Your city in one word

[MolsonExport]

Surrey: Sorry

[le calmar]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

There is Herb's and there is Beau's and then there is hmmmmm.....some gingerbread houses and not much else. Half way between Ottawa and Montreal.

I think there’s also a Dunn’s smoked meat in the area? I think it is take-out only. I no longer see it on Google Maps so it might be gone.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Halifax: port

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Victoria: flowers
Vancouver: sassy
Kamloops: dusty
Kelowna: vacation
Penticton: beaches
Oliver: wine
Osoyoos: hot
Calgary: clean
Regina: dirty
Winnipeg: rough
Toronto: tall
Ottawa: pleasant
Montreal: fun
Quebec: classy
Halifax: sea
St. John’s: dreary

Nautical?

[Chadillaccc]

I just thought of a new one, provided to me last year by MartinMTL...


Calgary: Bucolic

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I just thought of a new one, provided to me last year by MartinMTL...


Calgary: Bucolic

Is that a typo for colicky?

[ScreamingViking]

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.

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.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I just thought of a new one, provided to me last year by MartinMTL...


Calgary: Bucolic

That's it!! I've always thought of the Calgary skyline as being so pastoral!

[Chadillaccc]

Not the skyline, but the city itself. This isn't a thread about one word describing ones skyline. However, MartinMTL's comment was in response to a skyline photo of mine.

[megadude]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

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.

Very keen observations. I've basically only driven through Dundas a handful of times and even I picked up on many of those things. It's noticeable. And the geography around Hamilton is always interesting.

[Harrison]

Stratford: Shakespeare

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by Harrison

Stratford: Shakespeare

Shakespeare: Stratford

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Harrison

Stratford: Shakespeare

Originally Posted by JHikka

Shakespeare: Stratford

Shakespeare, Ontario: Antiques

[Echoes]

Saskatoon: Meewasin

Derived from "miýwâsin", which is nȇhiyawȇwin/Cree for "it is beautiful"

The Meewasin Valley Authority is the conservation authority for the South Sask River in the Saskatoon region so "meewasin" has become a metonym for the river, the valley, the parks and public space. And the river defines this city.