08-08-2016, 12:21 PM
(08-06-2016, 02:24 PM)BuildingScout Wrote:(08-06-2016, 02:02 PM)ac3r Wrote: Kitchener itself may be slow to grow and much of it is old and in need of investment, but it has a distinct atmosphere in its core with the manufacturing history and the evidence of that everywhere (in buildings, preserved mechanical works, sculptures) alongside the modernisation. Whereas Waterloo seems to have no real direction. It's just growing and building to accommodate students. IMO Kitchener will ultimately remain the a more distinct part of the region in the coming decades.
I don't know. Northdale is starting to come along really nicely, with various restaurants and eateries opening up. Plus it is surrounded by two universities, a college campus and the R&D lands on the North Campus and Phillip. Sure, ugly buildings along King st were not the best start, but it is not like plywood boarded up DTK is putting up that much of a competition either.
Bottom line, the region is growing and several places (Northdale, Uptown, DTK, DTC) look much better now than they used to look twenty years ago.
ac3r's point is that Kitchener has more of a clear direction, I don't think he's making a claim about the niceness of any particular area.
That said, I don't think UTW is much better than DTK in terms of boarded-up buildings (cough, cough, post office, cough cough).