04-11-2018, 11:37 AM
(04-11-2018, 08:18 AM)jamincan Wrote:(04-11-2018, 08:12 AM)jeffster Wrote: Nah, he's right. Waterloo trash talks DTK, that's no secret. That's why is "Uptown" Waterloo.
Wait, what? Uptown is Uptown because it's uptown. How is that trash talking? You have Uptown and Downtown; they're just opposite ends of one pole. I don't think it has any value implications.
Maybe, but I don't think that was the idea Waterloo had. By definition, 'uptown' means "in or towards the northern part of a city or town, especially if there is not much business or industry there". Though in the caveat that it's a pricier part of town as well. Although perhaps strictly speaking, it's accurate of Waterloo.
Having lived in both cities equally, (as well as The Hammer, and Scarborough), though, you notice the pride for the 'uptown', even if it referred to the entire city. It was the same in Hamilton, you either live "up the mountain" or "down the mountain". "Up the mountain" was always considered the better. I lived "up the mountain", so you wore that with a lot of pride, even if there was almost next to nothing (other than Limeridge) up the mountain. When I was in Toronto (Scarborough), you sort of didn't tell people where you were from. Scarborough was like the child no one wanted...the last kid picked on the baseball team. I was younger and was told to tell people that I was from Toronto if they asked.
Really, there are good and bad area's in all cities. There were shady area's up the mountain, there were beautiful area's in Scarborough. Plus we have the zoo there. We were in the Golden Mile area (nearby was Eglinton Square).
Brantford to a much lesser extent, mostly it was the DTB was 'shady' and places West of the Grand or North of the 403 were "good".