Toronto’s Top Google Searches Are So Brutal Even Michael Scott Would Be Proud

Toronto is a dump. Boom, roasted!
‘Toronto Is A Dump:’ Google Searches About The 6ix Are Completely Ruthless
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There are tons of reasons to be proud of Toronto, but apparently, some internet users feel a tad differently.

A quick search for Canada's largest city on Google will offer up some pretty impressive burns worthy of The Office's own roastmaster king, Michael Scott himself. 

In fact, most of them were straight-up ruthless.

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Toronto is a lame city. Toronto is a war zone. Toronto is a hell hole. What is going on here?!

According to Google, these searches are totally legit.

Google uses common and trending search entries to create these suggestions, as well as results that are related to your location and previous searches.

This means that there are people out there —  and not just a few people — who really think Toronto is a dump.

As for the top Google searches about Canada, the results were more reasonable, and of course hilarious.

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    Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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