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July 08, 2003
Diversity our strength
The Flea had no idea Toronto's city motto was so sinister. Enter Stage Right's Barton Wong makes an aside to this Orwellian assertion about T.O. and discusses the yearning to be "anywhere" else.
David Janes has just announced that he's leaving Toronto...at some vague time in the future and for destinations unknown (I'm going to take a wild guess here and say: Vienna). Meanwhile, Kathy Shaidle calls our fair city, a "northern Cuba," which goes along quite well with her predilection for bashing Canada (quite legitimately, I might add) and occasional wishing to move to the United States. I must say I'm always amused by this yearning to be "Anywhere But Here," especially since I too have at times fallen victim to this unfortunate and vainglorious impulse.
My anywhere-but-here is London. But when I lived in London I missed Toronto's skyline. There is no satisfying me. Even so, is it possible to be in NYC and long to be somewhere else?
Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 8, 2003 10:13 AM
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