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Originally Posted by theman23
I don't think anyone would characterize Waterloo as "menacing". The difference between the two towns is so minor from a safety point of view, that any difference in perception could be chalked up to an unlucky experience.
Anyways, you're taking an absurdly literal interpretation of rousseau's argument here. Sleepy little college enclaves aside, his point is largely true. Maybe you'll come to agree if you bring it up with the locals.
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He clearly stated that it was a common denominator throughout the US. And that much is wrong.
Waterloo definitely had some questionable characters that would come from poor areas in Kitchener and Cambridge. There would also be fights breaking out at the clubs and bars nearly every Thursday night. You just don't see that as much here. But partly I think it's just because the student body here is considerably brighter. And you don't get the locals coming in to the town as much, since its not as joined to nearby towns.
That said, my point is not to throw Waterloo under the bus. Loved my time there and felt safe. Ann Arbor is better in every single way though, including the university itself.
Again, you say shit like, from San Francisco to Alabama one thing that unites America is racial tension, gun violence, and ubiquitous menace in the night time.... well, that's just not true. It's jingoistic Canadian anti-Americanism.
I agree all those negative traits exist to a greater extent, in aggregate, in the US. But there are places in the US that are better than places in Canada by those very measures, even if they are few.
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