Janet wrote:

"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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Janet wrote:

Janet in beautiful Niagara Falls

Ah - that Niagara Falls, as opposed to the ugly one with Casinos, way
too
many lights, and all sorts of really, really, tacky businesses.
--
derek

LOL @ derek! Ahh... but those casinos are providing a booming economy,
increased property values, non-existent unemployment and a ton of
community improvements. Just one such example is the new multi-million
dollar community center complete with a library branch, Heart Niagara
(cardiac aftercare and support), a senior's center, pools,a skateboard
park, etc. Our Boys and Girls Club is also building a new center. We have
had 2 new elementary schools built in the last 6 years and now a brand new
state of the art highschool.**And*yes.*some*of*the*tourist*traps*ar e
tacky,*but*no more so that any other major tourist city. We saw far worse
in Seattle last year. But some of those "tacky" businesses are far from
it.... We are getting a Ripley's Aquarium and a Wild Country Resort that
boasts an indoor waterpark. Existing far from tacky businesses include*
the*likes*of*The Butterfly Conservatory and The new bird aviary that
opened this year (the name escapes me at the moment)....

LOL. I'm convinced :-) I really have nothing against casinos as
businesses - people who want to lose money in them are welcome, imo (I _do_
oppose the proliferation of video lottery terminals in every bar in most
provinces of the country), but every casino I've ever seen has been
UGLYYYYY. Here (Halifax) people complained that a new sewage plant, on the
edge of downtown, was going to be an eyesore. I said just make it tall
enough to hide the hideous casino and it would have to be an improvement!

To be completely fair, too, the last time I was in the American NF (at least
5 years back) it looked like a slum.
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derek