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I haven't been in Scarborough in so long but it has to be over 10 years minimum. I found housing there but I have no idea how the neighbourhood is. Are there easy access to shops like NoFrills? I work downtown as well so travel is going to be a nightmare but it's going to be better than my current situation.
Any locals to the area care to shed some light?
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May 27th, 2012 11:39 AM #1
Leslie and Finch .. yay or nay?
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May 27th, 2012 11:45 AM #2
there's a no frills on Finch / Don Mills.
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May 27th, 2012 12:08 PM #3Deal Addict
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[QUOTE=azndoughboi;14802249]there's a no frills on Finch / Don Mills.[/QUOTE]
How long does it take to bus it downtown? It's kind of close to Jane/Finch, so I'm a little worried. Should I be?LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked Supercooled for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 12:19 PM #4
[QUOTE=Supercooled;14802334]How long does it take to bus it downtown? It's kind of close to Jane/Finch, so I'm a little worried. Should I be?[/QUOTE]
Its nowhere close to jane and finch (even if it was, there shouldnt be anything to "worry" about). there is a housing project on the north-west corner though (sparroways)... but again, you dont have to be "worried" about anything. this is 2012, not 1992.
as stated before in the thread there is a no frills at don mills and finch (one major intersection east of leslie), there is another grocery store (i think its a galati last time i checked) north of finch towards steeles, and right at leslie and finch there's a bunch of asian (i think chinese or something like that), grocers.
as for getting downtown by public transit you could do it two ways: either you take the finch bus westbound to finch station and head down, or you could take the leslie bus (which isnt very frequent) south to leslie station, take subway to sheppard and then head down.LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked mrjun18 for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 12:32 PM #5
[QUOTE=Supercooled;14802236]I haven't been in Scarborough in so long but it has to be over 10 years minimum. I found housing there but I have no idea how the neighbourhood is. Are there easy access to shops like NoFrills? I work downtown as well so travel is going to be a nightmare but it's going to be better than my current situation.
Any locals to the area care to shed some light?[/QUOTE]
Leslie & Finch isn't in Scarborough...
Jane & Finch is way over on the west side of the city, nowhere near Leslie & Finch.
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May 27th, 2012 12:40 PM #6
You can only start smelling Jane and Finch once you get to about Keele/Finch.
Dufferin is a crap area, but not dangerous. Bathurst is ok.LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked masterhapposai for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 01:18 PM #7
Yay! Awesome place.
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May 27th, 2012 02:56 PM #8
Nay.
Its one of the foour corners of the famous gangs area. The Gangs hood is just a block north of it.
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May 27th, 2012 03:34 PM #9
Lesile/Finch is lesileville (social housing). Social housing on the north west / south west corner of that intersection. Jane/Finch the area is not, but not a good area, just an acceptable area.
Anothers here sounds like they have no idea what they are talking about.
It's not convenient compare to Sheppard / Lesile.LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked spike1128 for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 03:45 PM #10
[QUOTE=spike1128;14803105]Lesile/Finch is lesileville (social housing). Social housing on the north west / south west corner of that intersection. Jane/Finch the area is not, but not a good area, just an acceptable area.
Anothers here sounds like they have no idea what they are talking about.
It's not convenient compare to Sheppard / Lesile.[/QUOTE]
Huh? Isn't Leslieville the area downtown around Leslie and Queen East?LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked ar_ken for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 03:46 PM #11
[QUOTE=spike1128;14803105]Lesile/Finch is lesileville (social housing). Social housing on the north west / south west corner of that intersection. Jane/Finch the area is not, but not a good area, just an acceptable area.
Anothers here sounds like they have no idea what they are talking about.
It's not convenient compare to Sheppard / Lesile.[/QUOTE]
Leslie/Finch is NOT Leslieville. Leslieville is a neighbourhood west of The Beach.LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked DearSummer for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 03:48 PM #12Deal Addict
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So gang activity is rampant or what? There's a Asian plaza near there and then a block away at Don Mills is No Frills. Plus Ikea, Fairview Mall are just a short drive away.
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May 27th, 2012 03:59 PM #13
I'd say over all it's not a bad area, the housing project on the northwest corner is a kinda shady, but far from the worst.
There's also another housing project between Sheppard and Finch on the west side (the Villaways).LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked ar_ken for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 04:30 PM #14
[QUOTE=ar_ken;14803251]I'd say over all it's not a bad area, the housing project on the northwest corner is a kinda shady, but far from the worst.
There's also another housing project between Sheppard and Finch on the west side (the Villaways).[/QUOTE]
Yeah, there's some housing projects around, but they're just housing projects, not "nightly shootout projects". They're not particularly nice places but nothing to be worried about from a safety standpoint.
As an aside, is there a reason why the city loves to call streets "Bob Johnsonway" or "Red Foxway" rather than "Bob Johnson Way" and "Red Fox Way"? It just looks really weird.LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked Manatus for this post.
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May 27th, 2012 06:41 PM #15
It's not bad at all - Yes there's public housing on two corners, but within a three minute walk are million dollar homes.
I live a few of blocks north of Finch -> north of the power lines is a good neighbourhood.LOG IN TO THANK No one has yet thanked joepoonie for this post.
