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One of the many wonderful things about big, cosmopolitan cities, is the diversity that is just so illustrated each time you step into one of the different neighborhoods. In New York City, although there is still the all encompassing feeling of being in New York, it feels just a bit different depending on whether you are standing in the middle of Koreatown or Little Italy. This is the case in the Canadian city of Toronto . I had gone to visit a friend of mine who had just found a great apartment to rent , a loft actually, in downtown Toronto, and day we spent the entire afternoon and well into the evening just walking around the neighborhood, stopping for a bit to eat here and there. The neighborhood, I found out, is involved in a Canadian program called the Business Improvement Association . One of the largest in the entire city of Toronto. This means that what you intuitively feel when you are spending time there, is real. It is made up of the business owners in the neighborhood. They do not compete for business, they come together and brainstorm about ways in which to improve business for everyone. They pool their financial resources in order to make certain that the streets and buildings and parks are attractive and well cared for, making their neighborhood a great place to be overall. They want Greektown to be a fun and a great place, to shop, to go out for dinner, to play ball in the park, and to go to the theatre. This is one of the largest Greektown neighborhoods in all of North America, and is the one with the largest population of Greek people, second only to the country of Greece. So it is no wonder that there are of course many Greek bakeries, lounges, cafes and stores located here. It was a marvelous first day in Canada for me, just a great introduction to a great city.

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