Yeah, but as an Old Toronto resident I can attest that luchadore fighting in North Market would never happen because the old folks who live here would be against it in a heartbeat. They want a cute little overpriced farmer's market and nothing more. Anything that might be even vaguely culturally not white isn't going to fly lol. One in an FB group was complaining two weeks in advance that she wouldn't be able to get to a memorial service in North York because the marathon would be shuttering streets. We can't have anything vaguely looking like a community lest they prevent their cars from moving for a morning, and frankly given how many people talk about the homeless or mentally ill I'm willing to venture far enough and say that we don't really have community in a healthy sense in many parts of our society anyway. The Danforth food fest or whatever they call themselves would rather wither away and die than accept others.
And don't get me wrong, the West End is annoying for a whole slew of different reasons - like when I'm on the King car and the Liberty village couple in full gore-tex on a sunny day get on - but it's far better for any sort of event than Old Toronto or most of the East End would be. East End is simply an older demo and with it only allows for certain kinds of events.
Except for this not being true, it's a fine screed.
'Greektown' and adjacent areas of Danforth are quite diverse.
The restaurant make up includes, Mexican, Brazillian, Thai, Shwarma, Italian, Indian, and there's Little Ethiopia just to the east.
It's not merely the businesses (and almost all participate in Taste of the Danforth) ; the area itself is quite diverse. Certainly far from Toronto's most diverse, but this ain't Forest Hill either.
Across the 4 nieghbourhoods that border this section of Danforth, on average, about 30% of residents are foreign born. Certainly well below the average for the City but hardly monocultural or lacking in diversity.
This is broadly similar to many west end nabes, from Roncy to Little Italy to The Annex.
There are also very active community groups with a social conscience, you can see that conscience in the new affordable housing on the site of Danforth Baptist. Another nearby church has extensive homeless outreach and serves free meals for those in need; there are very active groups supporting new immigrants, and sponsoring same.
There is already lots of City housing in the area (not to say enough), but this is a very inclusive community on balance.
You have skewed perception of the area that does not represent it accurately.
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All that said, how on earth did a thread about St. Lawrence Market North get so far off track? Can everyone please pipe down on silly stereotypes and jabs at different areas. It's not constructive, it's not helpful, it's generally wrong, and it's most certainly off topic.
