A Walk On The Wild Side

Sometimes in comparison NDG does seems "wild" compared to Lasalle! Perhaps wild isn't the appropriate word to use, NDG just has character, unlike Lasalle with it's sameness and total lack of anything pretty. Sure the duplexes look clean and kept up from the outside but they are all the SAME! Row after row after row of white bricked (a few brown ones thrown in for good measure) duplexes, the only change are some balconies/windows/doors are different! Some yards look nicer than others. There are no old dwellings, I swear this whole city went up in the 1970's by one contractor who's vision was to see how many duplexes he could make that looked exactly the same. A wonderland of predictability. I miss the old trees, the beautiful parks, the gargoyles, the high ceilings and the buildings from the early 1900's. Far from a good reason to uproot an entire family, this is obviously not the reason why we are moving but I definitely look forward to a place with a little more character.