I think it would be shorter to list the similarities between the two...
truth is, I was raised there. I know the streets and corners and even if the store fronts change I still know exactly where I am. I have happy memories related to the places I am. I'm comfortable walking down the street and taking public transporation. I cannot say the same of Montreal. Here, I've always struggled, always been lonely and always been uncomfortable on public transporation.
Looking over the city from the escarpment was quite nice. If you imagined that you were in the nineteeth century, you could see the clouds of smoke billowing from smokestacks as a sign of hope and progress.
Sometimes, I bet it must be nice to be unavailable to the world. Is there a particular mentionable reason your friend Neela has made herself unreachable?
It's rather unwise to be decadent when you're still a student.
Let's say you're fifty and things are falling apart and you're burning your retirement money early. That's quite all right. You can afford to pour money down the drain, because you'll be senile by the time you're destitute.
I would say it's the opposite. If you are decadent as a student, you can graduate and then pay off your debts. If you are retired then you suffer because your earning potential is low.
Also: being senile and destitute is a really really bad combination. Senile folks may be able to think straight but they certainly feel pain and hunger and loneliness.
I think the end to most decadent lives, in the olden days at least, was to commit suicide. Or to lose a duel. It's far better than going to debtor's prison.
Hamilton is a dirty, mismanaged city that unfairly annexed my hometown. I was born there, and went to a private school there up until grade six, but I do not consider myself as from there, although the amalgamation in 2001 means that technically I am.
Despite the general unpleseantness of the city, there are many spots in and around the escarpment that are still quite nice, and a few spots within the urban areas that are still worth exploring.
"Dundurn Castle" is about as much of a misnomer as "Hamilton Mountain"; to make an unfair generalization, the city is unsure of its real value and long ago resorted to such self-aggrandizing.
I'm being overly negative. Sorry. It's a knee-jerk reaction when people bring up Hamilton.
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I would never consider doing it in this city, but drop me off anywhere in/around Toronto and i'd happily take off alone to play for hours.
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truth is, I was raised there. I know the streets and corners and even if the store fronts change I still know exactly where I am. I have happy memories related to the places I am. I'm comfortable walking down the street and taking public transporation.
I cannot say the same of Montreal. Here, I've always struggled, always been lonely and always been uncomfortable on public transporation.
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Some pretty buildings left, though, I agree. And I will always have a soft spot for the view from the escarpment in the Fall.
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Let's say you're fifty and things are falling apart and you're burning your retirement money early. That's quite all right. You can afford to pour money down the drain, because you'll be senile by the time you're destitute.
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Also: being senile and destitute is a really really bad combination. Senile folks may be able to think straight but they certainly feel pain and hunger and loneliness.
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Despite the general unpleseantness of the city, there are many spots in and around the escarpment that are still quite nice, and a few spots within the urban areas that are still worth exploring.
"Dundurn Castle" is about as much of a misnomer as "Hamilton Mountain"; to make an unfair generalization, the city is unsure of its real value and long ago resorted to such self-aggrandizing.
I'm being overly negative. Sorry. It's a knee-jerk reaction when people bring up Hamilton.
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