Best Urban Cores of the region?

[kalis0490]

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 )

[jamincan]

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.

[jeffster]

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.

[ac3r]

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.

[panamaniac]

#'s 1, 4, 11, 12, and 13 are "urban cores"?