People keep moving here, so there must be some draw. However I think it has more to do with low tax and crime rates and our proximity to Toronto than anything else. Maybe the pride of Cambridge is that there really is no Cambridge, but three towns that never really much agreed with the whole idea of becoming one new city with a new name.
Then again, we could boast our poor air quality, bad civic planning, lack of a night life or our missing local media. I know all these things scream small town, and compared to a metropolis, Cambridge is a small town, but 120 000 residents is fairly substantial.
Growing up, I don't remember being proud or even aware of the city I lived in. I don't know if that is specific to my experience or if others who live and work here feel the same. It's all so confusing. And I still can't think of anything Cambridge should be proud of, at least in my eyes. Maybe some of my local readers can leave comments with suggestions.
Keep on Trangling,
Anthony
Beautiful downtown Cambridge
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oh anthony...loveres..i should not be tyoing now..but i noticed that i am on top of underwshill..does that mean im the dominent one in this blog-relationship? cause im thinkin gthats the best way to go.
that pictuere looks like my town, wher all there is to do is drink and have teen pregnancies.
SO, it's known for its sweet teen ass??
excellent.
teen pregnancies are mandatory in Cambridge
I am so moving.
Anthony - you've got a couple of sweet bridges there. I'd be proud of those.
As far as your small town goes, The city I live in houses less than 3,500 people and we too have nothing to be proud of. For instance, you cannot buy gas in mt town on Sundays becasue both of the Gas Stations are closed and neither has a pay-at-the-pump feature. So if you are low on Gas you have to drive 18 miles to the nearest Gas Station, how retarded is that?
what's 18 miles in kilometres?
28.968192
Our (meaning Galt) downtown is kinda pretty. I saw on tv once that it was listed in a book as very european, what with all our bridges...
but other then that... we've got nothing. But isn't that something we can be proud of? we're the loser of all cities!! go us!
There's nothing for me to be proud of in terms of where I grew up - not the worst part of Sydney, but a pretty notorious part nonetheless.
I didn't realise how ugly it was until I moved up here to My Coastal Paradise and had something to compare it to. Remind me why I'm moving back?
30 miles or so?
Maybe I should clarify for Dianna. The three towns that were forced to become one City of Cambridge were Galt, Preston and Hespeler so Cambridge has the confusing (to outsiders) mess of three downtowns. The largest of the three, Galt, has sort of become the official Downtown Cambridge mostly because it's the one with more one street (take that Preston)and it isn't owned by the Hell's Angels (take that Hespeler). One thing to maybe be proud of in Galt, the largish building in the lower left of the picture is now the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Waterloo.
it actually sounds like you live in a very nice town -- i'm not much a city-lover, i'm a simple country-mouse. have you thought about living overseas? no, crossing over to the US doesn't count.
let's talk about your fantasy travel plans.
I went on a 30 day trip to London, Paris, Strasbourg and Heidelberg the summer after twelfth grade with a group of teens and a couple teachers. I had a lot of fun, learned how to drink heavily and gained a history credit. I'm not sure what to do with life, but if I decide to teach, I think I may spend my year learning how to teach in Australia, or some other place where it's much easier to become a teacher than in Ontario (like Buffalo NY).
You should come to New Zealand with me!! Come on!!! You know you wannna!! I'm leaving Feb 2008, that leaves you enough time to get a degree and then come abroad with me... again. :D
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