Why does Canada feel like it exists 10 years in the past?
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Anonymous
| Visiting family in the Toronto area. We haven’t been here since before Covid. We spend the weekend out in Toronto shopping and I can’t believe how antiquated everything feels. Everything from home decor to basic media feels so ancient; We went to three stores with whole sections dedicated to CDs and DVDs. The clothes and fashion was popular in the States years ago. I just feel like I have stepped back in time. It’s even worse in the suburbs. What’s the deal? |
Anonymous
| That sounds dreamy. |
Anonymous
| Canadians have always been frumpy and sad. |
Anonymous
You’d think, but in reality it’s sort of unsettling. |
Anonymous
While this is true, it didn’t seem this noticeable just five years ago. |
Anonymous
| I have gotten that feeling in Toronto specifically. Feels very drab. Montreal, on the other hand, is way more current and fresh. Great shopping in Montreal. |
Anonymous
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10 years is neither ancient nor antiquated.
I suggest you get off social media entirely. |
Anonymous
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So Toronto is less superficial and less materialistic than you? I think I like the Canadians even more than before.
Thoughts and prayers to you. |
Anonymous
Where did OP say they weren’t shopping? They are just buying different crap. |
Anonymous
| I'm a NYer, and this is how I felt traveling anywhere outside the city. Fashion especially is always a couple years behind. |
Anonymous
OP here. I was amazed by how much people WERE shopping. I’ve never seen stores so packed. |
Anonymous
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Smaller cities being behind bigger cities on fashion trends is a thing, but at this point 90s fashion just keeps coming around every 5 years so I don't know how you can tell anymore who is behind the times. Maybe they're actually ahead of our next nostalgia-rooted trend.
FWIW my circles are moving back to physical media because stuff keeps getting removed from streaming. |
Anonymous
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I'm from Paris. Why are you so critical? Everything does not need to be hyper-now. If it were, we would lead exhausting lives. Variety is important and I think provincial has its charms. |
Anonymous
| Have you ever been to australia? or new zealand...? gasp |
Anonymous
| I was in Quebec recently. Montreal was very "now", but Quebec City and other parts were yes, a little oldie, in the best way. I'm in a US burb myself and I love our mall, which feels like a 90s mall. I like it a lot more than the super trendy new expensive stores mall. And my mall is absolutely booming, so I think many people enjoy an older feel! |