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Man, that gets hard to swallow. Especially seeing old photos of Hamilton. I grew up nearby and for as long as I've been alive it's been large swathes of parking
by 52-6F-62 5y ago
Man, that gets hard to swallow. Especially seeing old photos of Hamilton. I grew up nearby and for as long as I've been alive it's been large swathes of parking lots. There's still so much promise, but old downtown looked so much more alive before the sprawl took over.
- earth_walker 5y agoAnother displaced Hamiltonian here. Back in the 90s they had a plan called "Vision 2020" that painted a dense, people-friendly Hamilton. Now that 2020 has come and gone, the sprawl is crazy, downtown dead, transit gutted, and commuting by bike a near impossibility unless you're in the west end. Some fun Hamilton transit facts: 1. There's an abandoned subway station underneath downtown. 2. There used to be a Funicular going up and down the escarpment. 3. When I was a kid many of the buses were electric, with overhead lines criss-crossing the streets like other cities have for trams.