Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
I usually think of Toronto as being a smaller, less densified version of NYC. Outside of the downtown core and the original city, there isn't much that's interesting about this place since the rest of it is suburbs build for cars. NYC on the otherhand seems to have alot of interesting places to see and not just Times Square.
Is that right? Can you share who planned and is carrying out your mythical "great reset"? If you know what the plans are, surely you have some factual evidence you could share so you don't just sound like a tool, right?
@@TheSeeker225 I’ve been to so many places all over the US.. including LA and Chicago and there are a lot of “hoods” there that you wudnt even know were hoods cus they look like such nice areas. Where Charlie is filming here, u can tell right off top that its not a nice area
@@worstcase519 Toronto is much worse than it use to be, but even so its still much better than most every major US city in terms of safety and crime rates. Just sucks that Toronto is going downwards towards becoming more like a US city than being better and becoming more like many peaceful and safe cities in Asia.
I used to live in and work at downtown Toronto up until last November, and Dundas and Church St and Yonge are little different. That being said, I miss the place. Magic mushrooms and movies were everything
Before they knocked down the Lakeshore off ramp i could get from East York to West Toronto in like 20 minutes, now its at least 45 minutes, an hour if you're lucky.
@@evaone4286 There would be less traffic on the Gardiner if they would have the balls to knock down the old Gardiner and build a brand new one, but make it a triple decker. First deck would be for traffic to downtown as it is presently. Second deck would be an actual expressway that bypasses downtown almost completely for those who want to go from east to west and vise versa. Top deck would be a new park for people and cyclists to use to get around easier and to enjoy. Unfortunately no politician would want to do that and some portion of the public would object to a bigger newer expressway even though it would greatly help with traffic. Instead we're spending a couple of billion or something like that just to fix a small portion of the old Gardiner instead.
hitting all the crack hot spots around Sherbourne. This is about as decrepit as it gets. Sitting beside a warm smelly garbage bin on a hot summer night with a bunch of people jonesing.
i visited vancouver like 6-7 years ago and for the most part it was fine but i took the bus through some realllly sketchy areas and it was probably the worst place ive ever seen/been through. I didn’t get off the bus there but yeah, vancouver’s sketchy areas are something else
The city is beautiful at night with the purple, aqua, and blue lights twinkling like diamonds against the blackness of night. Sad to see so many homeless on church steps, but it appeared they were being fed by the lady behind the food cart, happy to see that at least.
@@unixrebel It's a hard call. I don't think anyone wants to live on the street and they do need food to survive. Many aren't in a position to work due to mental illness, drug addiction, or being handicapped. Even those who have none of these issues but fell on hard times due to eviction, etc. have a very difficult time finding jobs when they don't have a physical address to fall back on. Take me for example, I'm an artist and one of the fortunate ones. My place goes for twice the amount of rent that I actually pay. If my landlord would have doubled the rent on me like Many people have had to deal with based on inflation, I'd be in trouble. I lucked out and apparently have a kind landlord who didn't stick it to me (not yet). If he had doubled the rent I couldn't have stayed. Then what? All the rents out there are just as high and I'd be in a Catch22. So I can absolutely see how people end up out on the street.
Not everyone is homeless for the same reasons. Better watch what comes out your mouth because one day you or a close loved one could be in this same situation and may you be met with the same ignorance you put out.@@unixrebel
@@lahoya32 Unfortunately these people want to destroy everything that made us who we are today. Any form of cohesion and social fabric needs to come down for individuality. Then they wonder why people end up lonely or drugged out on the streets.
0:25 used to be the Canada Tavern. And in the 1800s my cousins owned what it was then. Great dive tavern in the early 90s. Abandoned for years. Just rotting.
I literally live here. Grew up in regent here and beaches, im 40.i sold coke in 90s with Jamaicans but changed my life around. That church needs to go tbh. Its literally all people eating from them and stealing 24/7 Alllllllll the thiefs around the city come down here to sell.... The pakistani electronic store on corner buys stolen electronics constantly...... Its BAD..... Rapes murders yearly..... Whole area needs revamping like original regent park... Im fact when they tore down regent and rebuilt it they moved alot of that action few blocks west to sherbourne du dundas..... Take the church down..... Also tougher courts.... More surveillance October 12th at 3pm Queen's Park i have peaceful protests planned....... I put posters up Centrist movement. Guardians.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
Feels weird Other cities in America you might feel off, and still I feel comfortable watching this video, it’s bad. Yet still going down to Spadina to get Chinese food you don’t really think much about getting jumped. I’d say it’s right place right time. Go in with a task, do it and leave. Sucks to see how many more homeless have been accumulated in downtown Toronto. Our economy really has suffered
My wife and I honeymooned in Toronto in 1981... We stayed at the Inn On the Park hotel ( it has been torn down and replaced by a newer one further away )... We took in the sights and 25 yeers later, we visited again... And in 2024...How far it has fallen !☹️
Sherbourne and Dundas and the rest of east Downtown was a drug infested shit dump in 1981, the same as it is in 2024. I grew up there, I would know. This guy is just doing laps around the block and trying to paint the whole city like that.
It looks like you are on the Gardner. You will probably end up over by Jane and Finch. That is supposed to be the heart of the Toronto hood. Rotate maps of Chicago and Toronto together when you get a chance. The layouts of these lakefront cities are eerily similar. Chicagoland is bigger. But, the bones of each city are almost carbon copies of each other, rotated at 90 degrees.
They should head to Hamilton then too if this is what they do!! Same with certain areas of Brampton, or even Malton,ON. (Not Milton LOL) He also easily could’ve driven around Weston, Jane&Finch etc although yes Sherbourne is also not the greatest. I’m from Mississauga but go to Toronto enough to have seen these places lol
Sherbourne & Dundas isn't a place to hang out unless your looking for something or you have some business to take care of. I was a streetcar operator for 9 years downtown and there are certain area's you dont stop in. Other than that Toronto is still a safe city when compared to other major cities in Canada. If you look for trouble you will find it. So in having that said just keep to yourself, mind your business and nobody will mess with you. I love my city and its still beautiful!!
Excellent drive around video! I moved from Queen and Bathurst to Kingston Ontario in 2001 at 30. Your street scenes were compelling and reminiscent for me. The good, the bad and the ugly. ✌️❤️🇨🇦
At 7:45 you're driving through the boardwalk of regent park, im 32 now but i grew up here as a young punk kid from like 13 up, 90% of my acquaintances growing up are deceased or in jail; The first night chillin here we seen some dude get shot like 22 times siting on the bench at the boardwalk there... which never really stopped just became normal.
Good thing that the redevelopment of Regent Park seems to have helped that area a fair amount and crime and violence seems to have gone down in that neighborhood.
saw a lady once at dundas and sherbourne who was clearly high af and losing her mind after a streetcar refused to open the door. she smashed like 3 of them streetcar windows with her bare fists and gtfo the streetcar. she was nice as hell though and apologized to me for the disturbance she's caused. bless her heart.
Toronto should use this video to attract tourism. Living in Toronto, I would tell Tourists to try a different city. Sure this video was in the sketch areas but it doesnt get much better near the Eaton Centre.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where at Wrestlemania 6, the Ultimate Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan for the World Wrestling Federation Championship....the good old days of wrasslin'.
Congratulations on the video, it was excellent, Canada is a wonderful country, I hope to visit it one day. I started a channel here on RU-vid recently and record in the same way here in Brazil. I signed up, I will follow you from now on, I look forward to your next videos, you are very good. A big hug !!!🙂
as a little girl I used to visit Toronto a lot. I only live 3 hrs away. now as an older women (34) I wouldn't even be able to express this is the same place. With all the flashing screens and fancy buildings homeless line the streets, many never have a home cooked meal in years. It reminded me of Tokyo Japan with the screens, but it looks nothing like this at all. I feel sorrow watching this, my childhood smashed. I never realised until becoming a mom myself, my parents are right, cherish your childhood, things are a lot different as an adult. The degradation of society is unbearable and I always feel so hopeless. All I want it to help everyone. My own small town is full of the homeless.... this is so gut retching
It is not the same city I lived in 10 years ago. It's a mess now, with garbage and homelessness everywhere. This is what Trudeau has done to this country. Smh
This area is actually a lot better now than it was 10 yrs ago. I stayed in Moss Park in the late 90’s/early 2000s and it’s not as many junkies out on the streets like it used to be and crime is down (most Regent projects were torn down, and that knocked murders n violence way down) Be thankful for what u have and stop blaming everything on Trudeau
Yes, every city has it's terrible areas and you hit them all in the middle of the night. Congratulations. Tear the city down if you want, but it's a beautiful city. Certainly one of the best in NA.
I remember discovering your channel in 2016 when I was getting out of foster care and seeing my parents in Toronto. You could walk around Sherborne and Dundas all day no problem. Now I don't even trust going to the city without a knife or a chain
You parked at the store I used to go to all the time. Sherbourne and Dundas, is nuts, and has been for as long as I can remember. The homeless people straight up grab shit off the shelf and walk out, every day, and the workers are like, screw it! It's a scary place at night, too. But surprisingly, I've never had any problems with the people. Maybe I'm just lucky? There was this crazy tweaker girl who used to come up to me and bum a smoke. She was zoomin, every time I saw her. She's one of the people who would beg outfront the store and then when she got enough cash, she'd go inside, make a scene, and steal some shit. Then she would run out and dart across the road, almost getting hit. So one day, a few years later, I was watching dashcam videos, and what do you know? There she is, getting hit by a car, at that very intersection, likely after doing the same thing she always did... She was hit at low speed, luckily, and seemed fine. The dash cam was a car or 2 behind the vehicle that hit her, but you could see it clearly and I recognized her walk and frame, instantly. I admit it. I busted out laughing.
Toronto is the epicentre for the gta, the largest populated area in Canada, sorta cool to see this tour for people all around the world to see this great city
Yes, our downtown has declined. Yorkville is nice (clean streets and sidewalks, few homeless people) but 95% of our city core has cracked sidewalks, crumbling streets, condoms and needles on the ground and homeless people. The video shows Sherbourne Street, which is the worst of Toronto, but most of downtown is suffering. In season 3 of "The Wire," a police officer lets people do what they want in three parts of his precinct, then keeps the rest of it clean and safe. I wish we could do that here. Some people are addicted to drugs and do not want help. I wish we could contain them to several areas, and keep the rest of our city core clean. Lastly, I visited Chicago in 2022 and their downtown area was impressive: clean sidewalks, smooth streets and few homeless people. If they can do it, we can do it.
Wow. I lived in the GTA my entire life and feel so blessed to have grown up around there since the 80's. Didn't we almost have it all eh? My first Jays game was the Ex and leafs game was MLG. Then they built the Skydome and later the ACC. I was at the last leafs game at MLG against Gilmour and the Hawks. We played hockey outside vs Ryerson and shut the street down. Some old guy told me a bunch of crazy stuff about Ballard while I drank whiskey in the alley. I saw Jordan play basketball in the Skydome. Been to Canada's Wonderland for electric circus 😂 lol. I watched Vince and Tmac tear it up. After Damon Stoudemire and Zan Tabak laid the foundation. Without a doubt I'd say NAFTA really has deprived us of our heritage. Globalism is all well and fine if it worked but it hasn't and we used to be a safe space for all people who left their problems where they found them. Now it's just so tragic
I have some of that area in the other Toronto video from 2 days ago. And I’ve filmed there in the past. I do have some footage I may post. People don’t realize it’s difficult to do this kind of filming there because it’s a big wide suburban type setting on fast busy streets, with shopping malls, etc, and now they got that train going down through there. You have to drive fast, the buildings and people far from the street. It takes a few days there to get good footage. You have to drive up into the individual apt parking lots etc sometimes people out, sometimes they not. I’ll probably have to park and walk to get good footage there.
@@CharlieBo313 Good evening Charlie.What is your overall opinion of Toronto....or Canada as a whole perhaps....maybe compared to US cities...anything that really stands out?
@@CharlieBo313do walking videos of grandravine and driftwood housing projects - cant drive through but its huge to walk and shows the real Jane and finch not the busy street which is safe
As a Black American who was born and raised in Baltimore i listen to Canadian hip hop one of my favorite artists is Kardinal Offishall and I've heard him speak in interviews the Toronto accent was heavily influenced by the Jamaican accent the majority of Black Canadians in Toronto are 1st and 2nd generation born Jamaicans the Toronto slang is basically patios forreal like they say "tings" "bredren" "fam" "wagwaan" (i know probably spelled it wrong lol) all that is patois forreal when they came they brought the slang with them
@colossus112785. Toronto "slang" is actually, from Jamaican patwah/Jamaican Creole. "When they came they brought the slang with them" No, it's not a slang, it's a language.
@@maryjs4878 No one stole or "wants to be" anything, Caribbean's and East Africans came over and shared the culture and the people grew up in the same neighbourhoods as them ended up appreciating it and using it, since that was their environment. Black Canadians in Toronto have been speaking like this since the 80s for the longest time, but it was just in certain areas of the GTA, the big problem now is that TOO MANY people force it and make it into a caricature of what it actually is.
Sherbourne & Dundas. I used to pass that intersection every night on my way home from late night security shifts. I’m sure street cars still hate stopping there lol.
It sure isn’t the T.O. we used to cruise on Friday nights in the late 70’s. I don’t even recognize it anymore (haven’t lived there since the late 80’s)
I grew up in this area Sherbourne & Dundas brings back a lot of memories. That convenience store used to be a 7-Eleven, George’s chicken just west on Dundas if you’re a real Toronto native then you know!!!
It's crazy you drove past the worst McD's in Toronto and nothing was happening at the time MENTAL! Escorts, drugs, gangs and guns usually found there, also drunk clubbers and night owls. It really makes for a diverse circle of life.
welcome to canada! you went right to the worst part of town hahah. that part of the gardiner is gonna be under construction until 2027, swear there is traffic there 24 hours a day now
I was born and raised in Toronto, grew up in Metro housing. Moved out of the gta last July. Best move i ever made. Sure there are homless and drugs in my new city but that shit dont bother me, grew up with it. I love having to deal with no traffic and when you go downtown its empty and quiet. People are very nice and polite still for the most part. Its on a bay.and has a river running through it.
I was born in Hamilton Ontario and Left in 1990 came back in 2018 I thought I was in Toronto! lol! we used to not have anything to with Toronto shit! I moved to St Catherine's Ontario in March 2024! gun violence, Homelessness and Cracked out Crazies! I was like this is Trudeau doing it was not like this before he was Prime Minister! it's a worlds different here in St Catherine's it's not perfect but has a lot more peace to it!
Hamilton here and you wouldn’t believe how bad it is here now! Tents everywhere! Hamilton was always low income but not like this! Now it’s high income for roach places.. I blame Trudeau also !! It wasn’t lie this ten years ago
@@izzydeadyet7336 Amen Brother I was poor and single mother life and close to street life and dead end loser friends who really not friends in the long run! but pure Hamiltonian when we had our own culture and identity not to be messed with and not give up! But everything changed and even our heritage and unique buildings are pretty much gone! there no pride anymore or to fight for it! There lots of buildings for the homeless and treatment not harm reduction is more important for the homeless right now you cant band aid the problem and hope it goes away and get better that's the spirit of inaction! period and tolerance! and enabling the problem! its only making things worse! its all our responsibility not just the governments we are not socialist for the most part they want us to depend on them! lol they can't even solve their ow n personal issues and through money at that too now no one knows where the money is going except in someone's pocket lol it's not a money problem it's people's heart attitude problem
