On 5/16/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. ;-)
One does not "drive" the QEW, one sits and waits for the tractor trailers to be righted and towed away.:-) Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
