Toronto must become a city of neighbours
Andrea Curtis is the author of City of Neighbors, a coming book for young readers.
With our neighbour as our guide, we became stoop sitters and park watchers. We monitored the comings and goings of dogs and children and their caregivers. We became friendly with the neighbour who sold bicycles from his garage and the performance artist up the street famous for his Silver Elvis impression. We baked cookies for kids and shared flour or butter. The truth is, we didn’t have to work very hard to be good neighbours, it was part of the fabric of the community.
Today, the story couldn’t be more different. Across the city and country we’re faced with a serious mental-health crisis, rising numbers of unhoused citizens, the horror of a teenager’s unprovoked murder in a subway station, a swarming, stabbings on the streets, more terrifying attacks on public transit.
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