It is a great area if you ask me (and you did); you've got the YMCA right there, a huge No-Frills right in Dufferin Mall (5 minute walk), lots of parks, streetcars on College or a short walk down to Dundas, Ossington station is about a 10 minute walk (there is an entrance to the subway on Delaware, one street east of Dovercourt), lots of small bakeries and grocery stores, really good brunch at Boom is about 5 minutes from you or Maggies, about 10 minutes and Roncesvalles is a 5 minute bike ride (best delis in the city as well as lots of bakeries) and High Park is about 10 minutes from you on a bike and the lakeshore about 15 minutes or so. You are about 15 minutes to the Eaton Centre (my marker for "downtonw") by bike and U of T is about 10 minutes. You'll be surprised how central you are, even though it seems like you are in the "west end".

I grew up in Parkdale/High Park and move out of the area now and then but always find my way back. Great 'hood for cycling too and if you get up into the Bloor West area there are a lot of older, richer Europeans riding around on Colnagos and Cervelos in High Park; they'll drop you like yesterdays news, believe me. Crazy.