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No, $8 wouldn't stop me. It just made my decision to live in Niagara easier (there were many other reasons for the decision, including better air quality, closer to Toronto/GTA and Hamilton, more interesting natural environment).
If I lived in Windsor, I'd likely work in Detroit because 1) there are hardly any jobs in Windsor, 2) I am a U.S. citizen with U.S. work experience so it'd be easier to find a good paying job in Michigan than in Ontario anyway. Thus, I'd be paying the $8 every weekday.
I assume there is some type of monthly pass system for workers who have to cross every day so that they can pay a reduced fee.
Have you been to Detroit? It offers almost anything you could want. Pro sports, amazing dining, great urban architecture, many interesting urban, pre war suburbs, not just post war sprawl. There are so many more great things about Detroit that you couldn't list them all. I seriously think that some people think that the Detroit area is just urban decay, and nothing else, and that could not be further from the truth. It's like saying Chicago sucks, because the south side is full of urban decay and blight, simplistic thinking really.
Have you been to Detroit? It offers almost anything you could want. Pro sports, amazing dining, great urban architecture, many interesting urban, pre war suburbs, not just post war sprawl. There are so many more great things about Detroit that you couldn't list them all. I seriously think that some people think that the Detroit area is just urban decay, and nothing else, and that could not be further from the truth. It's like saying Chicago sucks, because the south side is full of urban decay and blight, simplistic thinking really.
Also... an opera, the symphony, countless popular music concert tours stop there, Fox Theatre, the Detroit Institute of Arts and other museums, big American city shopping options, etc.
Good friends of mine used to live in Windsor when they worked for the French CBC station down there and they were "cultural" types and loved the proximity to Detroit for many reasons.
I don't think there's any sort of discount program for the Ambassador Bridge of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. I haven't checked in a while, however.
Detroit metro is like any other medium sized American metro. It has the cultural amenities, shopping, college towns, nice suburbs, etc. It just has the distinction of having the worst inner city (even worse than Baltimore's).
Buffalo however isn't some sort of wasteland with no amenities either. The Buffalo-Niagara Region has quite a bit going on. Buffalo has a zoo, art museum, science museum, etc. not that I've been to any of those. I save my museum-going for when I'm in D.C. where they are excellent and free.
I don't think there's any sort of discount program for the Ambassador Bridge of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. I haven't checked in a while, however.
Detroit metro is like any other medium sized American metro. It has the cultural amenities, shopping, college towns, nice suburbs, etc. It just has the distinction of having the worst inner city (even worse than Baltimore's).
Buffalo however isn't some sort of wasteland with no amenities either. The Buffalo-Niagara Region has quite a bit going on. Buffalo has a zoo, art museum, science museum, etc. not that I've been to any of those. I save my museum-going for when I'm in D.C. where they are excellent and free.
Detroit does not offer a charming urban environment but its metro area does offer more big city amenities than any metro in Canada except for Toronto and Montreal.
See, that's one thing that Buffalo *does* offer - a charming urban environment. Elmwood Village is as hip, trendy, and fun as Queen West or the Beaches in Toronto, and with much better architecture to boot. Even Downtown Buffalo has Chippewa Street filled with bars and clubs that suburbanites flock to. Does Detroit have anything similar to this? It's my understanding you pretty much have to get out of the Detroit city limits before you find any place where young urban professionals would live.
Yes it does, it has the famous Greek Town, right downtown, filled with many shops and restaurants, jazz clubs and casinos. It is very popular with both residents, suburbanites and visitors. You also have the theatre district with theatre, clubs and more restaurants, as well as Ford Field and the Fox Theater. There is also talk of building a new NHL arena right next to the Fox Theater as well. Then you have Mexican Villiage, a flourishing cultural area just west of DT, filled with great Mexican restaurants, shops and bakeries, as well as lots of urban art projects. And right in the middle of DT is Campus Martius, the heart of DT, with a central park in the centre, with ice skating all winter, lots of new shops, restaurants like Hard Rock Cafe, lots of martini clubs, and renovated lofts. Then you have their new riverwalk, which will stretch from the Ambassador Bridge all the way to the Belle Isle bridge. It is nicely designed with lots of great spots for biking, walking, playing and enjoying the beautiful view of the river and our lovely Windsor skyline . So there you go, and there is still so much more I didn't get to!
Oh, and I've been to buffalo, and I was shocked by the blight and how utterly deserted it was, in and around the DT. I think there was one small area DT that was just ok. It's been a few years since I've been there, so hopefully it has gotten better like DT Detroit has.
I don't think there's any sort of discount program for the Ambassador Bridge of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. I haven't checked in a while, however.
Detroit metro is like any other medium sized American metro. It has the cultural amenities, shopping, college towns, nice suburbs, etc. It just has the distinction of having the worst inner city (even worse than Baltimore's).
Buffalo however isn't some sort of wasteland with no amenities either. The Buffalo-Niagara Region has quite a bit going on. Buffalo has a zoo, art museum, science museum, etc. not that I've been to any of those. I save my museum-going for when I'm in D.C. where they are excellent and free.
Lol, Metro Detroit is not just another medium sized American metro, it's the 13th largest, at 4.3 million people, so it is considered a large, major metro. Now buffalo, that is a medium sized metro at 1.13 million people, the 49th largest on the list. Detroit also has a zoo, major art museum in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Science Centre right next door to the art institute, the huge Wayne State University campus and the growing New Center area just north of DT. I take it you have never been to Detroit by the statements you have made, or are just ignorant of what is actually in the city and all it has to offer.
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. So there you go, and there is still so much more I didn't get to!
