Niagara Falls New York had two major industries, Chemicals and Tourism. With the Love Canal disaster and failing economy the jobs moved elsewhere, and with that the tax base that provided the tourism industry its funding fell. Niagara Falls could not compete with the Canadian side, and the weak Canadian doller didn't help. The tourist industry was stronger on the Canadian side, and Americans came over to take advantage of the exchange rate. At one time Niagara Falls New York was a booming bar town, the less restrictive American liquor laws, cheaper booze, and chicken wings were bringing Canadians over every night. Pine Street and the bar strip were well known, and cheap groceries and gas kept the stores open for many years. The balanced economy, restrictions in border crossing, rising U.S. prices brought that to an end as well, and as more and more businesses failed, the rest of the city followed. There are still some popular places around the city, but the Canadian side still has a major advantage over Niagara Falls, New York.
I just got back from the Canadian side. We made a day trip of it from Detroit, Michigan into Windsor Canada all the way across to Niagra Falls. It was great! I was also told Canada side was better and from what I saw, I imagine they're right. The canadian side is a HUGE horseshoe of a fall. You can also see the American side very well. However, you cannot see the canadian side much at all from the American side. And since the NY side is a flat fall, all you can do is look down, watch the water go off the edge while at the top, or try to push your way to the closest edge of the fall to see the bottom of it. There's absolutely no problem seeing the entire Niagara area from the Canadian side. I highly recommend! For what you can find on the canadian side, see my other answer in this category on this question a few days after yours. There's a casino, boat tours, aviary, Hard Rock Cafe, Hersheys, helicopter tours, beautiful hotel views, etc.
Well, those are pictures of the worst houses in the area. All cities have those types of things. I'm not going to try to defend the area, because I know it is pretty beat up. Thats what happens when your economy slows down and dies. It all depends on the location as well. I live a few miles away from Niagara Falls in a pretty upscale community that is nothing like that. Take a ten minute drive and you will be in second safest city in the country with a ton of development and new construction of buildings and upscale neighborhoods.
Because there aren't a lot of tourists on the NY side, because you really don't get as good a view of the falls as you do from the Canadian side.
55,000 people live in Niagara Falls, NY and 82,000 people live in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Niagara Falls, NY was also very much an old industrial city (home to Love Canal, which was a landfill).
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Niagara Falls New York had two major industries, Chemicals and Tourism. With the Love Canal disaster and failing economy the jobs moved elsewhere, and with that the tax base that provided the tourism industry its funding fell. Niagara Falls could not compete with the Canadian side, and the weak Canadian doller didn't help. The tourist industry was stronger on the Canadian side, and Americans came over to take advantage of the exchange rate. At one time Niagara Falls New York was a booming bar town, the less restrictive American liquor laws, cheaper booze, and chicken wings were bringing Canadians over every night. Pine Street and the bar strip were well known, and cheap groceries and gas kept the stores open for many years. The balanced economy, restrictions in border crossing, rising U.S. prices brought that to an end as well, and as more and more businesses failed, the rest of the city followed. There are still some popular places around the city, but the Canadian side still has a major advantage over Niagara Falls, New York.
I just got back from the Canadian side. We made a day trip of it from Detroit, Michigan into Windsor Canada all the way across to Niagra Falls. It was great! I was also told Canada side was better and from what I saw, I imagine they're right. The canadian side is a HUGE horseshoe of a fall. You can also see the American side very well. However, you cannot see the canadian side much at all from the American side. And since the NY side is a flat fall, all you can do is look down, watch the water go off the edge while at the top, or try to push your way to the closest edge of the fall to see the bottom of it. There's absolutely no problem seeing the entire Niagara area from the Canadian side. I highly recommend! For what you can find on the canadian side, see my other answer in this category on this question a few days after yours. There's a casino, boat tours, aviary, Hard Rock Cafe, Hersheys, helicopter tours, beautiful hotel views, etc.
Well, those are pictures of the worst houses in the area. All cities have those types of things. I'm not going to try to defend the area, because I know it is pretty beat up. Thats what happens when your economy slows down and dies. It all depends on the location as well. I live a few miles away from Niagara Falls in a pretty upscale community that is nothing like that. Take a ten minute drive and you will be in second safest city in the country with a ton of development and new construction of buildings and upscale neighborhoods.
Because there aren't a lot of tourists on the NY side, because you really don't get as good a view of the falls as you do from the Canadian side.
55,000 people live in Niagara Falls, NY and 82,000 people live in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Niagara Falls, NY was also very much an old industrial city (home to Love Canal, which was a landfill).
It is a dump compared with the Canadian side.
i would guess it is because most of the people are there are tourist, so not too many people would want to live there, just visit.
not really. l don`t live to far from there but lt all depends where you go
maybe people can't afford to live there anymore, so they've moved out
Its in the US....