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Originally Posted by drew
Luckily cottage life doesn't really have much to do with depressing downtown life.
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I worked with a guy whose family has a cottage on Stewart Lake in Mactier, next to the big Muskoka lakes. He grew up in Hoggs Hollow, a super rich area off Yonge Street in North York. So I imagine his cottage is nice.
I was driving back from Muskoka three years ago and instead of taking the 400, I took side roads so I could pass through towns and villages. When I got there I felt like I was in Eastern Kentucky. Some of the houses reminded me of that. Along with the little bit of elevation change on the streets around their little village. And the number of old pickups. Oh, and the abundance of unpaved driveways.
The waterfront however was recently updated for their little playground, beach, gathering area and parking lot, as one would expect. The cottage weren't Muskoka level but nice none the less.
I have driven around several Applalaichan towns and i've seen a 400 lb guy with overalls on and no shirt riding an ATV on the road. This was not at that level for sure, but I didn't feel like I was in Ontario anymore.
For a place that doesn't have a single house that looks like another in town, the housing stock was sure unimaginative. I remember thinking how the houses were so plain and there wasn't a single one where I'd say "oh, that's nice". Just browsed on streetview for a couple minutes and still the same thing. At least not many are actually run down so I'll give them that.
Anyway, I took a pic of the lake and sent it to him and in his reply he mentioned that there was a serious meth problem in town. But nobody goes into town except for the Foodland and LCBO.