Where to live?

[Kontiki]

No one expects Texans to be smart.

The United Nations has defined Toronto as the most ethnically diverse city in the world. According to the 1996 census, there were at least 1,000 inhabitants from each of 106 different countries.

http://www.economist.com/cities/findStory.cfm?city_id=TO&folder=Facts-History

Toronto has the world's second-highest percentage of foreign-born residents, after Miami. While the latter's foreign-born population consists of mostly Cubans, Latin Americans, and Haitians, no single nationality or culture dominates the immigration here

http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/detail?articleId=10778&pageNumber=3

The United Nations has recognized Toronto as the world’s most diverse city with 190 different ethnic groups represented here.

http://www1.oise.utoronto.ca/cwse/humanrights_07.htm

[LordShiva]

And when the UN general assembly is in session, a small area on the east side of midtown is the most diverse place on earth.

[Ninot]

I thought Seattle would be the obvious choice. Not too long a drive to see 4 Flames games per year.

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by DanS


These fvckers are insane in NYC. 100 hour weeks are de rigeur. Having to cancel vacations is routine. Can't believe you were talked into working for them.

Sounds like I'm in for a fun summer

I'd personally pick London, but then again I really like the Britain for some reason. (I was going to say England, but I like Wales and Scotland too.)

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by LordShiva
And when the UN general assembly is in session, a small area on the east side of midtown is the most diverse place on earth.

When the UN general assemby is in session there's over 1000 people from each of 106 different countries on the east side of midtown? And they then stay there on a permanent basis? That's quite the expansionary bubble.

[Asher]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Still, with you coming from Rubesville, anyone who can speak and write English better than you probably counts as being 'pompous', eh ?

People in UK don't speak and write English better than me. They're all clueless chavs or pompous British homosexuals with a sense of arrogance only matched by the size of their buttocks.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Kontiki
When the UN general assemby is in session there's over 1000 people from each of 106 different countries on the east side of midtown?

No, but what if there are 500 people from each of 150 countries? Or 2000 people from each of 95 countries? Or 900 people from each of 106 different countries, but countries that are more geographically dispersed around the word?

It's a silly measure, and a flawed attempt to quantify a quality like cosmopolitanness.

[Drake Tungsten]

People in UK don't speak and write English better than me. They're all clueless chavs or pompous British homosexuals with a sense of arrogance only matched by the size of their buttocks.

QFT

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by LordShiva
It's a silly measure, and a flawed attempt to quantify a quality like cosmopolitanness.

Hence the "in terms of cultures represented and languages spoken" qualifier in my original post.

You seem to be under the impression that I'm claiming Toronto is a "greater" city than London or New York - I'm doing no such thing, and would never dream of doing so.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Kontiki
No one expects Texans to be smart.

The United Nations has defined Toronto as the most ethnically diverse city in the world. According to the 1996 census, there were at least 1,000 inhabitants from each of 106 different countries.

http://www.economist.com/cities/findStory.cfm?city_id=TO&folder=Facts-History

Toronto has the world's second-highest percentage of foreign-born residents, after Miami. While the latter's foreign-born population consists of mostly Cubans, Latin Americans, and Haitians, no single nationality or culture dominates the immigration here

http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/detail?articleId=10778&pageNumber=3

The United Nations has recognized Toronto as the world’s most diverse city with 190 different ethnic groups represented here.

http://www1.oise.utoronto.ca/cwse/humanrights_07.htm

The U.N. sucks.

[Drake Tungsten]

You seem to be under the impression that I'm claiming Toronto is a "greater" city than London or New York - I'm doing no such thing, and would never dream of doing so.

The T-dot isn't even the best city in Canada.

[Ninot]

Agreed!

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Asher
homosexuals with a sense of arrogance only matched by the size of their buttocks.

If the country is full of arrogant homosexuals you should feel quite at home then.

Unfortunately www.globalbuttockstatistics.org was down. Do you have another link?

[MRT144]

Originally posted by Asher

People in UK don't speak and write English better than me. They're all clueless chavs or pompous British homosexuals with a sense of arrogance only matched by the size of their buttocks.

molly bloom, he's calling you out!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Oerdin


LA would pwn the crap out of Toronto if we're looking at the total number of people from around the world and the number of cultures represented/languages spoken.

Total number? Possibly. Toronto has a higher percentage of foreign born than does Los Angeles, however. And it's almost certain that its foreign-born population is more diverse than that of LA.