I'm not sure where the NYC wannabe comment is coming from, but Toronto is an amazing city. I lived and worked downtown for a while, now I commute from the end of the subway line out to the burbs where I work. The traffic is definitely on a different level, but I usually get home in 38-41 minutes despite commuting across the city. I've also got the option of taking the subway if want to sit and read for over an hour each way.
The thing I miss most is access to the mountain Parks. It's something we all take for granted while living in Alberta, but on their own they lift up our quality of life quite a bit.
Toronto itself has everything a foodie could want. The only place I've traveled to where the food was better is Thailand. North American Thai food is just not the same without the local fresh ingredients I guess. Otherwise you can never keep up with the amazing food options available to you. Half the population is foreign-born, so you can imagine just how diverse the food scene is.
Entertainment wise, Toronto always attracts the major acts, usually near the front of the line when a show leaves Broadway. The Canadian opera company puts on great productions at the four seasons center downtown. The escape room companies have the best rooms I've seen, and I have done a lot elsewhere. And it's always fun to go to a Jays game and eat a helmet of ice cream!
It's also not as far to visit Montreal, Boston, NYC, Chicago etc. It's 1:45 to drive to Buffalo in case you cannot ship something to Canada. Niagara has some great wineries if you want to go for a bike tour. (The falls are a ####ty tourist trap).
Overall moving here was the best decision I've made, but I still do love Calgary.
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