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By jason (registered) | Posted January 31, 2010 at 19:20:59

IMO quality of life is what it's all about these days. Richard Florida is one of many who realize that modern cities are built on quality of life more than anything else. whether it's arts, nightlife, parks, clean environment, healthy amenities etc.... it's why cities as diverse as Vancouver and Pittsburgh continue to win awards as best places to live. Apparently Hamilton's favourite pastimes of patronizing tim hortons drive thrus and rolling out the red carpet for transport trucks through the majority of our urban residential neighbourhoods aren't winning us many awards in the quality of life department. for kids, adults, pets and anyone with a living, breathing pulse. Why would company 'x' locate at Main and Catharine when they could locate somewhere in a 'real' city bustling and vibrant with great housing options, retail options, nightlife options and recreational options for the employees AND management??

This city has gotten so used to low end retail and low quality of life that our daily paper is now publishing incoherent letters from owners of a tanning salon in a strip mall in the east end railing away at all the damage LRT will do to downtown. This is two weeks after interviewing a King St pawnshop owner to get his reasons for opposing LRT. Heaven forbid we ever get more retail options than tanning, pawn shops and money marts.

I can't figure out why companies aren't flocking to locate here.......

Comment edited by jason on 2010-01-31 18:24:00

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