I feel like your family too. I try to spend a max of 2-3 months a year in Toronto since all my family and friends are here. This city is great for economic reasons but pretty crap for lifestyle reasons in my opinion. If you have financial freedom there are far better places to live in Canada and other places in the world.
Almost everyone that owns a house there has a million plus net worth. To bad it's house rich, cash poor for many. Or they're working multiple side gigs to make ends meet.
Housing is expensive yes, but you have to admit Toronto is a great place to find a job and or run a business. Its a massive market place here. If you want to say screw lifestyle factors and just put your nose to the grind stone then Toronto is a fantastic place to do this.
Really? Been there done that. Need the libtards out off office. Lot's of bureaucracy, Way too many scammers.