"I ... hate .... "
While most large cities have jarring contrasts between their haves and have-nots, there is something brutal and depressing about a maiden visit to downtown Winnipeg that sets it apart.The central streets of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto buzz with a life force that emanates confidence and purposefulness. In Winnipeg, there is only a feeling of listlessness and displacement.: "globeandmail.com : 'Urban decay is not a negative'"
posted by Tessa @ 00:17
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I call bullshit on this author. Nice job on ignoring the EVIDENT bands of homeless and poor citizens on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver and walking by them the suited and tourist elite, pretending they don't exist. So that's confidence and purposefulness. A real buzz.
It's interesting, though, to have articulated how the rest of Canada sees Winnipeg.
You have to admit that the presence of "udesirables" is more clear in the absence of passers-by; being alone in Winnipeg Square this evening was considerably more worrisome for me than meeting a panhandler in the Exchange.
Perhaps that's all it is: any "problem" Winnipeg might have is immensely easier to avoid, so the way we ignore it actually makes it more obvious. Or something.
Or perhaps interesting to see how one person views Winnipeg - one person that will shape some people's impressions.
A writer on an interesting path. www.juliusstrauss.com/
The "undesirables" may indeed stand out more here, but I'm not sure if that makes things easier to avoid.
Hmm...