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Originally Posted by niwell
It works for Dundas to me - I have a couple friends from there and it sounds like many of the people they went to High School with never moved and have every intention of staying there for the rest of their lives.
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Seems like most of the long-timers don't want much to change either. Some is coming, but quite modest.
To a point I agree with them. Of all the former Hamilton-Wentworth Region municipalities, Dundas seemed the most "complete" and resident-friendly... a big 1960s-era plaza on its flank but no mall and relatively untouched by big box retail, some residential sprawl but fairly removed from the old town, and it has the nicest downtown of any of the old suburbs. Walking the blocks adjacent to the main drag (King St., formerly part of Hwy 8) is a wonderful step backward in time.
I think part of what makes it feel so separate, despite being able to see downtown Hamilton and Mac in the distance from many angles, are the breaks in geography from all sides. Escarpment to the north and south with a few two-lane winding roads connecting to Ancaster and Flamborough, the Dundas Valley and conservation lands to the west, and the roads to Hamilton-proper cross a wide ravine and large wetland, respectively.