Roll Call: Where Do You Live?

[Jon Dalton]

Thumbs up to Stratford! That is a really nice town with a well preserved, thriving downtown area and has seemed to avoid alot of the crap that's going up in similar sized towns. I grew up in St. Marys, not far away. Both towns still have VIA rail, how cool is that?

Any pictures of Stratford?

Originally Posted by rousseau

I'm an occasional lurker currently living in Stratford. Before that I lived on Herkimer in that kewl three-story apartment building between Park and MacNab (those apartments are long and narrow). I went to high school at Sir John A before flitting off to do school and travels and work elsewhere.

On various occasions people here in Stratford, upon learning that we moved here from Hamilton, have taken it upon themselves to either bash Hamilton or state explicitly that we have "moved up." Disdain is never an attractive quality. My wife, who didn't grow up in Canada, did not like Hamilton very much, but since we've moved away she's come to appreciate the very unpretentious character of the city.

Aside: Raisethehammer and HAMRetrofit need to get over themselves vis-a-vis BCTed. And who are you to presume that you speak for all of us?

[bluedressgirl]

Aberdeen and Locke. Loso represent.

[SteelTown]

Whoa I see we have a new forumer named.....Bob Bratina! Add one for representing downtown! hahaha.

[DC83]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Whoa I see we have a new forumer named.....Bob Bratina! Add one for representing downtown! hahaha.

haha That's awesome! I often wonder who is lurking out there...
I say Stop Lurking and Start Blogging! hahaha

[Gurnett71]

Another West Mountainite, Upper Paradise and Stone Church area.

Lived most of my life in the hammer, though I had a 5 year stint in St Kitts while going to school.

[DC83]

Originally Posted by Gurnett71

though I had a 5 year stint in St Kitts while going to school.

... I'm sorry to hear. I spent a year living in St Kitts while at Brock. I lived in the Merriton area. It was very depressing! haha

Welcome to the forum tho

[Gurnett71]

Originally Posted by DC83

... I lived in the Merriton area. It was very depressing! haha

Hey, they have that great looking Keg restaurant over at Glendale and Merritt now (http://www.niagararestaurantguide.com/the-keg/). Haven't been, but they did a great renovation.

[highwater]

Originally Posted by DC83

... I'm sorry to hear. I spent a year living in St Kitts while at Brock. I lived in the Merriton area. It was very depressing! haha

Welcome to the forum tho

Oh God, me too. Except it was 5 years and the depression was clinical. No haha about it. Hamilton seemed like Paris after that.

[FairHamilton]

Originally Posted by highwater

Hamilton seemed like Paris after that.

Ontario????

[DC83]

Originally Posted by Gurnett71

Hey, they have that great looking Keg restaurant over at Glendale and Merritt now (http://www.niagararestaurantguide.com/the-keg/). Haven't been, but they did a great renovation.

Ya, it's an old paper mill or something, right? It opened the year I left... but ya, they did an awesome job on that. Strange area for a Keg tho... I think a Downtown location would have made more sense esp with the historic neighbourhood around Montebello Park (forget the hood name)

Originally Posted by highwater

Oh God, me too. Except it was 5 years and the depression was clinical. No haha about it. Hamilton seemed like Paris after that.

No doubt. I'm not gonna lie, I was in Hamilton every weekend! I tried to spend a cpl weekends there, every one was boring as hell!

But then my next sememester was in Mtl... so it more than made up for the St Kitts experience! hahaha

[holymoly]

I've lived in the east end, a couple of spots on the Mountain, and in central Hamilton. I'm in Toronto now but want to get back to Hamilton.