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Originally Posted by LMich
Excellent tour! Out of curiosity, which of the two cities (Kitchner or Waterloo) is the more historically industrial of the two? What are their differences in how each is and how each is precieved?
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Well, Kitchener is definitely the more industrial of the two historically. However, both are becoming increasingly white-collar. Waterloo went through this transition earlier because of the Universities of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier (Waterloo is a major university town). However, this trend is also filtering into Kitchener and even Cambridge. From what I've noticed, people in Waterloo tend to look down on Kitchener and pretend it's some bombed out slum like Detroit, when it's clearly not. People in Kitchener see Waterloo as the higher class city with lots of rich, snobby people.
Kitchener is also larger than Waterloo and its downtown is larger in scale as well. They are in close proximity and it's only a kilometre or two between Downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo.