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By mdrejhon (registered) - website | Posted June 03, 2015 at 10:37:07 in reply to Comment 111952
On the subject of Hess -- it has a love and hate relationship. Yes, I know about the stabbings, etc.
Hess is still, on average, a fun place for a lot of McMaster students and I respect the area's existence in the Hamilton fabric, and it should be improved (especially crime!). At least on-per-capita it is much safer than the nightscene in some parts of Toronto (e.g. Dundas and Sherbourne, not too far from former Regent Park), and look forward to seeing it re-diversify slightly from being only clubbing. Even Hess doesn't even appreciably bump Hamilton's crime rate well above certain areas of many major cities, but being a smaller city we hear more often about the incidents. But ambulance sitting in a Toronto nightclub area or even Canada's Wonderland from a stabbing or death. I know I'm statistically more likely to get killed in a car accident than stabbed at Hess, so I am not afraid to walk through from time to time, as while I am beyond clubbing, I have friends who beg me to have me take them there...
Incidentially, all the pubs/bars will be a nice bump to LRT ridership without needing designated cars or trying to catch a taxi -- Nice ridership bump -- the bar closing period -- as long as they're aggressive about cleaning up the LRTs before next morning (occasional drunk people throwing up is not a nice thought), if they plan running the LRT into bar closing time period to capture the bar-closing surge. I'm all for LRT serving the bar crowd, provided an overnight santization (And if popular, maybe nighttime ambassador to manage things).
I've since grown out of the clubbing scene, but not all my friends have, so occasionally still accompany -- and I see changes to the scene over the years in some cities. The LRT should help diversify Hess again a little bit, as it could use a more healthy mix of clubbing and non-clubbing businesses. I still remember the dangerous sections of Yonge street...
Comment edited by mdrejhon on 2015-06-03 10:50:09
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