Born and raised in Hamilton and I AVOID Hamilton at all costs. Moved out 10.5 years ago and will NEVER go back. The majority of my family has moved away.
This isn't a joke comment. IV needles, transient begging at intersections and public defecation are brand new problems. These problems didn't exist 5 years ago. Hamilton is getting degraded.
^I came here to say this and now I don't have to. Not to mention the downtown core has looked a scene from The Walking Dead for years and seems to get worse every year.
@@anonymouspatel2227 I just traveled all over Canada for the last 10 years mostly in BC. And no prices are as high as Vancouver Island. So the richest nicest place you can live in Canada the rent prices are the same in the most ghetto dirty place in Canada Hamilton and GTA. and the most unsafe places I've been is Hamilton and GTA.
@@anonymouspatel2227Just cocaine busts at public schools, kids bringing guns to class. Yep, great places to live. Huge value. Drugs and crime everywhere no problem for investortards!
I've lived in the downtown area for most of my life and it's pretty awful. The last few years we've seen a dramatic increase in homelessness, people with drug problems all over the place. There are many streets and parks in the city that just have lines of tents with people living in them. Want to walk down one of the trails or go for a jog? Hope you like walking past 50 drugged out crazy homeless people, occasionally being followed and harassed. Want to go downtown? Hope you're a fan of The Walking Dead. Want a cheap apartment? Hope you enjoy poor security features (if any at all) and property managers that don't care to fix issues for months on end. Crime gets worse every year, the police don't or can't do anything to help the people with mental illness/drug problems that flocked to the downtown core when they are called to incidences (which is multiple times every day). I don't know if it's poor police work or if the mental facilities/hospitals can't take them in to get them the help they need or what but it's trash down here. Buying a home on the mountain somewhere would be decent, but downtown is going to hell in a handbasket and has been for years and from what I've seen it's starting to trickle up the mountain now as well. "Hamilton sucks is what people said... 3-6 years ago! Or you're just uneducated on development and change." - No. It's bad and getting worse every year, at least downtown.
Welp. Same here in Winnipeg. I think the pandemmy made everything worse. I am considering to moving to Hammy for a while, but good to know it's just as bad as Winnipeg. Lol! There's a program out there I want to take though, and I need out of Winnipeg either way. I have a feeling it doesn't matter too much what cities you go to, I'm sure some are better, but at the end of the day, all probably have a rough homeless & drug population.
Hamilton born and raised . The Mountain is pretty good . Downtown is damn near a ghost town and definately could use some work . Back about 10years would head Downtown and have a great time enjoying the scenery and hitting the stores . Now with all the construction and businesses that shut down its barely worth going there . Aside from Dr. Disc on Wilson and James don't go there as much . Plus when Jackson Square closed down there it was a shame and what's left is sad . Surprise that there are some businesses still left down there and that's not by much . Looks like they're barely surviving . Have lived here since birth and it sucks to see what this city has deteriorated to . Aside from a few restaurants being opened down there they need to put afford able housing and businesses that want to be there and that would improve Downtown. Plus they First Ontario Center is gerring renovated and hopefully that improves the area . This used to be a lively city and it can be again . Want better for Hamilton . Hopefully it can happen.
Why would anyone want to live on former industrial lands? Do you honestly believe it will be cleaned up? If you do it menas you know absolutely nothing about Hamilton and how it works. I've lived in Hamilton all my life. I actually moved away from Hamilton to Stoney Creek on purpose 20 years ago. Unfortunately deamalgamtion ruined it for the suburbs
I am a native born Hamiltonian of 60 years & it has always been a rough place to live. We have serious homeless issues & drug addiction going on here. We cant go anywhere in this city without encountering it. Yes the city is changing but only superficially. Real estate prices are way too high in my opinion Rents are crazy high no one can afford them, what we need is more affordable & thought out housing to reflect the times that accommodate all people not just a few. We are seeing so many luxury high rises but NO real housing for those with modest finances or low income & this is where things like high crime come onto play, when enough housing is built for all classes of finances the crime will go down & streets a heck of a lot cleaner so home buyers need to be aware of this.
The Slate deal over the Stelco lands will not result in a new trendy waterfront. That land is so heavily contaminated it will never be housing in our lifetime, it has already been announced by the buyer it will be a industrial park.
The right areas of Hamilton have gotten smaller over the years, what used to be one or 2 bad areas has spread way too much. Hamilton died when free trade came into effects. When good paying jobs left so did the standard of living.
We used to go out late at night, grab a coffee and sit on some stairs enjoying them. People walked by said Hey and kept on walking. This was in the early 80s. Daniel, our roads suck because our Mayor sucks. I've emailed her on the road conditions and she never got back. We had a junkie needle box right behind the Children's Museum in Gage Park. Our first apartment was under 200 a month in 1980 and it's now going for $1800/ mth for a one bedroom.
Modern day Hamilton is a dystopian city. Its whole industry is price gouging vulnerable people's housing. Now the vulnerably populations are displaced into tent cities in your parks, streets, city hall, downtown, everywhere. If you want to see desperate people struggle, breaking into your backyard or car, stealing your bike, Etc. it's incredible. By moving here you're contributing to more of that. "Art is the new steel" is real estate propaganda. Artists struggle to get by here, so the art and culture that Hamilton's allegedly known for is essentially gone. The city allows artists to busk once a month if you consider that supportive. The city doesn't have meaningful support for artists to stick around. The culture that existed is slowly being replaced by generic "gourmet" burger and pizza places that are stuck in 2015. Or they'll close, an investment real estate company will buy it to leave it empty. During the big monthly "art" (busking) event you're not likely to see much tasteful art, more knick knacks. All there is to do is go to bars without an entertainment budget. And don't expect to go to Toronto for a night out unless you want to leave the event at midnight to catch the last bus (or Uber home after five Ubers cancel on you). Instead of making it easier to get to nearby cities and attractions the city's spending billions on a decades-old LRT system. The LRT will travel down one street. The street they're building the LRT on already has sufficient public transit. Its purpose isn't functional, LRTs are dated technology that was futuristic decades ago. The LRT is a minor cosmetic upgrade to market condos & will inevitably make the homelessness/lack of culture problem worse. Expect gridlocked traffic for years, isolation, petty crime, and more homeless than you've ever seen. Does this sound like a good place t live or even a good place to invest? I've lived here my entire life and the slimey real estate companies alongside the city destroyed it. They're lying to you because "price gouging housing from vulnerable is the new steel." If you'd rather trust this used car salesman over a born-and-raised Hamiltonian speaking with candour go ahead. This is a warning and I'm trying to help you but the choice is yours. Your quality of life will decrease by moving here. Anyone telling you to move here has ulterior motives and wants to finesse you into their scheme. Also you'll never find community because Toronto transplants don't fit in, and have a reputation for being boring yuppies. I loved Hamilton for what it was (grimey but authentic). However, it's the opposite now. Let's not pretend it's Manhattan , "Toronto's Brooklyn," or even "Toronto's Parkdale." Settle for a smaller house somewhere else and live a good life. Or get finessed into investing by cherry picked, exaggerated selling points that omit crucial and practical information about the city.
This guy do don’t know what he’s talking about just wants to boost his bussiness a lot of things have failed in this city this city is a shit hole and way too expensive to live!!!!
Housing prices are going to go up? They've already been obscene for many years. Hamilton offers little to nothing to justify this cost. There is so much undeveloped places that would make a huge difference. But city hall refuses to do anything. There are some nice areas in Hamilton. But it needs to get out of the dark ages.
Who knows, maybe the commercial development will help but there's nothing stopping people who live in Hamilton to right now be employed externally or have WFH jobs. So I wouldn't expect that commercial development to do much. This is a city that needs major support from the province or federal side. It's a massive poverty trap, almost like an apartheid at this point.
Many in Hamilton would love to see development in Hamilton's buildings taken seriously. It's really sad that most of the migrant businesses got pushed out, lied to, using some sort of development deal as an excuse. The City Center part was very pleasant looking....till the migrant businesses got pushed out.
Hamilton, born and bred. In the 80's and 90's we had the greatest punk rock music scene, Hess village was my home away from home. We also lovingly referred to the Hammer as "The armpit of Canada" It wasn't until l moved to Tasmania (Australia) that l realised that the natural colour of the sky was blue and not brown. It's a great city to live.
Cool! I've lived in Waterloo all my life, 26 years, never left the city EVER. Well I wasn't born here but came as a baby from India. Because I haven't travelled, is the Sky in Waterloo, which is kind of close to Hamilton (I think, I've never left the city remember) is the Sky here around Waterloo any different than the rest of the World?? I have an Australian friend, apparently she says people there are often referred to by their last middle name, hers is Sephora, which is a clothing store in Waterloo and lots of other countries but not Australia she says- so full circle lol
You say Hamilton's pollution is not happening through out the city.. well no.. just below the mountain. Every time I venture in or through Hamilton, as soon as you get half way down the mountain the smell starts. On top of the mountain, the air is so much clearer and sweeter smelling. So... you are half way correct
@@pharaohsmagician8329 It basically smells like nothing. Hamilton below the mountain.. smells like a dirty bathroom with a pile of young boys living there.
Hamilton is a wonderful town. We are surrounded by the Niagara Escarpment which contains mile after mile of hiking and biking trails, steams and waterfalls. People are very friendly, including 97% of the homeless people. There has been a significant increase in number of homeless people particularly downtown. I live right downtown and walk to the market and/or the downtown library 2 or 3 times a week. Have never been accosted or felt threatened by any of of the disadvantaged folks struggling to survive. Most of them avoid eye contact with people passing by because they are sad and trying not to be in anyone's way. I tend to smile and say good morning to both the homeless folk I pass as well as elderly people. Both brighten up and smile back and return the kindness. I grew up here in Hamilton and was taught to hold the same ignorant prejudices toward poor people. Then I grew up. And made a point of talking to people who were obviously having a very hard time. I came to realize that the majority of these unfortunates are very considerate and have a common tendency to go out of their way to help and look out for others. As someone else mentioned many of the jobs that paid enough a person could earn enough to afford to pay your own rent don't exist here any more. Just because someone is homeless does not mean they are dangerous or criminals. Every city in North America and also in most cities around the planet have seen massive increases in the growing numbers of homeless. When I grew up in the 1980's, social assistance paid about $400 a month. That was enough back then that people who hadn't been taught how to provide for themselves could at least afford a roof over their head somewhere most people would never be willing to spend an hour in. A bachelor apartment could be found for $325 back then. So they could afford to pay their hydro and phone bills, some carefully rationed groceries and do their laundry a couple of times a month. Today the cheapest bachelor apartment in the worst building in the city costs a minimum $900/month. And now full social assistance for a single person is $730/month. No landlord will rent to anyone on social assistance because they can not even afford to pay their rent. Homeless people without an address or who are incredibly fortunate enough to manage to get into a shelter receive $220 a month. Every dollar they earn if they find work is deducted dollar for dollar from their monthly assistance. Which is probably the most significant factor that makes being homeless similar to being trapped in a black hole. If a person earns $300 in a month and are living staying at a shelter, or sleeping in a tent, or like many, on a piece of cardboard behind a building. That person now will receive $0 from social assistance at the end of that month. But now have to pay for bus fare to and from work and for you own lunch and do your laundry more often. So now that, against all odds a person found a job, though every know-it-all kept lectured you this is the way for you to get off the streets and get yourself into an apartment. In reality you are worse off now than you were when you were unemployed. Working costs money. You have to get to work and home again. Once you are working you start burning off tons of extra calories that need to be replenished. Since you are busy working you do not have access to free community soup kitchens so now you have to buy all your own food and drinks. In the real world, if you will be earning less than $1600 take home income a month, there is a good chance you could be doing yourself more harm than good by taking that job. It will take every dollar you earn just to get to work, feed yourself. Now you are wearing out your shoes and clothing at an accelerated rate. The food banks are only open during day shift hours. This is an enormous factor to consider. You can survive one day working without any food. It's not good for you, but you'll survive. Once you try to go 2 or 3 days working and not eating you are taking a serious risk with your health and safety. Odds are you will faint at some point. Or just not have the energy to get out of... Oh, correction... you may not have a bed. You may not be capable of getting up off of your piece of cardboard on the cement or asphalt. You need a full time job to actually help yourself at all. A part time job will just cause you to lose and assistance you were receiving but the money you earn will all go toward making it to work and you are actually making it less likely you will manage to get off the streets someday. Even with a full time job, if you are earning minimum wage or a little more than that you are still no where near being in a position to save up for first and last months rent on the cheapest apartment available (minimum $1800 for the smallest worst maintained, bug infested dirty little bachelor apartment in Hamilton) but at least you can afford some occasional take out food and a cellphone. Which is better off than trying to stretch out $225 of not paying rent social assistance max benefits. Now you are one of the hundreds of thousands of working poor in Ontario. About half of whom are still homeless. Even though they work full time. Give it another year of scrimping and saving, and hopefully not falling prey to a not really very hard to imagine desire to drink or drug themselves into a few hours where you might stop obsessing how unfair and miserable your existence is. If you can walk that fine line, which is harder work than anyone who their clueless disgusted finger at you has ever worked in their life. Being homeless is hands down the hardest job anyone will face in this lifetime. Anyone who survives it and manages to climb out of it are far stronger than the common people will ever understand. With luck and dedication it will likely take you at least 2 years enduring that pitiful existence before the potential of land a room in a, most likely cockroach and bedbug infested, boarding house. The next hurdle is surviving the dangers, craziness and f lack of privacy you will have to endure there. Sharing a bathroom with a dozen other strangers. Odds are 50/50 anything you put in the community fridge so it doesn't go bad won't go bad because you'll never see it again. Survive another 2 or 3 years in that new level of hell, and then, only then is there a possibility you may have ben able to save up enough money to put down the money in order to move into the cheapest bachelor in the city. Indignity after indignity lurk around every corner waiting to eagerly spit in the face of the hardest working people in society up until they finally reach this point. Anyone who survives that deserves a hell of respect. At least 70 % of the people who freely mock and belittle the homeless wouldn't have a slightest hope of surviving that journey. If a quarter of the people who spend their days pointing their fingers at people they know absolutely nothing about instead looked for ways to solve the quickly worsening problems in our communities something might change for the better. A large percentage of rich people got that way by taking too much while giving back too little. More and more people take everything they can from anyone they can. We were taught to accept that that is just business. The "out of control" homeless problem is in it's infancy. Automation and AI will make 30% of current jobs redundant over the next 10 to 15 years. 150 years ago 85% of the uneducated workforce worked on farms. Blaming helpless people for having nothing and nowhere to go while applauding corporate executives who pay themselves more in a year than my father earned in his lifetime illustrates exactly how things have gotten as bad as they have. The guy or girl reduced to living in a tent collecting $225 dollars a month to survive are not to blame. They're just really easy to blame. Corporations remove hundreds of billions of resources from impoverished nations every year. While millions of people who have lived there all their lives are forces to live on a dollar or two a day. And work 12 hours a day 7 days a week just to get that. Greed is the problem. And not possessing a greedy disposition is what actually sets up most of the people who end up homeless, to end up there.
Thank you for your informed comments. I wish there were something that actually pointed to a way out of this; I think there's an initiative for much more affordable housing units blended with regular real estate. I'd like to see safe injection sites in the same spaces as well. Plus, of course, some sort of guaranteed minimum income for all.
Driving into Hamilton from Niagara you will see a brownish haze covering the city. Wouldn't want to breathe there until more factories close. I heard that it is the 'C' capital of Canada.
Nigel in Hamilton🇨🇦 this guy should have turned the COMMENTS section off I have very very little good to say been here 46 years "Hamilton is not just a place ? it's a state of mind" s psychotic mind
well. I'll be possibly moving to Port Dover at some point. I lived in Stoney Creek for a bit. it has some cute little areas and I reccomend The Powerhouse for a good Restaurant. They are so nice there. appartment complexes are being built along the beach where there are houses and homelessness is getting worse. also Grimby is very pretty as well
Passing by Hamilton on the Skyway Bridge all people see are all those fumes from the Dofasco and Stelco that's where it gets it's bad rep. Little do people know is that there's so much more to the city compared to that small industrial sector.
Most of that white vapor coming from the stack is water vapor that they use to scrub the air coming from the plant. I work in heavy industry in another part of Canada. Most people are very ignorant about the emissions from stacks and just assume it's polution.
Yeah, that covers about 1% of Hamilton! Area wise, Hamilton is twice the size of Toronto. Hence, there are many aspects of Hamilton. How many people realize that we have 6 lakes, 13 canyons and over 100 waterfalls. We grow most of the cabbage and broccoli, for example, on some of the best soil in Canada. One third of Hamilton's employment now is in agriculture.
Just wondering how long ago you made this. Crime has not gone down....going up constantly...now you can't leave anything outside your own home or it will be stolen. Heck even bikes locked up or patio furniture bolted down...it will get stolen. Just seems to me you are downplaying the crime.
Hate to tell you this but the crime level is still bad in the downtown core this is due to the homeless population you can't walk downtown without running into someone who's homeless
@@imdanielhaleI live in a nice part, but downtown and a lot of parts including some of mine have a rising crime and homelessness rate. There are more people being arrested for terrible crimes every day. There is also LOTS of mentally ill people which may or may not be due to extensive drug use.
@@imdanielhaleBecause used car salesmen like you are price gouging survival needs (housing) which has led to widespread desperation, crime, and homelessness. Hamilton has nothing to offer that a traditional city does. It's living off its past per-gentrified glory, and short sighted people are ruining that.
Rent in Hamilton..... don't LIVE in Hamilton....as in.... Hamilton for commerce, is a bad idea. To rent in Hamilton, is, not the best idea, but better than enjoying Hamilton.
I have always been in Hamilton. I was born in the mid-80s, 1980s that is. You see, Hamilton has always had problems. There has always been low-class riff raff type people in the downtown and along Barton Street. There was a City councillor 15 years ago that had converted store fronts on Barton street to over-crowded rental units. This kind of graft has been a tradition in Hamilton. Bums have always been loitering in Gore Park. And, businesses downtown had been struggling in the 1990s and into the 2000s. Investment and development has increased in the downtown. Ironically, even with the increased investment, there has been an equal increase in crime, transient people and drug use. Within that past 7 years however, Hamilton Mountain has been converting most of its homes to rental investment property. This is part of the increased migration of people to Canada. Political correctness prohibits me from saying more. Its a shame. I live here. I live next to an absentee landlord's property. Every single weekend, they have parties with loud music and too many people. The City does nothing. Traditional family-oriented Hamilton-Mountain people are paying the price for the new immigration and rental housing conversion that is taking place on the mountain. Its sad. The very same hard-working tax base of Hamiltonians are being abused. They go to work to help pay for crime management (law enforcement) and homeless druggy services they will never benefit from. I work a really hard low-paying job for 60 hours a week. I try to save and invest my income. I am trying to move away from Hamilton. In a few years time I hope to be out of here. Once my children are high school age, we are leaving Hamilton. I sincerely, sincerely, sincerely, wish I could explain more about the dangerous violent behaviour that is happening in this City. But, I simply can't You can probably figure out why.
Hamilton is nice but yeah it can be ruff and tuff for sure. I moved there from greater sudbury in 2001. Was there for 2 years then moved back fast. Great mountain biking in Dundas and the bruce trail has so many beautiful places to explore. Dundas is where to move.
Anywhere west of James Street and South of Main through west Hamilton out to Dundas is probably what I consider the more desirable areas for my taste. That said I'm fairly liberal and community minded, enjoy having easy access to live music and summer street festivals. I love the old churches and historical buildings. The sturdy well built and aesthetically pleasing homes that were built during a more thoughtful era and endure the test of with grace and dignity. With that said I believe every area of Hamilton has own particular strengths and weaknesses. There are no particularly dangerous areas in this day and age. You're as likely to run into an act of random violence in the suburbs or a more affluent district as you are in the inner city. If anything I find neighborhoods downtown quite friendly and welcoming. Poverty is a challenge that is presenting a growing concern in every city, every province , every state, in every country on earth. It is a social and economical issue. Not a geographical one. I spent a few hours earlier this evening reading posts from a staggering number of people, from every region of the United States, from every age group, demographic and reaching out for advice from others as many elderly people who worked their entire lives are suddenly facing homelessness. In their 60s, 70s and 80s. Thousands of them. And that is just the ones who are writing into Quora. I'd imagine from everything I'm hearing the numbers are more likely in the hundreds of thousands, if not in the millions. Every city is saying the same thing. The homeless situation there is growing out of control.
This honestly is a great city once you start to look past a lot a things tbh and you can get a house for rent for like 1.2k last time I saw it and plus everyone not downtown is happy civilized and is very generous
Hamilton has the worst drug and homeless problems rude neighbors everyone is angry and grumpy the police suck theres shootings and killings all the time everyone is leaving Ontario to out east
I look forward to meeting this young VERY young man one day 🤞 :lol . It's hard to hear your neighborhood is bad . When you strive to do you're part . If only we had fair and honest leadership . A lot of slamming to a very proud part of the city .
Hey Gideon, it depends on the city and a few other things. Are you looking for a detached, townhouse or condo? Also how many bedrooms? I can send you a few to take a look at.
Hamilton in the 2000s had a lot going for it, and even into the early-2010s. But the intense gentrification, homelessness, addiction and just asset management firms that bought up Mom and Pop shops that MADE Hamilton GOOD have really ruined our communities. Now you can buy a $550,000 bedknobs-to-breakfast bar bachelor suite in a downtown that hasn't been sketchier since the 1990s. I know, been here the whole time. Only people who live here and like it live in the ADFW burbs and visit downtown once at year like Detroiters. Between Metrolinx/Ontario fucking us on LRT and shit condos built at the height of market insanity? Why bother? $650k shit reno ww2 bungalows downtown near the 20-years-late LRT with schools that have literal cocaine gangs operating in them? It's fucked. And you have a bunch do-gooder McMaster students rotating through on a 4-6 year basis woke-scolding you for being angry at the people experiencing who keep stealing your bike. We've had cool and interesting art scene vibes but the investors, speculators and just awful suburban idiots who dominate this city will always turn us back into Big Brantford. Don't believe the hype.
Also love that gay men can get assaulted and robbed by teens who lured them hook-up apps now and good ol' YCJA is keeping their identity safe because they're young lil beans who are just tryin' to adult. Fuck it sucks here.
Oh yeah and up until the 2010s some police officers might just beat the shit out of you if they suspect you of a crime while appearing low income downtown. And the Crown might just been too busy and too underfunded to investigate their union. Over and over again. So if you like American city corruption, crime and violence with Canadian city speculation and nose-up-ass delusions about how great it is... come to Hamilton!
As someone coming from toronto, hamilton is much better. People are nicer, the transit is arguabky better. Shure, the industtial area might be ugly, but the stink gets blown put over the lake. There are some days that the city stinks but its not that bad. Native hamiltonians say homelesness is so bad, people will say that downtown is a ghost town, but compared to toronto, its again, not that bad.
I wish Torontonians would stay there. They're making the traffic worse, especially on the qew and 403. And driving up housing prices (which actually benefits me as a homeowner). Hamilton's city government is incredibly inept, though. Yeah, let's authorize a housing development next to an operating landfill and then extend the lifespan of the landfill. And yeah, many of the roads are in terrible shape. Out in my neck of the woods, Centennial Parkway and Highway 20 are in absolutely terrible condition.
Hi I live on the upper mountain... and its beautiful her...... he's talking about the loawer part west end is smog but it aint all like he says... and its cheaper then toronto lol... least we got a 3/4 acre corner lot on Airport road... $150000 home :-\
I moved here from another country its true that atmosphere is depressing but if you live on the seashore or up the new mountain its fine otherwise there is not much to do. Gives you really dull vibe. However there are areas like stoneycreek where its a bit better.
Hamilton has been good never been bad yes we have crime what city doesnt??? your close to any food or drinks bars clubs ect you could want and people are mostly friendly
You are wrong. Do you think when you live in toronto, mississauga etc or brampton you are living in the best place to live in ontario? Shame on you. Who are you to say Hamilton is so bad.
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If you like homelessness, low wages and high rent, and have an affinity for poorly constructed roads, you’ll love this hollow shell of a city.
Don't forget incompetent city government and corrupt police.
Born and raised in Hamilton and I AVOID Hamilton at all costs. Moved out 10.5 years ago and will NEVER go back. The majority of my family has moved away.
This isn't a joke comment. IV needles, transient begging at intersections and public defecation are brand new problems. These problems didn't exist 5 years ago. Hamilton is getting degraded.
Sorry young man but youre so wrong. I've lived here for 53 years. The crime rate is way up, prices are way up, gentrification is here to stay..
^I came here to say this and now I don't have to.
Not to mention the downtown core has looked a scene from The Walking Dead for years and seems to get worse every year.
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Price is still low in Hamilton compared to other cities and homeless people are everywhere not only in Hamilton.
@@anonymouspatel2227 I just traveled all over Canada for the last 10 years mostly in BC. And no prices are as high as Vancouver Island. So the richest nicest place you can live in Canada the rent prices are the same in the most ghetto dirty place in Canada Hamilton and GTA. and the most unsafe places I've been is Hamilton and GTA.
@@anonymouspatel2227Just cocaine busts at public schools, kids bringing guns to class. Yep, great places to live. Huge value. Drugs and crime everywhere no problem for investortards!
I've lived in the downtown area for most of my life and it's pretty awful.
The last few years we've seen a dramatic increase in homelessness, people with drug problems all over the place. There are many streets and parks in the city that just have lines of tents with people living in them. Want to walk down one of the trails or go for a jog? Hope you like walking past 50 drugged out crazy homeless people, occasionally being followed and harassed. Want to go downtown? Hope you're a fan of The Walking Dead. Want a cheap apartment? Hope you enjoy poor security features (if any at all) and property managers that don't care to fix issues for months on end.
Crime gets worse every year, the police don't or can't do anything to help the people with mental illness/drug problems that flocked to the downtown core when they are called to incidences (which is multiple times every day). I don't know if it's poor police work or if the mental facilities/hospitals can't take them in to get them the help they need or what but it's trash down here.
Buying a home on the mountain somewhere would be decent, but downtown is going to hell in a handbasket and has been for years and from what I've seen it's starting to trickle up the mountain now as well.
"Hamilton sucks is what people said... 3-6 years ago! Or you're just uneducated on development and change." - No. It's bad and getting worse every year, at least downtown.
Whenever I go downtown, I regret it. What the hell happened here?
I’m glad I don’t have to live in the main downtown area, still, the roaches will always thrive
Welp. Same here in Winnipeg. I think the pandemmy made everything worse. I am considering to moving to Hammy for a while, but good to know it's just as bad as Winnipeg. Lol! There's a program out there I want to take though, and I need out of Winnipeg either way. I have a feeling it doesn't matter too much what cities you go to, I'm sure some are better, but at the end of the day, all probably have a rough homeless & drug population.
Hamilton born and raised . The Mountain is pretty good . Downtown is damn near a ghost town and definately could use some work . Back about 10years would head Downtown and have a great time enjoying the scenery and hitting the stores . Now with all the construction and businesses that shut down its barely worth going there . Aside from Dr. Disc on Wilson and James don't go there as much . Plus when Jackson Square closed down there it was a shame and what's left is sad . Surprise that there are some businesses still left down there and that's not by much . Looks like they're barely surviving . Have lived here since birth and it sucks to see what this city has deteriorated to . Aside from a few restaurants being opened down there they need to put afford able housing and businesses that want to be there and that would improve Downtown. Plus they First Ontario Center is gerring renovated and hopefully that improves the area . This used to be a lively city and it can be again . Want better for Hamilton . Hopefully it can happen.
As someone coming from.toronto, hamilton is like a paradise. Trust me it's not that bad.
I moved out of Hamilton 20 years ago because it was terrible .. I can only imagine what it is like now
Why would anyone want to live on former industrial lands? Do you honestly believe it will be cleaned up? If you do it menas you know absolutely nothing about Hamilton and how it works. I've lived in Hamilton all my life. I actually moved away from Hamilton to Stoney Creek on purpose 20 years ago. Unfortunately deamalgamtion ruined it for the suburbs
Lol Stony Creek is in Ontario
Why can no body tell me why it smells like chemicals outside of my door step?
I am a native born Hamiltonian of 60 years & it has always been a rough place to live.
We have serious homeless issues & drug addiction going on here. We cant go anywhere in this city without encountering it.
Yes the city is changing but only superficially.
Real estate prices are way too high in my opinion Rents are crazy high no one can afford them, what we need is more affordable & thought out housing to reflect the times that accommodate all people not just a few.
We are seeing so many luxury high rises but NO real housing for those with modest finances or low income & this is where things like high crime come onto play, when enough housing is built for all classes of finances the crime will go down & streets a heck of a lot cleaner so home buyers need to be aware of this.
Why you do not go to another city sir ?
The Slate deal over the Stelco lands will not result in a new trendy waterfront. That land is so heavily contaminated it will never be housing in our lifetime, it has already been announced by the buyer it will be a industrial park.
The right areas of Hamilton have gotten smaller over the years, what used to be one or 2 bad areas has spread way too much. Hamilton died when free trade came into effects. When good paying jobs left so did the standard of living.
dude im live in hamilton you want to say stuff about my city go somewhere alse no one cares wtf is wrong with you
nafta was a boon to canada. however trade with china and others like china have had a negative effect on manufacturing.
We used to go out late at night, grab a coffee and sit on some stairs enjoying them.
People walked by said Hey and kept on walking.
This was in the early 80s.
Daniel, our roads suck because our Mayor sucks.
I've emailed her on the road conditions and she never got back.
We had a junkie needle box right behind the Children's Museum in Gage Park.
Our first apartment was under 200 a month in 1980 and it's now going for $1800/ mth for a one bedroom.
avoid leftist politicians.
@@nickyalousakis3851
At all costs!
Just a useless group of mouth breathers.
Modern day Hamilton is a dystopian city. Its whole industry is price gouging vulnerable people's housing. Now the vulnerably populations are displaced into tent cities in your parks, streets, city hall, downtown, everywhere. If you want to see desperate people struggle, breaking into your backyard or car, stealing your bike, Etc. it's incredible. By moving here you're contributing to more of that.
"Art is the new steel" is real estate propaganda. Artists struggle to get by here, so the art and culture that Hamilton's allegedly known for is essentially gone. The city allows artists to busk once a month if you consider that supportive. The city doesn't have meaningful support for artists to stick around. The culture that existed is slowly being replaced by generic "gourmet" burger and pizza places that are stuck in 2015. Or they'll close, an investment real estate company will buy it to leave it empty. During the big monthly "art" (busking) event you're not likely to see much tasteful art, more knick knacks.
All there is to do is go to bars without an entertainment budget. And don't expect to go to Toronto for a night out unless you want to leave the event at midnight to catch the last bus (or Uber home after five Ubers cancel on you). Instead of making it easier to get to nearby cities and attractions the city's spending billions on a decades-old LRT system. The LRT will travel down one street. The street they're building the LRT on already has sufficient public transit. Its purpose isn't functional, LRTs are dated technology that was futuristic decades ago. The LRT is a minor cosmetic upgrade to market condos & will inevitably make the homelessness/lack of culture problem worse. Expect gridlocked traffic for years, isolation, petty crime, and more homeless than you've ever seen. Does this sound like a good place t live or even a good place to invest?
I've lived here my entire life and the slimey real estate companies alongside the city destroyed it. They're lying to you because "price gouging housing from vulnerable is the new steel."
If you'd rather trust this used car salesman over a born-and-raised Hamiltonian speaking with candour go ahead. This is a warning and I'm trying to help you but the choice is yours. Your quality of life will decrease by moving here. Anyone telling you to move here has ulterior motives and wants to finesse you into their scheme. Also you'll never find community because Toronto transplants don't fit in, and have a reputation for being boring yuppies.
I loved Hamilton for what it was (grimey but authentic). However, it's the opposite now. Let's not pretend it's Manhattan , "Toronto's Brooklyn," or even "Toronto's Parkdale." Settle for a smaller house somewhere else and live a good life. Or get finessed into investing by cherry picked, exaggerated selling points that omit crucial and practical information about the city.
This guy do don’t know what he’s talking about just wants to boost his bussiness a lot of things have failed in this city this city is a shit hole and way too expensive to live!!!!
That slate purchase is for industrial redevelopment only
i got out in 1985 thx god living the dream in the mountains of bc mortgage free
Housing prices are going to go up? They've already been obscene for many years. Hamilton offers little to nothing to justify this cost. There is so much undeveloped places that would make a huge difference. But city hall refuses to do anything. There are some nice areas in Hamilton. But it needs to get out of the dark ages.
I just bought a house and now feel scared after reading all messages 😢 I'm from bc
Wondering, hows your experience so far?
@@wb5374 good 😊 and still affordable
Just being real with you -- you made a terrible mistake.
@@wb5374 why?
Don't! You made the best move, believe me! I left Ottawa 55 years ago to come back to Hamilton - the best move that I ever made!
Who knows, maybe the commercial development will help but there's nothing stopping people who live in Hamilton to right now be employed externally or have WFH jobs. So I wouldn't expect that commercial development to do much. This is a city that needs major support from the province or federal side. It's a massive poverty trap, almost like an apartheid at this point.
Many in Hamilton would love to see development in Hamilton's buildings taken seriously.
It's really sad that most of the migrant businesses got pushed out, lied to, using some sort of development deal as an excuse. The City Center part was very pleasant looking....till the migrant businesses got pushed out.
Hamilton, born and bred. In the 80's and 90's we had the greatest punk rock music scene, Hess village was my home away from home. We also lovingly referred to the Hammer as "The armpit of Canada" It wasn't until l moved to Tasmania (Australia) that l realised that the natural colour of the sky was blue and not brown. It's a great city to live.
Cool! I've lived in Waterloo all my life, 26 years, never left the city EVER. Well I wasn't born here but came as a baby from India. Because I haven't travelled, is the Sky in Waterloo, which is kind of close to Hamilton (I think, I've never left the city remember) is the Sky here around Waterloo any different than the rest of the World?? I have an Australian friend, apparently she says people there are often referred to by their last middle name, hers is Sephora, which is a clothing store in Waterloo and lots of other countries but not Australia she says- so full circle lol
*It's a great city to live. It's a great city to live 30-40 years ago
Why the epithet " Ontario"?? With a metropolitan population of 845 000 , anyone with any education should know where we are!
Stop the cap bro. Can't squeeze water out of a rock.
You say Hamilton's pollution is not happening through out the city.. well no.. just below the mountain. Every time I venture in or through Hamilton, as soon as you get half way down the mountain the smell starts. On top of the mountain, the air is so much clearer and sweeter smelling. So... you are half way correct
Wow really?? I've never left Waterloo in my entire life, so what would you describe the smell here, if you've ever been around?
@@pharaohsmagician8329 It basically smells like nothing. Hamilton below the mountain.. smells like a dirty bathroom with a pile of young boys living there.
It’s not that bad and I was born and raised here and I lived in Halifax with apparently some of the best air in Canada and I prefer Hamilton air
Hamilton is a wonderful town. We are surrounded by the Niagara Escarpment which contains mile after mile of hiking and biking trails, steams and waterfalls. People are very friendly, including 97% of the homeless people. There has been a significant increase in number of homeless people particularly downtown. I live right downtown and walk to the market and/or the downtown library 2 or 3 times a week. Have never been accosted or felt threatened by any of of the disadvantaged folks struggling to survive.
Most of them avoid eye contact with people passing by because they are sad and trying not to be in anyone's way. I tend to smile and say good morning to both the homeless folk I pass as well as elderly people. Both brighten up and smile back and return the kindness.
I grew up here in Hamilton and was taught to hold the same ignorant prejudices toward poor people. Then I grew up. And made a point of talking to people who were obviously having a very hard time. I came to realize that the majority of these unfortunates are very considerate and have a common tendency to go out of their way to help and look out for others. As someone else mentioned many of the jobs that paid enough a person could earn enough to afford to pay your own rent don't exist here any more. Just because someone is homeless does not mean they are dangerous or criminals. Every city in North America and also in most cities around the planet have seen massive increases in the growing numbers of homeless.
When I grew up in the 1980's, social assistance paid about $400 a month. That was enough back then that people who hadn't been taught how to provide for themselves could at least afford a roof over their head somewhere most people would never be willing to spend an hour in. A bachelor apartment could be found for $325 back then. So they could afford to pay their hydro and phone bills, some carefully rationed groceries and do their laundry a couple of times a month.
Today the cheapest bachelor apartment in the worst building in the city costs a minimum $900/month. And now full social assistance for a single person is $730/month. No landlord will rent to anyone on social assistance because they can not even afford to pay their rent. Homeless people without an address or who are incredibly fortunate enough to manage to get into a shelter receive $220 a month. Every dollar they earn if they find work is deducted dollar for dollar from their monthly assistance. Which is probably the most significant factor that makes being homeless similar to being trapped in a black hole. If a person earns $300 in a month and are living staying at a shelter, or sleeping in a tent, or like many, on a piece of cardboard behind a building. That person now will receive $0 from social assistance at the end of that month. But now have to pay for bus fare to and from work and for you own lunch and do your laundry more often.
So now that, against all odds a person found a job, though every know-it-all kept lectured you this is the way for you to get off the streets and get yourself into an apartment. In reality you are worse off now than you were when you were unemployed. Working costs money. You have to get to work and home again. Once you are working you start burning off tons of extra calories that need to be replenished. Since you are busy working you do not have access to free community soup kitchens so now you have to buy all your own food and drinks.
In the real world, if you will be earning less than $1600 take home income a month, there is a good chance you could be doing yourself more harm than good by taking that job. It will take every dollar you earn just to get to work, feed yourself. Now you are wearing out your shoes and clothing at an accelerated rate. The food banks are only open during day shift hours. This is an enormous factor to consider. You can survive one day working without any food. It's not good for you, but you'll survive. Once you try to go 2 or 3 days working and not eating you are taking a serious risk with your health and safety. Odds are you will faint at some point. Or just not have the energy to get out of... Oh, correction... you may not have a bed. You may not be capable of getting up off of your piece of cardboard on the cement or asphalt.
You need a full time job to actually help yourself at all. A part time job will just cause you to lose and assistance you were receiving but the money you earn will all go toward making it to work and you are actually making it less likely you will manage to get off the streets someday. Even with a full time job, if you are earning minimum wage or a little more than that you are still no where near being in a position to save up for first and last months rent on the cheapest apartment available (minimum $1800 for the smallest worst maintained, bug infested dirty little bachelor apartment in Hamilton) but at least you can afford some occasional take out food and a cellphone. Which is better off than trying to stretch out $225 of not paying rent social assistance max benefits.
Now you are one of the hundreds of thousands of working poor in Ontario. About half of whom are still homeless. Even though they work full time. Give it another year of scrimping and saving, and hopefully not falling prey to a not really very hard to imagine desire to drink or drug themselves into a few hours where you might stop obsessing how unfair and miserable your existence is. If you can walk that fine line, which is harder work than anyone who their clueless disgusted finger at you has ever worked in their life. Being homeless is hands down the hardest job anyone will face in this lifetime. Anyone who survives it and manages to climb out of it are far stronger than the common people will ever understand.
With luck and dedication it will likely take you at least 2 years enduring that pitiful existence before the potential of land a room in a, most likely cockroach and bedbug infested, boarding house. The next hurdle is surviving the dangers, craziness and f lack of privacy you will have to endure there. Sharing a bathroom with a dozen other strangers. Odds are 50/50 anything you put in the community fridge so it doesn't go bad won't go bad because you'll never see it again.
Survive another 2 or 3 years in that new level of hell, and then, only then is there a possibility you may have ben able to save up enough money to put down the money in order to move into the cheapest bachelor in the city. Indignity after indignity lurk around every corner waiting to eagerly spit in the face of the hardest working people in society up until they finally reach this point. Anyone who survives that deserves a hell of respect. At least 70 % of the people who freely mock and belittle the homeless wouldn't have a slightest hope of surviving that journey.
If a quarter of the people who spend their days pointing their fingers at people they know absolutely nothing about instead looked for ways to solve the quickly worsening problems in our communities something might change for the better. A large percentage of rich people got that way by taking too much while giving back too little. More and more people take everything they can from anyone they can. We were taught to accept that that is just business.
The "out of control" homeless problem is in it's infancy. Automation and AI will make 30% of current jobs redundant over the next 10 to 15 years. 150 years ago 85% of the uneducated workforce worked on farms. Blaming helpless people for having nothing and nowhere to go while applauding corporate executives who pay themselves more in a year than my father earned in his lifetime illustrates exactly how things have gotten as bad as they have. The guy or girl reduced to living in a tent collecting $225 dollars a month to survive are not to blame. They're just really easy to blame. Corporations remove hundreds of billions of resources from impoverished nations every year. While millions of people who have lived there all their lives are forces to live on a dollar or two a day. And work 12 hours a day 7 days a week just to get that. Greed is the problem. And not possessing a greedy disposition is what actually sets up most of the people who end up homeless, to end up there.
Dont nobody reading all that
@@niadeen6505fr😂😂
@@niadeen6505I did and they are right. It's people like you that make this problem worse. Try a little empathy once on your life
@beeell8017 so?
Thank you for your informed comments. I wish there were something that actually pointed to a way out of this; I think there's an initiative for much more affordable housing units blended with regular real estate. I'd like to see safe injection sites in the same spaces as well. Plus, of course, some sort of guaranteed minimum income for all.
Please,Whst is the safest neiphorhood for a family with young kids,we are planing to move in next month ?
Hey Emad, send me a text or give me a call. My info is in the description :)
Most places in Hamilton. Talk to a realtor.
Driving into Hamilton from Niagara you will see a brownish haze covering the city. Wouldn't want to breathe there until more factories close. I heard that it is the 'C' capital of Canada.
Lol steel town more polution then neighboring city's because the only have Wendy's and Timhortons and malls ,but on a real note way over populated
Those "pollution" days are mostly gone. This kept alive by Torontocentric media
Nigel in Hamilton🇨🇦
this guy should have turned the COMMENTS section off
I have very very little good to say
been here 46 years
"Hamilton is not just a place ? it's a state of mind"
s psychotic mind
well. I'll be possibly moving to Port Dover at some point.
I lived in Stoney Creek for a bit. it has some cute little areas and I reccomend The Powerhouse for a good Restaurant. They are so nice there. appartment complexes are being built along the beach where there are houses and homelessness is getting worse.
also Grimby is very pretty as well
Passing by Hamilton on the Skyway Bridge all people see are all those fumes from the Dofasco and Stelco that's where it gets it's bad rep. Little do people know is that there's so much more to the city compared to that small industrial sector.
This is very true.
Most of that white vapor coming from the stack is water vapor that they use to scrub the air coming from the plant. I work in heavy industry in another part of Canada. Most people are very ignorant about the emissions from stacks and just assume it's polution.
Yeah, that covers about 1% of Hamilton! Area wise, Hamilton is twice the size of Toronto. Hence, there are many aspects of Hamilton. How many people realize that we have 6 lakes, 13 canyons and over 100 waterfalls. We grow most of the cabbage and broccoli, for example, on some of the best soil in Canada. One third of Hamilton's employment now is in agriculture.
Hamilton is a like a vacuum for money and its all gonna go bad like it always does in Hamilton
I've heard that Hamilton is more or less the Canadian equivalent of Detroit or Youngstown. Both in terms of industrial history and crime.
You heard wrong. It was probably someone from Toronto that told you that! There is absolutely no way we are like your American rust-belt cities!!!
Just wondering how long ago you made this. Crime has not gone down....going up constantly...now you can't leave anything outside your own home or it will be stolen. Heck even bikes locked up or patio furniture bolted down...it will get stolen. Just seems to me you are downplaying the crime.
Brampton or Hamilton.. Where would you live?
Hamilton
Hamilton. However it does depend on the lifestyle you live, family and things like that. Feel free to reach out to me
Please don't move here
PLEASE!
lol why not Lance? There are some nice areas in Hamilton. Some not so nice areas but there are some great spots!
@@imdanielhale We dont want anymore people here. Youve ruined it
Lol
@@imdanielhale yeah it’s an amazing city I love it here
Why?
Hate to tell you this but the crime level is still bad in the downtown core this is due to the homeless population you can't walk downtown without running into someone who's homeless
That applies to all Canadian cities!
Do you live in Hamilton ?
Hamilton aka India 2.0
Facts
Oh my god, they’re there too????!!!!
Hamilton thinks it's Brooklyn and it's just Canadian Baltimore.
No it does not. Toronto thinks that of Hamilton!
Recorded horizontally:)
Hamilton has become a huge steamy pile of crap
Thanks Justin
I live here, it's going to hell
Why do you say that? I’m curious of your opinion..
@@imdanielhaleI live in a nice part, but downtown and a lot of parts including some of mine have a rising crime and homelessness rate. There are more people being arrested for terrible crimes every day. There is also LOTS of mentally ill people which may or may not be due to extensive drug use.
@@imdanielhaleBecause used car salesmen like you are price gouging survival needs (housing) which has led to widespread desperation, crime, and homelessness. Hamilton has nothing to offer that a traditional city does. It's living off its past per-gentrified glory, and short sighted people are ruining that.
@@imdanielhale open your eyes
I live in Hamilton why are you being mean to my city💀
Rent in Hamilton..... don't LIVE in Hamilton....as in.... Hamilton for commerce, is a bad idea. To rent in Hamilton, is, not the best idea, but better than enjoying Hamilton.
I have always been in Hamilton. I was born in the mid-80s, 1980s that is. You see, Hamilton has always had problems. There has always been low-class riff raff type people in the downtown and along Barton Street. There was a City councillor 15 years ago that had converted store fronts on Barton street to over-crowded rental units. This kind of graft has been a tradition in Hamilton. Bums have always been loitering in Gore Park. And, businesses downtown had been struggling in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Investment and development has increased in the downtown. Ironically, even with the increased investment, there has been an equal increase in crime, transient people and drug use.
Within that past 7 years however, Hamilton Mountain has been converting most of its homes to rental investment property. This is part of the increased migration of people to Canada. Political correctness prohibits me from saying more. Its a shame.
I live here. I live next to an absentee landlord's property. Every single weekend, they have parties with loud music and too many people. The City does nothing.
Traditional family-oriented Hamilton-Mountain people are paying the price for the new immigration and rental housing conversion that is taking place on the mountain.
Its sad. The very same hard-working tax base of Hamiltonians are being abused. They go to work to help pay for crime management (law enforcement) and homeless druggy services they will never benefit from.
I work a really hard low-paying job for 60 hours a week. I try to save and invest my income. I am trying to move away from Hamilton. In a few years time I hope to be out of here. Once my children are high school age, we are leaving Hamilton.
I sincerely, sincerely, sincerely, wish I could explain more about the dangerous violent behaviour that is happening in this City. But, I simply can't You can probably figure out why.
Hamilton is nice but yeah it can be ruff and tuff for sure. I moved there from greater sudbury in 2001. Was there for 2 years then moved back fast. Great mountain biking in Dundas and the bruce trail has so many beautiful places to explore. Dundas is where to move.
Dundas is definitely very nice!
Anywhere west of James Street and South of Main through west Hamilton out to Dundas is probably what I consider the more desirable areas for my taste. That said I'm fairly liberal and community minded, enjoy having easy access to live music and summer street festivals. I love the old churches and historical buildings. The sturdy well built and aesthetically pleasing homes that were built during a more thoughtful era and endure the test of with grace and dignity.
With that said I believe every area of Hamilton has own particular strengths and weaknesses. There are no particularly dangerous areas in this day and age. You're as likely to run into an act of random violence in the suburbs or a more affluent district as you are in the inner city. If anything I find neighborhoods downtown quite friendly and welcoming. Poverty is a challenge that is presenting a growing concern in every city, every province , every state, in every country on earth. It is a social and economical issue. Not a geographical one.
I spent a few hours earlier this evening reading posts from a staggering number of people, from every region of the United States, from every age group, demographic and reaching out for advice from others as many elderly people who worked their entire lives are suddenly facing homelessness. In their 60s, 70s and 80s. Thousands of them. And that is just the ones who are writing into Quora. I'd imagine from everything I'm hearing the numbers are more likely in the hundreds of thousands, if not in the millions.
Every city is saying the same thing. The homeless situation there is growing out of control.
I'm moving to Hamilton next summer from Colombia, Just hope everything goes well for us.
Thanks awesome! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need any help with the move!
This honestly is a great city once you start to look past a lot a things tbh and you can get a house for rent for like 1.2k last time I saw it and plus everyone not downtown is happy civilized and is very generous
We welcome you! I hope you love your new city ❤
Hamilton has the worst drug and homeless problems rude neighbors everyone is angry and grumpy the police suck theres shootings and killings all the time everyone is leaving Ontario to out east
I look forward to meeting this young VERY young man one day 🤞 :lol . It's hard to hear your neighborhood is bad . When you strive to do you're part . If only we had fair and honest leadership . A lot of slamming to a very proud part of the city .
No slamming at all. I’m a fan of Hamilton. Only mentioned a few downsides but every city has them
“AVOID HAMILTON AT ALL COSTS!!!”, “I love Hamilton!”…ok grifter.
@@GDKF0238It's a marketing tactic. And outsiders should avoid hamilton at all costs so a one bedroom on Barton isn't major city prices.
Hamilton is not bad i’ve been living here my whole life there’s nothing wrong with it
I know, it's all been propaganda that gives us a bad rap. I'll take Hamilton over any other city in Canada and I'll give you many reasons why!
How much are new builds going for in Ontario?
Hey Gideon, it depends on the city and a few other things. Are you looking for a detached, townhouse or condo? Also how many bedrooms? I can send you a few to take a look at.
Downtown Barton Street (except Barton and James) has abandoned storefronts BUT the neighbourhoods are not as bad as north Philadelphia. Just saying 😪
I think all of this is going to get cleaned up fairly quickly. Lots of improvements happening
@@imdanielhale"cleaned up" = more tent cities, desperation, and crime with very little in return.
It *is* bad.
Do NOT move here.
To anyone from around the world: welcome to Hamilton!
To anyone from Toronto: f*** off y'all had your chance
Hamilton in the 2000s had a lot going for it, and even into the early-2010s. But the intense gentrification, homelessness, addiction and just asset management firms that bought up Mom and Pop shops that MADE Hamilton GOOD have really ruined our communities. Now you can buy a $550,000 bedknobs-to-breakfast bar bachelor suite in a downtown that hasn't been sketchier since the 1990s. I know, been here the whole time. Only people who live here and like it live in the ADFW burbs and visit downtown once at year like Detroiters. Between Metrolinx/Ontario fucking us on LRT and shit condos built at the height of market insanity? Why bother? $650k shit reno ww2 bungalows downtown near the 20-years-late LRT with schools that have literal cocaine gangs operating in them? It's fucked. And you have a bunch do-gooder McMaster students rotating through on a 4-6 year basis woke-scolding you for being angry at the people experiencing who keep stealing your bike. We've had cool and interesting art scene vibes but the investors, speculators and just awful suburban idiots who dominate this city will always turn us back into Big Brantford. Don't believe the hype.
Also love that gay men can get assaulted and robbed by teens who lured them hook-up apps now and good ol' YCJA is keeping their identity safe because they're young lil beans who are just tryin' to adult. Fuck it sucks here.
Oh yeah and up until the 2010s some police officers might just beat the shit out of you if they suspect you of a crime while appearing low income downtown. And the Crown might just been too busy and too underfunded to investigate their union. Over and over again. So if you like American city corruption, crime and violence with Canadian city speculation and nose-up-ass delusions about how great it is... come to Hamilton!
Hamilton is not that bad
No jobs here just drugs
As someone coming from toronto, hamilton is much better. People are nicer, the transit is arguabky better. Shure, the industtial area might be ugly, but the stink gets blown put over the lake. There are some days that the city stinks but its not that bad. Native hamiltonians say homelesness is so bad, people will say that downtown is a ghost town, but compared to toronto, its again, not that bad.
By the way, the southwest winds generally blow all that over the lake to Toronto!!!
I wish Torontonians would stay there. They're making the traffic worse, especially on the qew and 403. And driving up housing prices (which actually benefits me as a homeowner). Hamilton's city government is incredibly inept, though. Yeah, let's authorize a housing development next to an operating landfill and then extend the lifespan of the landfill. And yeah, many of the roads are in terrible shape. Out in my neck of the woods, Centennial Parkway and Highway 20 are in absolutely terrible condition.
Your not bright or trolling
Lol the smell of pollution is throught the whole city.
Reminds me of Brooks, Alberta. As you drove in, the smell welcomed you with open arms, Hahaha.
No not at all
@@dreamspaceedits as someone who has lived there and travels there still I witness this everytime
Lived here 40 years, it has got much better in the past few.... Toronto is much worse like Strachan/King or try Lakeshore/Cawthra...MUCH worse.
Houses around gage park rest is small wooden war time houses downtown mountain area better but not much available
That's a very desireable neighborhood!!! Love Gage Park
do you speak French???
No I don’t. I can recommend an agent that does however :)
Hi I live on the upper mountain... and its beautiful her...... he's talking about the loawer part west end is smog but it aint all like he says... and its cheaper then toronto lol...
least we got a 3/4 acre corner lot on Airport road... $150000 home :-\
What area is considered upper mountain?
I moved here from another country its true that atmosphere is depressing but if you live on the seashore or up the new mountain its fine otherwise there is not much to do. Gives you really dull vibe. However there are areas like stoneycreek where its a bit better.
Hamilton has made a big improvement in 2023
Great vid I’m moving to hamilton from Ireland in April
Amazing! Let me know if you need any help with your move!
@@imdanielhale yeah I will call when I arrive in the country
@@Daniel-df3bh sounds good! Safe travels!
Me too. Moving to Hamilton in April as well
@@thedoggedscientist awesome! What part?
Hamilton is not that bad what are you talking about?
Hamilton's nick name isn't Steel Town it's Steel City.
I just moved to Hamilton. Beats the homelessness I would have otherwise experienced lol
Try Toronto 😆
yeah, try Toronto!
i am trying to get there mentally to move...I used to work downtown Hamilton.....
Hamilton has been good never been bad yes we have crime what city doesnt??? your close to any food or drinks bars clubs ect you could want and people are mostly friendly
Well we in Hamilton want to build Jets.
Just explored Hamilton. Loved the area except: the drug addicts and cost/difficulty with parking. Otherwise had a great time!
Also loved how diverse the city/area is!!
Did you see all 1100 sq km of Hamilton????
2 hours drive to toronto
1 hour drive, or 70 km
You are wrong. Do you think when you live in toronto, mississauga etc or brampton you are living in the best place to live in ontario? Shame on you. Who are you to say Hamilton is so bad.
It's a marketing technique to fool real estate investors who don't do their due diligence.