>>My neighbour goes to Toronto daily and woof… he leaves at like 5am to avoid the traffic.
And therein lies the rub. The 401 and 403 (heck, even the QEW and most other major highways) were (and still are!) so congested that it was a deciding factor to moving away from Toronto.
The only other place that reminded me of my days in sitting endlessly in stop-and-go traffic on major highways in Toronto was LA, which is a different major North American city famous for its gridlock.
And therein lies the rub. The 401 and 403 (heck, even the QEW and most other major highways) were (and still are!) so congested that it was a deciding factor to moving away from Toronto.
The only other place that reminded me of my days in sitting endlessly in stop-and-go traffic on major highways in Toronto was LA, which is a different major North American city famous for its gridlock.