The perception throughout the rest of Canada is that Torontonians consider themselves to be the "center of the universe". Now that I have been working here for the past 10 years, I know this is an exaggeration: they just think they're the "center of the solar system".
On any given day, the Toronto Sun is nothing if not entertaining in the way it highlights this attitude. A recent scan of three "Letters to the Editor" provided me with perfect fodder to put together a "top ten" list and (not coincidentally) a caching puzzle.
Top Ten Reasons Why Toronto is the Center of the Solar System:
10. City Council guarantee: "We will spend all our budget surpluses, or double your money back!"
9. The two Chinatowns are the best sources of cajuput oil in the western hemisphere.
8. Although tourist attraction Yonge Street has been often-sundered by annual construction projects, it is still considered to be "The Longest Street in the World".
7. Taste of the Danforth: everything you've heard, and more . . . expensive.
6. Proud to have the world's seventh most ridiculous real estate prices. (And rising!)
5. During rush hour, faintest sensation of movement can be felt on the Don Valley Parkway.
4. We're not as inept at holding world conferences as we appear!
3. After Carter homered in Game 7 to win the World Series, "Jays Fever" lasted until at least the second game of the regular season that followed.
2. On unsunny days, the CN Tower still offers a great view of the smog.
1. Remarks about how badly the sports teams are doing always make for lively conversation.
Congratulations to Paul n Susan for the FTF!
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