Laggard on the lake

摘要

FEW cities these days have the cachet of Toronto. It ranks high on lists of the world's most "liveable" cities (the Econo­mist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist, put it fourth last year). Drake, a popular rapper, is an enthusiast for his home town. Lovers of diversity are attracted to Canada's biggest metropolis. Yet native Torontonians who have moved away are strangely resistant to returning home. John Tory, the city's mayor, who tries to lure them back, says they give two main reasons for saying no. The first is that the jobs are better in places like London and Hong Kong. The second is that To­ronto's public transport is much worse.