Hamilton's Welcome Sign Insignia

Pearlstreet · #1 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 2:30 PM**

Mount Forest has 'High Happy Healthy'...

A fun topic I see more of even on CBC Toronto's news this morning is how we as Hamiltonians are voicing our need for a welcome sign.

What would our insignia or motto be?

Dr Awesomesauce · #2 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 2:57 PM**

Something along the lines of 'Not nearly as sh*t as you think it's gonna be. And, oh yeah, we've got lots of waterfalls, too' would be ideal.

Otherwise, nothing to do with ambition - I'm sick of that.

Dr Awesomesauce · #3 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:01 PM**

Actually, I don't think it should say anything. It should just be beautiful and memorable.

HillStreetBlues · #4 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by pEte fiSt iN Ur fAce

Something along the lines of 'Not nearly as sh*t as you think it's gonna be. And, oh yeah, we've got lots of waterfalls, too' would be ideal.

Some sort of play on how it's not as terrible as widely believed would be good.

"Let us surprise you." "Thanks for giving us a chance." I'm not entirely joking.

Anyway, the City should save our tax dollars and forget about it. Why put up a welcome sign at, say, the off-ramp to Main Street? All anyone will continue to see are the five lanes of speeding traffic, almost complete absence of trees or landscaping, billboards for ambulance chasers, and now a payday loans place.

Pearlstreet · #5 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:18 PM**

Welcome to Hamilton...

Using diversity to become stronger than steel.
A city within a city
Real life city
Your arrival to revival
Your redezvous with a renaissance
A multi-leveled industrious community.
Hard as steel, born again medical, a super future.

Maybe not:
Where you can head west, only if you exit east first.
A city reborn; medicated by medical.
City of Waterfalls although I can't find them

Dr Awesomesauce · #6 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:30 PM**

Full points for effort.

SteelTown · #7 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:39 PM**

This was debated a few years back. Think it was called a gateway project. No funding available. Think there's even a whole thread about it.

Pearlstreet · #8 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by pEte fiSt iN Ur fAce

Full points for effort.

Courting extort, rewarding effort, affording LRT transport

CaptainKirk · #9 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 3:43 PM**

Hamilton: Home of the green wave

bigguy1231 · #10 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 6:58 PM**

It should be a blue sign that says City of Hamilton, thats all that is needed. No insignia, no motto or slogan.

mattgrande · #11 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 7:02 PM**

Maybe like... the logo or the flag or something... but that's it.

bigguy1231 · #12 Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 7:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by mattgrande

Maybe like... the logo or the flag or something... but that's it.

Right now most of the signs don't even say "City of", they just say Hamilton so as not to offend the former suburbs, It's time they got over the amalgamation and we move forward.