Ending Chronic Homelessness

[Acitta]

Roca News - based out of the US - has started a short form video series on YouTube highlighting the utter decay in Canadian cities. So far they've released two videos, one in London and one in Hamilton. I'm not sure if they'll do one on this region although it would be one hell of a story, but it's still a good up close look at what a mess we've chosen to create.

London, Ontario:

I know from experience that downtown London is much worse than anywhere in Waterloo Region, but I think that this video gives a very narrow view of an otherwise prosperous city. There are plenty of nice neighbourhoods in London that are not like this. While I am not crazy about London, it is only because it is too car centric compared to Waterloo Region. If they filmed in London during one of the festivals in Victoria Park, like Sunfest for instance, they would have shown a very different view. They could have filmed at Covent Garden, which is much nicer than Kitchener's downtown market or a neighbourhood like Wortley Village which is near downtown. I suppose that if they come to Kitchener they will spend all of their time filming at Victoria and Weber and skip King St. downtown and Uptown Waterloo. I won't comment on the Hamilton video because I have never been there.