Reincar nailed most of my points in his post regarding B-Town. I was born Jane/Finch moved to Chalkfarm for most my childhood, then Jane/Sheppard till I was 17ish then we headed off to Brampton in 03. Area was good, at first.. but affordable homes brought all the dirt from Jane/Finch. My moms bumps into people all the time from back in the day, when she's on the transit. The burbs areas of Brampton (ie: McVean, Castlemore, etc) are pretty nice and you can get some very nice homes which would cost you damn near a milli in DT T.O., for less than half. Sauga is getting just as expensive too, their condo prices are outrageous now. Ajax is too far East for me but the homes for the prices there are pretty attractive. Regarding rent, there aren't many condos in B-Town, but the ones that are run about $1200 for a 1-bedroom or so, and climb from there. Most are right at Queen/Dixie (near me).