of Massive Smoke fans nonetheless , lags behind the hottest towns. Ottawa ranked the highest of the most popular cities, as 82 per cent of the vote gave it a thumbs up, before Victoria and Vancouver, with 81 and 80 percent [**].

The point that's of interest about the poll is that the dislike rate for Toronto sundry significantly around the country. For example, folks in Alberta seem to actually hate us, as 30 percent claimed feeling rather or really negative about the city. On the other hand, Albertans gave the worst ratings overall and proved to be the grumpiest Canadians when it comes to cities ' appreciation.

The respondents were surveyed online between Sep 20th and October 3rd. The margin of inaccuracy is within 2 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

Now, the question is: are we actually that disliked? Toronto frequently ranks highly on the most livable cities lists, being an excellent place to raise children, have a good time, buy a home, or work. We boast a superb music scene, and artists flock here to seek inspiration and private development. When hitting the streets, people grin at you and most certainly cannot be considered less amicable than inhabitants of other towns Do you really think there's a reason which explains why we won the least-liked category?




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