Toronto traffic is nasty enough that seemingly every celebrity who visits has something to say about it, and even though some locals may simply accept it as just a part of living in the city, most are pretty darn sick of it, too.

The latest complaints come from those who have made the dire mistake of trying to leave one of the city's most popular summer music venues, Budweiser Stage, by car with the expectation that it would be a smooth trip.

One news anchor who travelled by car following a concert at the waterfront site on Thursday says it took them an unbelievable 1.5 hours to get to Queen and John streets — a trip that is usually about 10-15 minutes by car.

Nothing is more peak Toronto than the 1.5 hours it took for me to get from Budweiser stage at 1030pm last night to to Queen&John - a 4.4km drive. The traffic in this city is so excruciatingly painful and unfixable. It was a vivid reminder why I moved out of Toronto 2 years ago.

— Jamie Gutfreund (@JamieGutfreund) August 16, 2024

"Nothing is more peak Toronto than the 1.5 hours it took for me to get from Budweiser stage at 1030 p.m. last night to Queen & John, a 4.4 km drive," the aggrieved eventgoer wrote on X Friday morning.

"The traffic in this city is so excruciatingly painful and unfixable. It was a vivid reminder why I moved out of Toronto two years ago."

Their story was so relatable that the post amassed over a whopping 810,000 views, 2,000 likes, and hundreds of comments and shares, many from people who chimed in with their own Toronto gridlock horror stories.

But, just as many chastised the non-T.O. dwellers for not taking transit, riding a bicycle, or walking.

There are so many parts of the City I never go to because they are too hard to get to by car and I’m not going to take a bus.

— Curty Lazarus (@l_curty) August 16, 2024

"Nothing is more peak Toronto suburbs than thinking that driving is a good idea in this situation," one person wrote.

"Suburban conservatives demand an urban city, which they don’t contribute taxes to, go out of its way to cater to their suburban lifestyle choices," another said. "Have you tried maybe seeing concerts at Casino Rama or other similar car-friendly venues? Why do we need to subsidize your choices?"

Still, another called the person's plight a case of a "skill issue," pointing out that taking the Lakeshore West GO Train from Exhibition Station and then the Line 1 subway from Union would have taken less than 30 minutes and gotten them to where they needed to go with just "a little walking."

The poster eventually added some backstory in defence, saying that when they lived in the downtown core for many years, they took the TTC, biked and walked everywhere, and generally drive now because they "have kids to drop off at daycare" and have relocated their family to Thornhill.

"We took an $11 Uber from 299 Queen to Budweiser — no problem. Plan was to Uber Or taxi back to work after the show to pick up my car...  we walked most of the way. Was simply highlighting how paralyzed our city is."

But, the explanation did little to quell the negative comments.

Your city is Vaughan or Markham. Toronto is paralyzed because of poor land use and transportation choices in the region. We need tolls. Meanwhile, you can rethink your choices or leave your car at a statiom and take transit in. I’m not sure what else to offer you.

— Antoine Belaieff (@abelaie) August 18, 2024

Still, certainly no one was denying the city's unbearable congestion problem during the online conversation, and there seems to be little doubt that it is only going to get far worse — but that planning accordingly and not being a part of the problem is key.