Quick straw poll; Toronto?

[curgoth]

Quick poll for the readership: can folks name anything about Toronto that has gotten better in the past five years? Ten years?

I'm just thinking about gentrification and the corresponding death of music and unselfconscious weirdness. Various cons relevant to my interests have either withered or flat out died. Neighbourhoods I am used to thinking of as "my" neighbourhoods to hang out in are unrecognizable.

But surely I am focusing on the negative, as is my wont? Can anyone on my flist think of some place, event, or organization that is more fun than it was in the past? Surely, there must be something out there that has gotten niftier?

Comments

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

There are way more options for organic groceries, and as a result, buying them is lot more affordable. More and restaurants are using organic meat, fish and produce only.

Lots of lovely little cheese shops have opened in the past few years.

Soulpepper is a truly world class theatre company.

After a rough start, Luminato is turning out to be an good multimedia art festival.

As for clubs, Neutral has gone from being someplace I was vaguely aware of to being a happening club that is always packed. They've renovated to accomodate events like Fetish Masquerade.

Nocturne tried to be a Euro-trash bar, but the freaks wouldn't leave so they're now hosting more and more freak-friendly events.

New clubs - Wrongbar, Disgraceland. The west end has really become quite the place to be. Good thing I live there. ;)

[curgoth]

Ok, good - this is what I needed to hear. There's still night life, even if it's not night life that is convenient for me.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Aw c'mon, Parkdale is only wee bit further west than Queen and Bathurst. ;) And Disgraceland is right at Bloor and Ossington.

Also, I hear Velvet is still worth going to. There's an all ages goth night called Dystopia Darkwave - I think it's the 2nd Tuesday of every month.