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Bright Lights, Medium-Size City

SATURDAY NIGHT CHILLS
Clubbing in Canada. No, not baby seals.
BY BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND ADAM STERNBERGH

	NEW YORK	TORONTO

Party Ghetto	The meatpacking district.	Richmond Street’s “entertainment district.”
Hipster Alternative	Word-of-mouth Bushwick loft parties	That one dive bar where Broken Social Scene hangs out.
Typical Celebrity Sightings	Kelis; Shaggy; Lindsay Lohan in a scrum of people pretending to ignore her.	Ryan Gosling; whoever’s in town shooting; whoever’s in town promoting at the film festival (September only).
Implausible Claim	“I totally used to party with Warhol.”	“I totally used to party with Vince Carter.”
Post-club Ritual	Eggs at Florent, open 24 hours.	“Street meat” hot dogs from a vendor, open 24 hours. (With sauerkraut!)
Fashion Lunacy	Women: stilettos on cobblestone. Men: graph-paper-patterned shirts	Women: bare legs in sub-zero winter. Men: graph-paper-patterned shirts.
Scene Pariahs	Bridge-and-tunnel crowd (Manhattan); Manhattanites (Brooklyn).	“905ers” from the suburban area code; people from Ottawa.
Jackass Alert	Arriving in a stretch Hummer.	Arriving in a Maple Leafs jersey.
Troubling Development	Murderous bouncers.	“New York–style bottle service.”
Ongoing Industry Irritation	Meddlesome neighborhood associations.	2 a.m. last call.