The 'Burbs'
Shudder. I was out in the 'burbs last night, visiting some friends from back home, and the moment I crossed from the 416 into the 905, I got a chill down my spine... a bad chill. All of a sudden, the neighbourhoods of character disappear and are replaced by cookie-cutter homes with vans and SUVs parked out front. They always have way too many Christmas Lights, and there are no kids outside. All there is in the 'burbs is homes, malls, mini-malls, convenience stores, and street lights.... that's it.
The night only got weirder when we went to an Irish pub in Ajax. It looked just like a normal Irish pub, only it was filled with baby boomers (complete with grey hair) and they were blasting techno... only in the 'burbs. I will never move back!