The reality based on what exactly?  Transit projects, NONE planned for my neighbourhood and the Toronto Star considers us a transit desert.  New city funded projects, well, Don Mills will get a new arena in the next few years, maybe.  That is still 6 km away at least from my house.  More social service agency funding for my area, the least in the city according to a Toronto Star article in spite of the fact that we have high need areas to the south in Victoria Village.  Toronto is an extremely divided city depending on where you live, and money outlays from City Hall do seem to concentrate on the core over the inner suburbs.