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I don't have time right now to go into any great depth on this, but off the top of my head I'd say in order to be passionate you have to have a sense of place. When we made the car king in this city, we created alot of generic landscapes that placed convenience above character and quality. Who was it who said "there's no there there"? (Kunstler?) In any case, outside of the lower city and the mountain brow, all we have is the "geography of nowhere". There's no sense of identity, or anything that makes the city unique. Why would you care about Hamilton when you live in Anywhereville, North America?