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Originally Posted by yaletown_fella
Suburban London feels like an upper middle class nouveau riche suburb outside Detroit or Columbus.
Whereas Eastern Ontario comes across as more like an economically stagnant part of Upstate New York, with more mature preserved forests and patches of Canadian Shield rock.
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Ya, I agree except for Ottawa. For decades Eastern Ontario has been growing at a much lower rate than SWO and even now that it is growing, it is doing so at a slower rate.
It sort of gives Eastern Ontario a rather "static" look and due to it's slow/non-existent growth, it's suburban areas look like they were built in the 1960s. I also have found Eastern Ontario towns, in general, not as vibrant as SWO. That maybe because there is no agriculture and fa fewer villages and rural populations around them meaning they have a small population outside the town itself in which to draw. Possibly also because, up until recently, they have been growing very slowly so there are fewer younger people, new immigrants, and new residence to add some fresh life into the places.