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Originally Posted by yaletown_fella
Great points. Ive noticed the Markham side is more old money-ish.and secular (or "kosher on passover" conservative types. Similar to Forest Hill South. Now I realize why.
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Some have described Bathurst St. as the Diaspora's biggest contigious Jewish community.
Bayview/Leslie developed as a secondary alternative I think because Bathurst hit a bottleneck before Vaughan opened up in the early 1980s. It had appealing housing that attracted a lot of affluent non-Orthodox Jews (and South Africans who were arriving immigrating at the time). Though that area is less Jewish than it used to be.
As for Bathurst, I'd say it looks something like this (roughly):
St. Clair to Eglinton: Wealthy, established, Reform and Conservative
Eglinton to Sheppard: Very Orthodox
Sheppard to Steeles: Very Russian
Vaughan: Orthodox, Russians, Israelis
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I guess one could also compare Haliburton to the Catskills, NY
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Wouldn't Lake Simcoe (Balfour Beach) or the Kawarthas (Pontypool) be the closest TO equivalent?