Hceux
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So tell what city you live in, and where the good parts of the town and bad parts of the town are? I'll start.
Kingston, Ontario.
The good parts of Kingston, the old city, is anything between Princess Street - the main drag - and Lake Ontario. Why? Because of this area consists of a leading university, of many well-built large brick and/or limestone homes, and of the proximity to the downtown core. Yet, it has a "bad section": the student village - that's self-explanatory, I believe. Otherwise, the housing prices are ridiculously high in this area. Maybe even ridiculous by Toronto standards! 8-!
The bad parts of Kingston, the old city, is largely anything north of Princess Street, all the way to hwy 401. I can't even think of a small street that's decent. Oh, there's a small block or two of an old street that is considered decent, but it's often overlooked. The housing stock, in general, is not as healthy or structurally sound as those that are found south of Princess Street. Otherwise, it's a sad-looking entrance for anyone to drive down any arterial streets that branch off from Hwy 401 and goes into the old city of Kingston. :-#
As for the rest of Kingston - aka the suburban city - it is largely considered to be "good." However, I'll admit that socio-economic classification is visible in different suburban neighbourhood. For example, McMansions for the uber class are in one area and 1960s single-floor monotonous-looking bungalows for the lower middle class are in another. There's not enough arterial roads out there so the roads are just so full and congested. Huge tracts of land kept aside for institutional pruposes are partly a blame, I believe. Anyways, the suburban growth are found both in the west and in the east ends of Kingston (as they're divided by the Catarqui River), but there is more in the west end as the east end area is largely constricted by the CFB (Canadian Forces Base) that sits right in the middle of the area AND by the fact that there's only one street that crosses the wide river (other than jumping on the Hwy 401 bridge). :-\
Perhaps if this thread gets going, I'll share my thoughts about my hometown... :-b
Kingston, Ontario.
The good parts of Kingston, the old city, is anything between Princess Street - the main drag - and Lake Ontario. Why? Because of this area consists of a leading university, of many well-built large brick and/or limestone homes, and of the proximity to the downtown core. Yet, it has a "bad section": the student village - that's self-explanatory, I believe. Otherwise, the housing prices are ridiculously high in this area. Maybe even ridiculous by Toronto standards! 8-!
The bad parts of Kingston, the old city, is largely anything north of Princess Street, all the way to hwy 401. I can't even think of a small street that's decent. Oh, there's a small block or two of an old street that is considered decent, but it's often overlooked. The housing stock, in general, is not as healthy or structurally sound as those that are found south of Princess Street. Otherwise, it's a sad-looking entrance for anyone to drive down any arterial streets that branch off from Hwy 401 and goes into the old city of Kingston. :-#
As for the rest of Kingston - aka the suburban city - it is largely considered to be "good." However, I'll admit that socio-economic classification is visible in different suburban neighbourhood. For example, McMansions for the uber class are in one area and 1960s single-floor monotonous-looking bungalows for the lower middle class are in another. There's not enough arterial roads out there so the roads are just so full and congested. Huge tracts of land kept aside for institutional pruposes are partly a blame, I believe. Anyways, the suburban growth are found both in the west and in the east ends of Kingston (as they're divided by the Catarqui River), but there is more in the west end as the east end area is largely constricted by the CFB (Canadian Forces Base) that sits right in the middle of the area AND by the fact that there's only one street that crosses the wide river (other than jumping on the Hwy 401 bridge). :-\
Perhaps if this thread gets going, I'll share my thoughts about my hometown... :-b