Wherefore art thou college?

Class has started up again. It's nice enough. Well, the actual class so far is hideously boring as we are covering absolutely nothing new, but the profs are nice and approachable, and the campus downtown looks really pretty. Probably 'cause it's getting to be a lot like summer. Summertime makes everything look pretty.
Some things I've noticed about UofT downtown:
-there are way more East-Asian people
-there are way fewer brown people
-there are slightly more white people, and slighlty fewer black people than at UTM
-the campus is really spread out - a lot of walking is required
-the people aren't as friendly
-it's a lot harder to make friends (as a result of the last two factors mentioned)
-the guys aren't actually any cuter (which is a real shame)
-there are trucks parked in front of the campus that sell Chinese food (it's good too)
-people ogle you more
-the Second Cup server dudes aren't nearly as friendly as our Tim Horton's ladies (in fact, they're downright rude)
-there are fewer trees
-there are way fewer flowers and patches of grass
-there is no pond
-the lecture hall I'm in is smaller and more uncomfortable then the UTM ones (it is next to near impossible to extract yourself from your seat once you're in it until the end of class because there are approximately 2 inches in front of you that you can utilize to squeeze by people - and forget about crossing your legs if you're over 5'8)
-the washrooms aren't as modern (you actually have to flush the toilet yourself. Sacre bleu!)
-the kids are nerdier (6 stayed behind the other day to talk with the prof. Uh, hello? We've only covered research methods thus far, children. And one of them actually asked the prof if the course was hard and whether he should pick up another one instead. GPA nerd. The only other guy that stayed behind kept STARING at me. It was unnerving. I think most of them are a tad socially retarded because when I asked the girl next to me how many slides we had to go, she just kinda looked at me, looked at her paper, and completely ignored the question. Weirdo.)
-there are 15 males in the class, which means that I have a 10:1 (girls : guys) ratio to contend with. This isn't much different from UTM, as girls far outnumber guys in the Psychology Specialist program, but UTM makes up for it since you are able to meet people that aren't in your major because we have a total of 3 common areas that EVERYONE from EVERY major congregates in all the time. You end up running into the same people from different majors repeatedly as a result = more exposure to guys. St. George is severely lacking in this respect. The only people you can ever hope to run into are those that you see in class... and that's mostly girls. You see the dilemma.
-Rush-hour traffic on the TTC is hideous. Being sardined between an old black man asking me about school and a 40-year-old fat white man sweating all over me is not my idea of fun. But, it saves me $4.50 a day in what would otherwise be spent on Sauga transit... so I guess it's worth it?
-there is a lot more variety in terms of what to eat since a bajillion restaurants and fast-food joints are within walking distance (if you like to walk a lot), and it's kinda cool that you're right downtown - everything is accessible. It's not like suburbia where you're stuck in one place for the day because everything is too far.
Still, I miss my UTM :( With the five-minute walk, and the trees, and the flowers, and the pond, and the fields, and the bunnies, and the people I know :( Luckily, this is only for 6 weeks. And it's something new, so... that's always good, right? It'll be over before I know it. And I get to see fellow UTM Frosh Leaders this Sunday... oh, and Saturday if I go to that party, so that'll be my UTM fix for the next little while :)
I suppose, if nothing else, what will come out of this is the conviction that I definitely, positively, irrevocably don't want to switch to the downtown campus at any point, and then I can give my dad a good reason for it like, "I went, I saw, I hated, so no."
But maybe it'll grow on me. All the potential is there, people just need to stop standing with their arms crossed staring off into the distance or deep into a book...