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By DanielRodrigues (registered) - website | Posted November 14, 2010 at 15:39:53

Great post Ryan. Being born and raised in London, then making the decision to move to Hamilton in '97, I'm sometimes perplexed at how Hamiltonians view London as being a better town to live in then Hamilton.

While you do state a disclaimer that the post was simply your quick impressions, London really doesn't stack that much better...I'd even go as so far as to say it's much farther down the scale than Hamilton. Ask any Londoner what "EOA" stands for...@AnotherCapitalist states it quite correctly on the gap between the rich and the poor.

London's transit system isn't exactly a model to compare against; and, probably the reason London's downtown has more students than Hamilton comes down to types of businesses. London's famed 'Richmond Row' is geared to students, with more than enough restaurants to make it a destination location. Conversely, in Hamilton we've shoe-horned our restaurants into a one block 'Hess Village' (ask any Mac student..they know where that is), but our downtown is absent of any real student-geared retail or restaurant location. We do have a bingo hall and peep show which may attract a few students, but not enough to make it a destination location!

Many thanks to @HamiltonFan for reminding me of Call the Office...yes that was a great place. The Ox Box and Junction were good hangouts as well...

Hamilton rocks!

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