text: Ollie: as a transplanted Torontonian some time ago,   I  can identify with your concern, however the Big Smoke and the GTA, good and bad,  despite all the ongoing nonsense, (including sports teams), is actually a great place.  I share your angst about many of our dysfunctional institutions however, it still remains the Greatest City in our wonderful country. The  Buds, nor the Globe and not even The Star constitute the city's magnificent status.