Toronto Families Choosing Downtown Living

More and more parents are moving their families downtown to give their children a taste of Toronto.

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May 13, 2003, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Lisa and Rob Voutt and their two daughters, 14 and 12, recently moved to a loft downtown after living in Brampton for seven years. "We moved to suburbia thinking it was the right thing to do for the children," says Lisa Voutt, 35.''Then we realized we were part of a massive formula that just wants community members to drive around in cars and shop at Home Depots and Wal-Marts,'' says Voutt, who owns a software company with her husband. ''I realized this isn't community. This isn't life. We decided to move back.""

Thanks to Geoffrey Singer

FULL STORY: The city is their playground

Sunday, May 11, 2003 in The Toronto Star

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