Parkdale, however, an inner-city neighbourhood just six kilometres west of downtown along Lake Ontario’s shore, has long been an outlier. We’re losing the community we built over years Tenzin Tekan, Parkdale Community Legal ServicesOver the years, poverty and marginalization became deeply embedded. Photograph: AlamyIt’s a narrative of numbing sameness from which no city – no desirable city, at least – is immune. Merrill told the Toronto Star he was rescuing a terrified property manager from an angry mob. On a bright day far from Parkdale, Somasale is haunted by a past to which she can no longer connect.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2020 13:00 UTC