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OK this is a) local to me, b) utterly sincere, and c) hilarious to us too. But like. We’re in on it kind of hilarious.
Because nobody realizes this but Niagara Falls, NY, is a really economically depressed little shithole of a city, riddled with crime and drugs and unemployment and hopelessness, yes really, with one of the eight wonders of the world right there in it, it’s a shithole. For many reasons, none of which can really be laid at the feet of the people who actually live there. Many of whom are, of course, nice people who would like to be proud of their hometown. Because. I mean. It’s Niagara fucking Falls. And like. Even if you see the Falls all the goddamn time, they’re still amazing.
Somehow, none of the tourism money and none of the hydro power money actually stay local, though. Like, everyone in the world drives through this city, and yet.
So this is their kind of low-budget attempt at civic pride. And we’re embarrassed, but also sort of like, well, at least they’re trying.
OK this is a) local to me, b) utterly sincere, and c) hilarious to us too. But like. We’re in on it kind of hilarious.
Because nobody realizes this but Niagara Falls, NY, is a really economically depressed little shithole of a city, riddled with crime and drugs and unemployment and hopelessness, yes really, with one of the eight wonders of the world right there in it, it’s a shithole. For many reasons, none of which can really be laid at the feet of the people who actually live there. Many of whom are, of course, nice people who would like to be proud of their hometown. Because. I mean. It’s Niagara fucking Falls. And like. Even if you see the Falls all the goddamn time, they’re still amazing.
Somehow, none of the tourism money and none of the hydro power money actually stay local, though. Like, everyone in the world drives through this city, and yet.
So this is their kind of low-budget attempt at civic pride. And we’re embarrassed, but also sort of like, well, at least they’re trying.
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Date: 2016-01-09 03:02 am (UTC)The US built factories and refineries on their side. Canada built a tourist destination on theirs.
Now half the factories are ruins, and Canada's still raking it in.
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Date: 2016-01-09 01:09 pm (UTC)Eh. There's no view from the American side anyway. Part of the deal, too, is that the Americans decided to conserve a natural area and park right around the Falls, to preserve them, and the Canadians just built their tourist shit right up to the edge of the water, right in the spray of the waterfall. So from the Canadian side, you have a glorious view of the crown jewel of the NYS park system, and from the US side, you have a nice walk and a view of NONSTOP FUCKING CONCRETE BLING WITH NEON ON TOP YEAHHHH.
Although the Senecas have single-handedly attempted to change that with their rainbow-animated high rise (did you see when Tumblr had a picture of it going around after the supreme court gay marriage thing and i'm like... yes many places are festively rainbow for the occasion but that is the niagara falls fucking casino it is literally constantly rainbow).
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Date: 2016-01-09 01:10 pm (UTC)