Comment 68797

By Mr. Meister (anonymous) | Posted August 31, 2011 at 17:34:50 in reply to Comment 68765

I was there 40 years ago. The Black Forest Inn used to have lines down the block every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Because this was about as ethnic as you could get. Then things changed, more and more different restaurants opened up giving us choices. People came downtown to shop at places like Righthouse and that amazing china shop that used to be on King Street. Malls opened Eastgate Square and then later Limeridge Mall. Between less money being downtown and more shopping in the burbs the core suffered. Hamilton was not alone it was mirrored in just about every city in North America. One way streets two way streets it did not matter. Come on this is nothing new everyone has heard my rants before. Hamilton is not unique in this. What Hamilton is unique in is how it is situated geographically.

The fact it is a city divided in two has some affect. The fact it is so close to Toronto has a huge affect. Toronto is the destination city for miles and miles around. This is going to make it difficult for Hamilton to become that kind of destination city. As Toronto forces commerce out of the city because of high prices there are so many smaller cities looking to adopt those enterprises. Mississauga, Brampton and Vaughn have attracted a goodly share of corporate head offices and Canadian head offices because they are less expensive and yet so close to Toronto. Hamilton will find it very difficult to compete. Not only with them but Scarborough, Oakville and Markham just to mention a few that spring to mind.

One way streets did not cause this problem and two way streets will not fix this problem.

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