Some geography lessons for those interested in place to settle in and around Toronto. We live in Brampton, which is to the West of Toronto. Brampton is a city and so is neighboring Mississauga which is to the south of Brampton. Both cities are extremely self sufficient and are great places to live for the Asian immigrant population (Indians included). Today, we traveled to the east of Toronto to a place called Scarborough.
This place is the home of some great names Mike Meyers (Austin Powers), Jim Carrey (Rubber faced Pet Dick) and Eric McCormack (Will from Will and Grace) to name a few. Scarborough is part of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area - includes the municipalities of York, Halton, Peel and Durham) and is one of the very populous parts of Toronto. At around 610,000 and growing, it is expected to soon become one of the most populated parts.
Since Scarborough is far east, it does take a lot of time to get there from Brampton, if you are dependent on public transit as we are. Even the driving distance is a fair bit, however, Scarborough is a greater attraction to most new immigrants on account of its proximity to Downtown Toronto as it is well connected by the subway and TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) buses.
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