Comment 42515

By kimball99 (registered) | Posted June 28, 2010 at 16:21:40

Well, I spent the first 20 years of my life then moved away for school, and I gotta say, after seeing the entire country, and a good chunk of this wonderful planet we call home, I can honestly say that Thunder Bay blows. And I'm serious as can be. Unfortunately, my parents are still there so I am forced to make my way there once a year, and I dread my two weeks there. For all the people who defend this city, you're obviously fallen of your rocker.

I laughed at the clean air comments....cuz the smell of shit coming from the paper mill on a hot summer day is all so pleasant...pleasant enough that when you go to Old Fort William trading post, you know the biggest tourist attraction of the city, you can smell the nice pleasant smell of rotting shit. And when was the last time you let your children swim in boulevard lake? And hey, do you dare to walk downtown port arthur at night? No. Or how about taking a nice stroll down May street or Simpson street, at any time of the day? No. Wait, wait, let's all go to county park where it's just a massive neighborhood of violent crimes, drugs and poverty. Hmm, that won't work either. Should we make our way to the community auditiorium for a decent concert...oh shoot they don't get any. Well, I guess we can always go check out all the neat little shops/boutiques/cafes/nice restaurants....uhh, what? Their aren't any? My bad. Hey about naming one decent/pub/bar/nightclub in this city...oops, can't do that either.

Do any of you rememeber the hype in '94 when it was announced that Thunder Bay was getting the real canadian superstore? Yes, fellow readers of this blog, there was actually a ceremony for the opening of this momentus occasion. And getting the walmart around the same time was like winning the bid for the olympics..only with less economic impact, less low paying jobs, and more reasons for city council to destroy the core of the city. Also, do any of you Thunder Bayites remember the plan to build the expressway all the way out near Kakebeka, then the city ran out of money, and it ended at golf links road? For about 15 years of my life growing up, there was this giant clearing at the end of the harbour expressway(which by the way, it's only about 3 km's long LOL) and about 50 feet of pavement just left there to wither away like the Fort William Gardens. And someone here mentioned the housing prices...well there's only one reason, and one reason only for that....no money. If you all want cheap housing where you have a shot at a livable income, go to Windsor, I almost did, but I ended up in Oshawa where I currently reside. And as for Toronto and area not having nature...any of you heard of Niagara Falls? One of the natural wonders of the world. Hell, I have a cottage in havlock, located in the best known, most famous cottaging/recreational area on the planet...the muskokas. Oh but I'm sure Ouimet canyon beats Georgian bay right? Located 50 minutes from Toronto. Skiing in Thunder Bay? Ya sure. Let's go to Loch Lohmond, or Big Thunder and have the crap spewing from the paper mill blown right in our faces. And of course Mt Baldy, with what, 7 runs? Sorry, I'd much rather go to Collingwood(45 minutes from Toronto) where it actually is world class skiing and resorts, as opposed to go to a ski hill that had the World Nordic championships, and couldn't do Giant Slalom or super G.

You Tbay people can all rant about nature...but you have obviously not see the rest of the most beautiful country on the planet that we call home. Thunder Bay is a cess pool of filth, crime, and unemployment. The roads are shit, the transit, well tbay transit eh...I've seen better trasnsit in places like Regina, Swift Current, North Bay and Saint John New Brunswick. And I have yet to visit a city in my life that has more boarded up schools. Like crap man, my school, black bay road public school, has spent 15 years collecting dust. It really says alot of about a city when I can say that growing up in Current River, I lived in the best part of the city. Which ain't saying much cuz I lived a 10 minute walk from one of the largest psychiatric facilities in the country...which speaking of which, my high school was located right across the stret from.

Sorry to rant like this, but hopefully people here thinking of going to visit/move thunder bay...you'd best keep going to Kenora, Dryden or Atikokan...this way you can avoid getting your head kicked in by a gang of natives, or a gang of white folk who think your native, and also to see real nature, and not some random group of trees that we call a bush...anyone else notice that Ouimet canyone is starting to look like a dump from all the garbage thrown down there? Ok, sorry I'll stop now....after I mention the fact that Thunder Bay has the second highest percentage of people in Ontario living offof welfare...google it ;). How's that for employment prospects?

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