Comment 34479

By rusty (registered) - website | Posted October 06, 2009 at 11:17:16

What's curious - to me anyway - is that people actually seem to enjoy living in Mississauga. My work colleague commutes by GO every day to Toronto. She lives in a high rise. She loves the place. She says it's affordable, easy to get around and there is 'lots to do'.

'If I want to have a drink or walk around' she tells me, 'I go to Toronto'.

I asked her about McCallion and the local political scene and she just shrugged, 'I'm not intersted in that'

I get the sense that Mississaugans are not necessarily proud of their town - they don't seem to get much identity from the place - but they do like the affodability and convenience it offers. Some of them may look down on 'proper towns' like Toronto as being scary and crowded. Mississauga appears to be a nice compromise for a lot of folks - close to TO, not as far and expensive as Oakville, and not as rough as Scarborough. It's a shame that this is enough and I wonder how much it will change once the green fields are all used up.

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