frank theriault wrote: >Several years ago some brilliant entrepeneur decided that a high-speed >hydrofoil ferry service between Toronto and Rochester would be a good >idea. After fleecing various levels of government for money, the >thing was a bust. IIRC, It made all of about two or three round trips >before it went belly-up, leaving behind a trail of creditors. > >As the inaugural run approached, one of our Toronto dailies printed an >article, wherein they opined that the ferry would be a bust because >(a) no one in Rochester has any money, as everyone's poor due to the >layoffs, so no one from that end would pay to come to Toronto, and, >(b) Rochester is such a barren wasteland, with ghettos and crime and >no nightlife or culture, that no one from The Centre of the Universe >(Toronto) would want to go there. > >I exaggerate a bit, but the slant of the story was that Rochester >isn't a very appealing place. > >I kind of figured they were wrong, or at least engaging in hyperbole...
You know, those ferry operators *should* have been able to make a living from people from Rochester traveling to and from Toronto, without needing Toronto residents to use the ferry at all! Actually, besides the George Eastman House, I don't see that Rochester would hold much attraction for people from a big cultural hub like Toronto. But if I lived in Toronto and were driving to the eastern U.S. I happily pay a ferry fee and travel *through* Rochester to avoid driving the QEW and going through Buffalo or Niagara Falls. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
