Originally Posted by
jloome
No one thinks less of Toronto than Torontonians, and Canadians in general, when it comes to comparing it to other places. I've lived all over the world and most people have a more cosmopolitan view of Canadian cities (particularly Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver) than Canadians do. I've talked to lots of people from the U.S. and Europe over the years and Toronto is viewed as a major city. It may never be in the same breath as London, New York, Paris and Rome, but that's a facet of history; Los Angeles is romantic to Europeans because California is tropical to them and the city enormous. It's not viewed as a "great city" though in the way that New York is.
In fact, most Europeans I've talked to would put Toronto, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago et al and every other big city a rung below New York.