I'm not sure exactly how the term " Hogtown " began aside from the fact it had something to do with the fact that a long while back it was a cross roads for pig farmers in Ontario and big piggy process'n plants were located in Toronto !
Another nick name for Toronto is... " The Big Smoke ! "
This name comes from 2 different possible answers...1. up until the 60's Toronto was about the only place in Canada that had a smog problem! 2. In the winter because of all smoke stacks and chimney's billow'n you could hardly see the city's skyline !
Now I could be wrong in my definitions as I've not been around as long as the nicknames and maybe somebody else on this tribe knows the definitions better than I !
I have my own definitions for them that I know are not the real 1's...
1. The Big Smoke....cause we have better weed laws than most places and one of Canada's best Weed Cafes is in Kensington Market in downtown Toronto !
2. Hogtown...cause there are so many sweet Harley Davidson's rumble'n around place like Queen West !

Yeah, hogtown because back in the mid to late 1800s, many of the largely Irish immigrants used to keep pigs in their backyards.

the best thing about living in toronto?

leaving toronto!

heh.