Gori and Mandem: The Saga of the Dixon City Bloods

Toronto is the most populated city in Canada. The population of the Greater Toronto Area stands at over six million, with Toronto proper claiming a population of 2.9 million. The Mayor of Toronto at the time of the tale is Rob Ford, who plays a minor but scandalous role in the saga of the Dixon City Bloods. Just over 49 percent of Toronto’s citizens are classified as “visible minority groups.” A politically correct, polite, and agreeable way of saying they aren’t white. One of Toronto’s former suburbs, now assimilated into Toronto, is Etobicoke. Inside Etobicoke, on Dixon Road, which turns into Airport Road, is a housing complex called Dixon City. Technically, Dixon City is not really Dixon City, but that’s how everyone refers to it. The name of the housing complex has come to designate th...

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