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[tomh009]

Yeah Hamilton is one neighbour that is known to spend more, though indeed it isn't a vastly greater amount than we spend but it definitely makes a difference. We have never really been known as a major art city or anything, but we do have some great things going on here. CAFKA and the Fine Arts faculty at UW put on a lot of great work for example. I have quite a few friends who graduated from UW with a BFA or MFA and they say pretty much everyone leaves after they finish because the city just has nothing going for it in this area.

I think much depends on your criteria and your expectations. As a non-arts grad, I find that there are enough arts events here for us to be happy, supplemented by an occasional trip to Toronto for a concert. Although I would not complain about more arts here, really cities like Hamilton or London aren't that much different from us. The real deal is in the big cities, whether be it Toronto, Montreal or NYC, and we won't see that level of arts here for a long, long time, if ever.