Anyone here from Toronto or Los Angeles?

[QUOTE="King-Saddam"]

I go to UofT majoring in politics and history....go now. Stay away from scarborough and jane and finch it IS Canada's Compton, Missisauga, Oakville, Ajax are nice areas with reasonable costs.

Toriko42

[QUOTE="King-Saddam"]

I go to UofT majoring in politics and history....go now. Stay away from scarborough and jane and finch it IS Canada's Compton, Missisauga, Oakville, Ajax are nice areas with reasonable costs.

Toriko42

I live in LA. You're making a mistake if you go to USC.

UCLA is in a better area (Westwood>>>>>>South Central, both in things to do and general safety...you don't have to worry when walking down the street about getting shanked). UCLA is also cheaper and a better school.

Panzer-schreck

This. UCLA is in a nicer neighborhood and is closer to Hollywood and all the major streets like Hollywood BLVD, Santa Monica BLVD and Sunset BLVD... plenty to do there.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="King-Saddam"]

I go to UofT majoring in politics and history....go now. Stay away from scarborough and jane and finch it IS Canada's Compton, Missisauga, Oakville, Ajax are nice areas with reasonable costs.

gameeer1

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

Los Angeles is a third world dump.

AHUGECAT

- Non-stop ghettos. Los Angeles has the worst ghettos in America/Canada. Compton, Watts and East L.A. makes even Detroit or Harlem look like paradises.

- Gangs. Crips, Bloods, MS-13, etc. etc. were all born in Los Angeles.

- Tons of illegal immigrants. Tons. If you do not speak Spanish, you do not belong here.

- Big gap between rich and poor, almost no middle class (except a few areas in the Valley like Reseda, Canoga Park and Encino). You're either super poor or super rich.

- Smog you can cut with a knife (though has gotten better).

- Tons of traffic, you cannot understand how bad it gets. If you are supposed to be somewhere at say, 8 AM, leave 2 hours before.

To be honest though L.A. is better than what it was 10-20 years ago, but still has a lot to improve. Downtown is actually becoming OK (though still way too ghetto and trashy), and places around it like Echo Park and Silver Lake are actually livable now. Even infamous cities such as Compton and Southgate have significantly lower crime rates.

I highly agree, it's like your living in h3ll.

Visited both cities on multiple occasion (Toronto way too many times). Personally, aside from the cold weather, I'd say Toronto is a much better place. California is all about San Diego my man.

[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"] Care to say whysonic__323

- Non-stop ghettos. Los Angeles has the worst ghettos in America/Canada. Compton, Watts and East L.A. makes even Detroit or Harlem look like paradises.

- Gangs. Crips, Bloods, MS-13, etc. etc. were all born in Los Angeles.

- Tons of illegal immigrants. Tons. If you do not speak Spanish, you do not belong here.

- Big gap between rich and poor, almost no middle class (except a few areas in the Valley like Reseda, Canoga Park and Encino). You're either super poor or super rich.

- Smog you can cut with a knife (though has gotten better).

- Tons of traffic, you cannot understand how bad it gets. If you are supposed to be somewhere at say, 8 AM, leave 2 hours before.

To be honest though L.A. is better than what it was 10-20 years ago, but still has a lot to improve. Downtown is actually becoming OK (though still way too ghetto and trashy), and places around it like Echo Park and Silver Lake are actually livable now. Even infamous cities such as Compton and Southgate have significantly lower crime rates.

I highly agree, it's like your living in h3ll.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Jeez, I've never heard natives of an area talk so poorly of it before, but I've heard such great things. Sigh :( I was really considering USC but now I don't know. I really wanted to move to America for a bit to see what life is like on the other side. magicalclick

Good stuff MrPuffa777, thanks a bunch of that! [QUOTE="Panzer-schreck"]

I live in LA. You're making a mistake if you go to USC.

UCLA is in a better area (Westwood>>>>>>South Central, both in things to do and general safety...you don't have to worry when walking down the street about getting shanked). UCLA is also cheaper and a better school.

Toriko42

Yeah, bite the bullet and pay a few bucks for the SAT test. Most colleges require SATs...I didn't know USC didn't. Guess you can get by the private school system without them and just ACTs. You're right about it being super-selective, though. If you're ultimately choosing between SC and Toronto, just go to Toronto. But honestly, you should at least try for UCLA if you're an above average student. Or maybe go for Santa Monica City College for a couple years, kick ass, and transfer to UCLA.

Panzer-schreck

Toronto, i visited my family who live there last summer, and its amazing. Moving there hopefully in a few years.