07-15-2022, 12:42 PM
(07-14-2022, 04:50 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(07-13-2022, 12:02 PM)ac3r Wrote: ...but nobody thinks of Eglington in the York area as downtown York.
Quite true. On the other hand, that example is most certainly urban.
True indeed.
I know this forum has discussed the ambiguity of how to define things in this region before. Most here would consider uptown, downtown, the various areas of Cambridge and even the university area as urban. Some also consider anywhere along King/Weber/Charles/Victoria as urban (I know there's a couple threads outside of the cores posted in the urban section). I guess it depends on the person haha. For me in Kitchener-Waterloo I'd say anything "outside" of the expressway/Fischer Hallman ring is suburban.
Cambridge is definitely a unique city and outside of the GTA, I don't think any other region in Ontario has as many unique old urban cores as it does (nor with the unique charm and architecture). Windsor may be the only other area...there's downtown Windsor proper near the Detroit River, but then also old urban areas like Wyandotte Ave or around Ottawa and Hall that are clearly well outside of the downtown but feel wholly urban.