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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Ontario is Canada's "downtown" of small towns and villages. It has so many nice towns and hundreds of different villages to choose from and a multitude of ways to get to them. For people who like to drive around endlessly to just discover new places, Ontario is nirvana.
Sask/AB/Man certainly have a lot of roadway and villages/towns but, quite frankly, 95% of them aren't worth visiting.
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Like most people, I didn't care about walking around quaint or charming villages and towns. Now that I'm older, I do find walks down main streets interesting and when I don't have much to do on a Saturday or Sunday, I'll make a short trek to some place I haven't been in a while. By short I mean within half an hour.
Tomorrow I'll probably go to Dundas, ON (Hamilton area) and then go to Westfield Heritage Village after to take a trip back in time. Haven't been there, nor do I need to since I've already done the pioneer village thing at Black Creek (North York - standard field trip for west end GTA kids) plus the one around London. But it's 15 bucks for a car load and it'll give the kids something to do.
If I had money, I would do this more often and eat at the finest establishments in town. Instead, it usually ends up being Harvey's or something because for a family, it really adds up.
Closer to home where you can go on a weekday, quaint village type areas like Streetsville, Port Credit, DT Oakville, Kerr Village, Bronte Village and DT Burlington, all along the lake or river, are good options to kill 1.5 to 2 hours.
I also have a list of cheap things I save on kijiji or FB Marketplace that I want or need and I will try to get on the way to these places as it wouldn't be worthwhile driving just for one $5 or $10 item.
Lately, I've had the thought of moving to the fringe country of the GTA. My friend just got 5 acres in north Stouffville with a pond. He split his time between Etobicoke and Keswick previously. And my cousin just moved from soul sucking Milton to acreage in Erin, a few minutes north of Acton. His property also includes a pond that is fed by a narrow creek. But alas, I would really miss the vibrancy of an actual city and the ability to just hop in the car and go do something closeby.