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Brampton resident here. It’s a living nightmare. You know why our insurance is the highest in the country? Indians drive drunk. If you are white teenager you cannot find a job unless your last name is Patel or Singh. Most Indians are friendly and I don’t have a problem with them. They come to Brampton because in Punjab they have posters of Brampton on their travel agencies to be among their people. Now the guy on the bike, lmao. Thanks Tyler for making the bike guy our white ambassador. Brampton resident here. It’s a living nightmare. You know why our insurance is the highest in the country? Indians drive drunk. If you are a white teenager, you cannot find a job unless your last name is Patel or Singh. Most Indians are friendly, and I don’t have a problem with them. They come to Brampton because in Punjab, they have posters of Brampton in their travel agencies to be among their people. Now, the guy on the bike, lmao. Thanks, Tyler, for making the bike guy our white ambassador.

As a Brampton resident, the newer Indians, are giving the good ones a bad reputation. It used to be more multicultural city and immigrants actually assimilated with the customs of, Canada. It’s pretty much 90% Indian now and about half of those don’t show signs of assimilating. Drivers here are so bad man! I’m convinced that a lot of them just pay for it. 😭 Their cuisine is good though, so, I’m grateful for that. 😅

White Brampton millennial resident who grew up in 99.9% white East Coast here- this video does not provide an accurate representation of the entire city. It shows a tiny sliver. Brampton’s crime levels are lower than most other GTA cities. I feel safer here as a single woman than any other city I’ve lived in. There are Indians calling back home to their families in India in the middle often the night and they often go outside so as to avoid disrupting the sleeping members of their household. This makes me feel very safe bc I know there are normal ppl out late at night and it dissuades criminals. For the population size of Brampton, the homeless population is very low. There are folks who do sit in front of that church - tho it’s not at all dangerous like you said. There is a homeless enclave hidden in the woods behind a shopping plaza too. I see almost no homeless ppl. The biggest problem about Brampton and other suburbs of the GTA is that there are many scammers. They scammed their way into buying homes with fake T4s. They scam the CRA by not claiming their rental income so they tax evade. They use all this extra money to buy more homes which they rent out and fraudulently put them under their family members names to avoid designating them as investment properties meaning they don’t have to pay capital gains tax when they sell. T

Just wanted to say, I’m a white Christian, and a Brampton resident and a high school teacher in here and I love the diversity of culture that Punjabis bring to the community. I’ve worshipped in Gurdwaras with friends. It’s great. \n\nTo me, this is a testament to what Canada and Brampton has to offer the world. All are welcome!