The neighbourhood I grew up in 40 years ago in Scarborough used to be neat and tidy and clean.  When I visit now I see people's houses and porches and yards littered with junk and trash, place looks like a third-world neighbourhood.  I don't remember any neighbourhoods in Toronto looking like that when I grew up there.  But, Doug, maybe you've not been around these parts long enough to have a point of comparison or else, like most lefties, you just prefer your selective vision, your rose-coloured glasses.