By: Stephen A

Stephen A — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:20:50 +0000

Overall I agree with what Gina has to say however, I do want to bring a few alternaive ideas to the “table” if you will. The Chinese who have come to Canada did not chose it over the United States, it’s MUCH easier to come to Canada. All you have to do is open a business here and employ a few people. Actual numbers seem to change; ie., the number that you must employ and the amount you must invest. I have heard $30,000 investment! So the choice that the Hong Kong people have made to come to Canada is one of expedience.
Please also remember that it is MUCH easier to open a restaurant in New York than in Toronto. In Toronto the laws are so restrictive that the wonderful scents created by amazing culinary experts is considered offensive in Toronto and delightful in New York. Pass by a resto here and you will never smell what they are cooking. New York lures you in OR forces you to pass by because you rely on your senses.
I accept the fact that NYC is PROVINCIAL, however, it is for the most part because it is singularly entitled to be so. Bashing one of the great cities in the world because it may not have a great Chinese Restaurant is like saying Chicago is a second class city because its Pizza is thick. New Yorkers are not easily impressed. Perhaps that may explain some people’s success and or failures in that unique city.
I will close with this: I would rather have Mayor Bloomberg running Toronto that Constable Miller.

Comments on: Go East Young Man — Susur bashes NYC

By: Stephen A