16 Things You Only Know If You Live In Toronto

Wanna go to Cold Tea?

1. The TTC will always be the bane of your existence

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You're either going to be an hour late, or an hour early.

2. How cool it was to be on Speakers Corner

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Gone too soon

3. Why this house is so important

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and how exciting it is to drive past it.

4. Your love/hate relationship with Sneaks

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It's so fun to badmouth, but you know there's no substitute for a King's Crown.

5. It's the worst city for any and all sports fans

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Yet you'll pay the most for your tickets out of any other team in the league. Hope you don't like winning!

6. Java House always seems like a good idea at the time...

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But then suddenly you've accidentally had 4 pitchers of beer and you hate yourself.

7. That Drake by no means "started from the bottom"

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I love you, but you grew up in Forrest Hill, sweetie.

8. How exciting this was

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So beautiful...so rare...

9. The best part of Nuit Blanche is 4am last call

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And if you suggest otherwise, you're just awful.

10. How incredible the music scene is

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July Talk? Pup? Alvvays? The Arkells? You remember seeing them at The Horseshoe.

11. There's no excuse for eating at Jack Astors

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But the heated patio at Y&D is alright, I guess...

12. Remembering where Cold Tea is during the day is harder than finding Platform 9 3/4

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And they open whenever they damn well feel like it.

Speaking of cold tea...

13. You know the true meaning of "cold tea" in China Town

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Especially when you were 18

14. The 24 hour streetcars are by no means 24 hours

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Unless you enjoy waiting 45 minutes at Queen and Jameson.

15. Dance Cave was only acceptable when you were seventeen.

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Period.

16. How truly great this man was

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Everyone in Canada loved him, but especially those of us who live in Trinity-Spadina. RIP

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