How far away from downtown Toronto can I live in?

How far away from downtown Toronto can I live in and still have the benefit of good public transportation to bring me to/from downtown everyday? What areas are we looking at? And how big a radius is feasible?



Thanks.How far away from downtown Toronto can I live in?
it depends How much u can pay for monthly rent. Average one bed room appartment in

Parliment and danforth %26amp; surrounding area 700 to 950 $(its almost end of down town)

bayview and Danforth 750 to 950(closest to down town)

Thorncliff park drive 650 to 1050(10-15 mins from down town)

don mills and eglinton and surrounding area 750-950(15-20 mins from down town)

2 bed room Basement of a house 750-850
If you want to take Toronto transit then anywhere in Toronto will get you downtown. If you want it to be fast then you should either live close to the downtown core or along the subway line.

http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/

GO Transit runs outside of the Toronto area as far away as Hamilton, Guelph (bus), Georgetown (train), Stouffeville, Barrie, Richmond Hill, Oshawa, etc.

http://www.gotransit.com/

The Greyhound Bus can pick you up from Kitchener but this is an hour and a half ride only if the weather is good.

http://www.greyhound.ca/en/

My suggestion is to live as close to the downtown core as you can. It makes commuting much easier.How far away from downtown Toronto can I live in?
You can even live anywhere that's not downtown, for example, in the west end of the city, Etobicoke, and take a bus or walk to Kipling subway station, or whichever closest to you. If Scarborough, which is east end of the city, there are Kennedy, Warden, Victoria Park subway stations, especially RT routes. It's all up to you where you want to be, and how you want it to be. It also depends on rental inquiries. Such as a 1 bedroom, say... 650.00, and close to bus stop, then you're in luck. Hope this helps.
The subway is the fastest/easiest way around. I'd stay near the subway line. For me, from yonge/Davisville to Union durring morning rush hour was about 20-25 minutes by Subway. From the west end, from Islington/Bloor to Union was about 45 minutes by subway.



The other alternative is the GO train. I used to take that fairly regularly, I would get the Lakeshore eastbound train from Mimico (in south Etobicoke) and be a Union station in less than 15 minutes. If you have the kind of job where you know you are going to start and finish at pretty consistant times then the GO is a great option. However if you have the kind of job the you frequently need to stay late then it's propably not so good as the schedule is pretty limited sometimes and before or after rush hour it's pretty much one train an hour. It is fast though if the schedule works for you. All the shedules and routes are on there website.



Also, maybe this isn't for everyone but I used to ride my bike to work a lot in the spring/summer/fall, it was great. about 80% of my ride was right along the lake %26amp; out of traffic. I could get to downtown from Lakeshore and Islington (south Etobicoke) in about 35-40 minutes, of course you'll need shower facilites at your work to make this option feasable.



Here's a bike path map if your interested:



http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/map/



Also, I think Capri's time estimates are a little low, I personly do not know anyone who could get from Don Mills and Eglington to downtown on public transit in 15-20 minutes.



Good Luck.

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