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'''Toronto''' is the largest metropole city of in [[Canada]] with above over 5 millions million inhabitants in the ''Greater Toronto Area''. It is also the capital city of [[Ontario]]. It is a fabulous city worth visiting, with a vibrant musical and cultural scene.
== Hitching Out ==
=== East toward [[Oshawa]], [[Kingston (Ontario)|Kingston]], [[Ottawa]] and [[Montreal]] ===
Hitching out of Toronto is difficult, but not impossible. Try to avoid hitching within city limits, as this is an approach sometimes used by prostitutes to acquire customers. It's best to take transit to one of the smaller centres outside of the city. GO transit (www.gotransit.ca) has regular trains leaving Union station downtown Toronto for Oshawa. Get off at the Oshawa train station, there are onramps onto the 401 nearby (20 mins unpleasant walk). You can wait there for a ride. Oshawa also has it's own public transit system that can get you further east. Have a sign for points east, as there is a lot of local traffic in the Oshawa area.
Alternatively, you can get aboard a Greyhoud bus for Peterborough, or a ride VIA rail into Cobourg. Both of these cities are well out of the GTA and are easier to walk to good hitching points. Onramps onto the 401 in Cobourg are good spots, and if you find yourself in Peterborough, the junction of HWY 115 and Lansdowne st, where HWY 7 begins, is a good place to begin travels towards Ottawa. Highway 7 between Peterborough and Ottawa is notorious for being a bit tough to hitch on, though I personally have never had difficulties on it.
Also, there is a large service station off the 401 near Bowmanville, which may be a good spot to get a lift east.
NOTE: Kingston is well known for being a jailing centre, there are more than 10 prisons in the area. It is a very, very difficult place to get picked up from. If Kingston is not your destination, consider taking a ride that gets you well beyond it. Though, if you're curious, Kingston is one of Ontario's most charming cities, despite all the jails!
=== SouthWest toward [[Hamilton]], [[Niagara]] and [[Buffalo]] ===
=== North toward [[Barrie]] ===
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