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I love your story Tiberious (!). You do have a real sense of place. It's funny how people gravitate to the familiar. I ended up in The Beaches area of toronto, and mostly because of its connection with the water. And it's feel. I lived in Kitsilano while in Vancouver, and while going to Queen's I was in the lakefront area of Kingston. To me The Beaches brought back all of that, except that there is more of a neighbourhood feel here than the impersonal-ness of Kitsilano, and much more of a cross section of activity than there was in the (primarily sophomoric) environment of the Queen's student ghetto.
The neighbours on my street actually party together. We convene for impromptu verandah parties or BBQs where much booze and pot goes around. Many kids of all ages ( toddlers through university) live on the street, so it is very vibrant, and the parents are a cross section of blue collar (school custodians) throught to white (laywers and film producers). There are two gay families, one with adopted children, and three mixed race families (chinese/white, black/white, chinese/philippino). Last July 1, we collected over $500 amongst us, and put on a fireworks display with pulled pork BBQ in the middle of our street for Canada Day.
I couldn't think of living anywhere else where I can go windsurfing and tobogganing on the same day (i really did this!!)
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