04-12-2018, 09:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-12-2018, 09:54 AM by danbrotherston.)
(04-11-2018, 11:33 PM)tvot Wrote:(04-11-2018, 01:15 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: Unfortunately I am old enough to remember when they did change to Uptown Waterloo. It was to separate itself from Downtown Kitchener. If people in the Kitchener/Waterloo area said Downtown, they had to preface with the name Kitchener Downtown. When they were selling it to counsel, they did reference s well it had a "cleaner" image to it.
If you look up in The Record, I am sure you will find the articles that support it. I think it was around the late 70's
Yeah, I grew up in the 80s and always heard that it was to differentiate Waterloo from Kitchener since DTK had a bad reputation.
I also grew up thinking Waterloo was underhanded for encouraging all social services to be in DTK... I still do. I'm really hoping Waterloo doesn't try to block a safe injection site.
FWIW, I have lived in Waterloo all my life but have tried not to be a Waterloo snob.
This is not different from today, just posted this morning on https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoodInTheWaterlooRegion
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DOWNTOWN Waterloo?
When did we get the downgrade?
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Followed by these comments:
***: There are some good spots in DTK but as Trump would say it's a shit hole
***: It’s deffo a shit hole.
***: DTK has been slowly sliding off my radar. Had a really good pop. But is now seemingly stagnant/complacent.
Which generally sound like comments from people who haven't actually been downtown.
But it's pretty clear that attitude is more than prevalent today, and that calling "uptown" "uptown" is a way in which they differentiate away from that image.