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Where to live in Toronto and York Region, pocket by pocket.
Two streets in the same GTA postal code can be very different places to live. School catchments, lot sizes, the age of the houses and the commute change from one pocket to the next, and so do prices. Moe Asgarian goes through the cities and neighbourhoods Iranian-Canadian families ask about most, including Richmond Hill, Aurora, Newmarket and North York.
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Frequently asked questions
How should I choose a neighbourhood in the GTA?
Start from your daily life, not from a map of prices: where you work, which schools matter to you, and whether you want a house or a condo. Shortlist two or three areas, then visit each on a weekday morning and on a weekend before you look at a single listing.
Why do prices differ so much inside one neighbourhood?
Most of the gap is the land. A wider or deeper lot, a quiet street instead of a busy one, a ravine behind the house or a better school boundary can separate two homes that look alike from the curb. The house itself is often the smaller part of the difference.
Which GTA areas do Iranian-Canadian families choose most?
North York and Richmond Hill have the longest-established Persian communities, with shops, restaurants and services along Yonge Street. Many families looking for more space at a given budget move north to Aurora and Newmarket, and keep their ties to the Yonge corridor.
Photo: The David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, by Mhsheikholeslami, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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