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Originally Posted by hipster duck
Sudbury is a good choice for covering all the Canadian bases:
- French presence
- Natural resource and extraction history
- the realization that total wilderness begins just north of you
- stereotypical Ontario suburban aesthetic (townhouse and commie block poor and student areas; clapboard 1.5 storey working class homes; monster box homes on a lake for the rich)
- little hipster neighbourhood on Kathleen street reminiscent of those in bigger Canadian cities
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Heh. I live in Sudbury. Are you from here too?
Kathleen St. has come a long way. It was previously known as 'the place where the hookers hung out' complete with sketchy KFC and run-down dive bar.
Elgin St. has come a ways too.
Sudbury is definitely somewhere closer to the median of Canada. Probably too Anglo-Canada in worldview to be a perfect representation, but it's not uncommon to hear French speckled in conversations between coworkers or in the cafeteria.
Immigration-wise, somewhat behind the leading trend of Canada, though that's changing. Might be more representative of 25-30 years ago.
Built form? Some decent bones around Ramsey Lake. Some awful company homes near the smelters. Lots of suburban dreck, as you mention.