What is bad about Toronto?

Toronto is a great city. It is the city with Canada's largest population, therefore the most concentrated area in the country by far. With large population comes the need for a crucial transit system and a decent mayor. Well, guess what? The presence of both necessities lack in Toronto!

The transit system is run-down, in a meanwhile, it is crucial to the lives of Toronto residents. Not everyone is wealthy enough to buy cars, not to mention the astounding down town parking fees. The working class and lower class would then have to consult to the Toronto Transit Commission for their daily work schedules. On work days, an average of 1 million people ride the "rocket". The average person who is employed full time takes at least 10 times of public transit a week. Two per day, there and back, then multiplied by the five designated work days. Out of these 10 times, there are at least TWO times(Two times is an understatement)  in which the announcement radio utters the familiar news that goes something like, "There has been a ___________(fill in the blank hazard/incident/area) that is currently under maintenance. Scheduled trains will be restored as soon as possible. Sorry for your inconvenience."  I'm sorry but, if you were really sorry, you should focus on how to reduce these absurd delays, that would be the best apology for everyone. I have been on way too many of these occasions. I wonder, though, as developed as the city is, why is there the lack of effort to build a better system? The new train is under way but what about the tracks? 

Rob Ford is entirely another matter. There has been many recent shootings during the past week in Toronto. The most significant one occurred at a Scarborough community barbecue in which two were killed and 23 others injured. To this, Rob Ford says, "Kick out the immigrants!"  I couldn't have pulled off a better one. That is only a start to the list of ridiculous things that he had done. When it was clear that he definitely will not put in any effort to reduce these violent crimes, the federal government did. Guess what Rob Ford said, heck with the $350,000 fund that is going to initiate a gang intervention project and became the only cabinet member that voted against the programme even if it does not cost the city anything! Instead he said, "It's time for us to declare war on these violent gangs."

The Toronto mayor had won the municipal election, in my opinion, only because of a lack of initiative by the Toronto citizens. During the 2010 elections, there was only a 53.2 percent turnout rate.This is surprisingly an advancement from the 2006, 39 percent and 2003, 38 percent. We have to care about the city, if we didn't much of the citizens did not even take their own effort in casting a vote, they are in no position to complain.