The purpose of this paper is to present some empirical findings on the impact of accessibility (distance) on theatre going in Toronto. The author postulated that the residential location decisions of consumers with strong preferences for performing arts are influenced by the easy accessibility to this type of consumption in terms of the time and money cost of travel. The author concludes that the above premise holds for a rather narrow segment composed of high income and highly educated groups of consumers. The majority of consumers attach much greater weights to the consumption of housing and other commodities, which are primary factors in choosing residence.

The purpose of this paper is to present some empirical findings on the impact of accessibility (distance) on theatre going in Toronto. The author postulated that the residential location decisions of consumers with strong preferences for performing arts are influenced by the easy accessibility to this type of consumption in terms of the time and money cost of travel.