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This thread is dedicated to promoting where you're from. You can explain things from the culture of your Country, to the specifics of the city you're from. I can understand if some of you are hesitant with posting exactly where you're from, so you can give some information about a major city nearby or something. This could be a great cultural experience learning about all different types of life and different areas around the globe.
[HIGHLIGHT]Try providing a little more information than just simply the location of where you live. Give some further information about the area, anything exciting nearby? Beautiful scenery? Regular boring town? Try digging a little deeper then just providing a name!
It doesn't need to be a wikipedia-fest either, tell it like it is straight from you. Try providing pictures![/HIGHLIGHT]
So I guess I'll start then.
Well I'm currently living in residence at Brock University which is a university located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. St. Catharines is a moderate sized Canadian city with a population of 130 000, and a metro population of about 400 000. This city is located literally right next to Niagara Falls, and is a part of the Niagara municipality. Niagara Falls as most of you probably know, is a massive waterfall with more than six million cubic feet of water falling over it every minute in high flow. It is the most powerful waterfall in North America, and a huge tourist destination. Here's a pic of the Canadian side of it:
Now going back to St. Catharines, I don't really know a whole lot about it, I've never been here before previous to going to University so yeah lol. Some interesting bits from wikipedia: "It lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario and is 19 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the international boundary with the United States of America along the Niagara River.", "St. Catharines is situated in an excellent area for commerce and trade since it is conveniently located between Toronto and the United States of America. Manufacturing is the city's dominant industry, as noted by the heraldic motto, "Industry and Liberality".", "St. Catharines had previously appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Donut Capital of the World."". It's not a city I would particularly like to permanently live in, there's quite a bit of poverty, and I like where my actual house is located
Here's some pics of the city itself:
Kind of a trashy looking backing to the downtown sector
Downtown itself
View of Toronto from St. Catharines looking across Lake Ontario on a clear day
My actual house though is in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. So maybe I'll give some info on that down the road.
Time to pass the torch...
[HIGHLIGHT]Try providing a little more information than just simply the location of where you live. Give some further information about the area, anything exciting nearby? Beautiful scenery? Regular boring town? Try digging a little deeper then just providing a name!
It doesn't need to be a wikipedia-fest either, tell it like it is straight from you. Try providing pictures![/HIGHLIGHT]
So I guess I'll start then.
Now going back to St. Catharines, I don't really know a whole lot about it, I've never been here before previous to going to University so yeah lol. Some interesting bits from wikipedia: "It lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario and is 19 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the international boundary with the United States of America along the Niagara River.", "St. Catharines is situated in an excellent area for commerce and trade since it is conveniently located between Toronto and the United States of America. Manufacturing is the city's dominant industry, as noted by the heraldic motto, "Industry and Liberality".", "St. Catharines had previously appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Donut Capital of the World."". It's not a city I would particularly like to permanently live in, there's quite a bit of poverty, and I like where my actual house is located
Here's some pics of the city itself:
Kind of a trashy looking backing to the downtown sector
Downtown itself
View of Toronto from St. Catharines looking across Lake Ontario on a clear day
My actual house though is in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. So maybe I'll give some info on that down the road.
Time to pass the torch...