Comment 59506

By Optimist (anonymous) | Posted February 10, 2011 at 12:12:19

Larry - Nice article. I think the full implications of this decision will not be known for a few years, but it never hurts to be an optimist (especially in this city!). I still regard this episode as a lost opportunity because we have drained the well to proceed with IWS2 which I don't see as bringing significant change to Hamilton in terms of spin-off, a changed image, etc. What we have done is essentially stayed where we are as a city, which isn't the end of the world, but it certainly isn't where we need to be.

I do have to disagree with the "coming together" analogy. I saw some pretty sharp divisions on display that I think are a symptom of a greater demographic divide in Hamilton rather than stadium only opinions. There is a younger, growing segment that is getting pretty vocal about the type of city they want to live in and that trend is not going away.

In the end, this is all healthy debate and life goes on.

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