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Best Urban Cores of the region? - kalis0490 - 04-23-2021
What would you rank and order the urban cores of the region in terms of preference, growth, historic nature, urbanity, projects ?
the Main cores in no particular order
1 - Waterloo(Northdale)
2 - Waterloo (Uptown)
3- Kitchener (DTK)
4 - Kitchener (Belmont village)
5 - Kitchener(Bridgeport)
6 - Cambridge (Preston)
7 - Cambridge ( Hespeler)
8 - Cambridge( Galt)
9 - New Hamburg
10 - Elmira
11 - St Jacobs
12 - Ayr
13 - Wellesley
14 other ones (please list )
RE: Best Urban Cores of the region? - jamincan - 04-23-2021
They're all so different, I'm not really sure how you'd go about ranking them. Two notable missing ones from a historical perspective are Doon and Blair.
RE: Best Urban Cores of the region? - jeffster - 04-23-2021
(04-23-2021, 11:08 AM)kalis0490 Wrote: What would you rank and order the urban cores of the region in terms of preference, growth, historic nature, urbanity, projects ?
the Main cores in no particular order
1 - Waterloo(Northdale)
2 - Waterloo (Uptown)
3- Kitchener (DTK)
4 - Kitchener (Belmont village)
5 - Kitchener(Bridgeport)
6 - Cambridge (Preston)
7 - Cambridge ( Hespeler)
8 - Cambridge( Galt)
9 - New Hamburg
10 - Elmira
11 - St Jacobs
12 - Ayr
13 - Wellesley
14 other ones (please list )
Hmm...
My top 3:
Galt
St Jacobs
Belmont Village
Honourable mention
Hespeler
DTK
To be sure, I don't think any of these fit all categories. DTK does get a lot of points because of it's urbanist and growth. But perhaps I am looking at this more from a 'tourist' point of view.
RE: Best Urban Cores of the region? - ac3r - 04-24-2021
They're very different so it's pretty hard to compare. If I was to just compare the cores in regards to how they feel as cities - the architecture, urban spaces, amenities/businesses - then downtown Kitchener definitely comes out on top. If I was to judge it based on the nicest place to visit for the day as a tourist, then maybe St. Jacobs, Elmira or Galt.
RE: Best Urban Cores of the region? - panamaniac - 04-24-2021
#'s 1, 4, 11, 12, and 13 are "urban cores"?