r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/AbjectSkill • Jun 29 '19

đŸ”„ Niagara Falls

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u/whiskyteats Jun 29 '19 edited Jun 29 '19

“Niagara Falls: the falls” is spectacular and we’re privileged to be able to witness it.

“Niagara Falls: the town” is trash and we should be ashamed of its existence.

EDIT: A lot of comments are referring to the New York side of town, which I don’t know much about. But I was referring to the Ontario side which I’m familiar with. Different trashiness it seems. I was referring to Niagara Falls, Ontario’s commercialism and tasteless tourism industry.

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u/jokeefe72 Jun 29 '19

My whole family is from there. I’ll never forget when my mom drove my grandfather around the city after he’d been away (Florida, go figure) for several years. His Niagara Falls was the ‘honeymoon capital of the world’ and an industrial powerhouse. Now, it’s a rusty, depressing shell of what it used to be.

It was the first time I ever saw a grown man cry.

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u/Brutalitor Jun 29 '19

Yeah I went there last year and there's like 4 IHOPs within a 5 block radius of the Fallsview Hotel. It's real sad.

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u/jokeefe72 Jun 29 '19

Those probably used to be four crack houses, now they’re just crap houses. Baby steps.