I'm very familiar with a lot of things Toronto. It has the propensity to be way bigger and better than it is, but is it held back by the pervasive feeling that it is big and good enough. So I agree with the author even if it sounds like he is contradicting himself at times.

One thing I have heard is that there is less of an "angel investor" mentality here than in Silicon Valley, investors aren't willing to dump money in the most longshot of ideas here, and are much more risk averse. It does mean there are fewer extremely dumb projects getting crazy amounts of funding but it also means that potentially groundbreaking ideas could also be stifled.

I enjoyed the blog post, but I don't really care about where Toronto ranks in terms of its impact on global culture. I want a nice and affordable city for the people that live here and other (new) Canadians that come here. I really like the cultural diversity. I feel like that is Toronto's main selling point. We're among the most diverse cities in the world. That's the thing I have the most pride about

I mean he's right about toronto being boring. I have no interest in going downtown at all. That also maybe because i have been anti-social over the past while.