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Old Posted Mar 28, 2018, 4:08 PM
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Originally Posted by niwell View Post
I assume Acajack was referring to the built form of the street itself. If you remove the tents it's a fairly innocuous older semi-industrial area. Of course it's the tents that make it bad... and the new condos rising in the background of course.

Most "ghetto" areas in Canada don't actually look that bad in terms of built form. I particularly think of the 1960s/70s era townhouse and apartment complexes that are ubiquitous in Ontario. You can have one in Toronto that is lower-income but generally fine, and then another that is a (very relatively speaking) high crime gang area.

Thinking of these:
https://goo.gl/maps/uqzxT1dF86t
https://goo.gl/maps/5LeVGfJ36oK2
https://goo.gl/maps/nGRkFDPFLnE2
https://goo.gl/maps/32gESzVmUNr
https://goo.gl/maps/EopgU3zaiqG2


Then again even in places like Detroit the worst areas actually aren't the bombed out hellscapes.

I once spent a day driving around Detroit and came upon this gem. I didn't linger too long

https://goo.gl/maps/KwufoPbhxHQ2

take a tour of that street. At one point in time, the street was full of houses, people, life etc...now literally nothing. I wonder why part of the street is flooded.

Any idea of how the Glendower Court and Bay Mills housing projects are doing in Scarborough? I played soccer in the 70's with kids from those areas.

https://goo.gl/maps/37Av5oGAWWN2

https://goo.gl/maps/1r5aQsCLshH2
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