COMMENT BY
Jonathan from International Falls, MN
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
International Falls, MN
COMMENT
2021: Niagara Falls post-covid
Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just never happens at all. This time, though, some new places are being built, although small hotels and such, it’s something. Let’s hope that keeps going.
This is a tough place to be from. The people across the border think they’re better than us, constantly think they’re too good for us and remind everyone that they should come there to view the waterfalls and not waste any time here. Whether some of that is simply racist and classist, I don’t know. I do find it interesting that none of them want the border to reopen while on our side there are protests every week to reopen the border so we can get our businesses going again. I think Covid has permanently damaged the relationship between Niagara Falls, Canada and Niagara Falls, USA. They’ve made it very clear they only care about themselves and would rather keep the border sealed so they could keep us out of their precious country that we aren’t good enough to enter.
This could be an amazing place to live. It should be. Niagara Falls hasn’t decided whether we are going to be a small town, a suburb of Buffalo, or maybe even a commuter city to Toronto someday if the laws change. There are a lot of possibilities with the right leadership and vision. Life has to be made as miserable as possible for those coming here to commit illegal activities and refuse to get a job.