Thanks DC83!
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Originally Posted by DC83
Any reason why a North Yorker would wanna live in the wonderfully-gritty East End?
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Here are a few reasons;
- Twice the house for half the price. Meaning it would cost us at least 4x as much to buy the same house in Toronto. Good luck finding pocket doors for less than $700K, even for $1M in Toronto.
- Wife's family is in Hamilton, Hess Village area and Corktown area. We are sick of my family in Toronto so need a break from them
- We hate the suburbs, and shudder every time we drive through places like Whitby/Ajax and the one time we were in Binbrook new sprawl (not house shopping). We've always been a 1 car family and often rely on public transit which makes an urban location more attractive. We are both TTC Metropass holders, so I'll guess we'll be trading those for HSR passes
- We like a little grit
I think many Torontonians move to the older areas because of the older homes. And why not! They don't build them like that anymore.
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Originally Posted by raisethehammer
nothing will boom in central Hamilton until we get rid of these stupid one-way streets. sorry, but it ain't gonna happen otherwise.
This area is a really fantastic neighbourhood though...great homes, big trees, Gage Park nearby is amazing. You'll learn to love Ottawa Street too.
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I agree one-way streets are the death of storefronts and street life. Other cities seem to have been very sucessful in reverting back to two-way streets. I'm a firm believer that one-way streets should only be used selectively, not as a traffic flow cure-all.
I'm looking forward to exploring Hamilton and my wife is looking forward to reacquainting herself to her home city after being away for 8 years.