[local] Walk left, stand right

[sabotabby]

Spacing Magazine is publishing a book on Toronto etiquette, and they want your help. The responses so far are pretty adorable in their bureaucratic mindset (as one comment points out: "Interesting that the Marrakech and Montreal examples were ones of true social interaction and most of the examples in the comments could be codified into a bylaw. We’re still Toronto The Prim then…")

I really don't think we're as cold and rude a city as people claim (though, of course, it depends on the neighbourhood) but we are long overdue for an etiquette guide. Go forth and contribute! I'm looking especially at you, zingerella.

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[lovableatheist.livejournal.com]

As an outsider to Toronto who has moved to the city, I can vouch for the non-cold and non-rude nature of the city. I'd be willing to bet my left nut that a huge majority of people who like to complain about Toronto have never spent more than a weekend here.

As for etiquette, walk right, stand left is a big one. A bigger pet peeve of mine though are those who wait for the bus inside subway stations while everyone else waits outside and feel that they can just come outside and jump to the front of the line when the bus comes (I'm looking at you York students who take the 196 to York from Sheppard!). They've made my short list of people to put up against the wall once the revolution comes.