I love living in my community ! Originally from Salerno, Italy, my family immigrated from there when I was 8 years old. Although I think my home country is the one of the most beautiful countries in the world (especially the Amalfi Coast!), I am now very proud to call Canada home, having lived here for 41 years..oops I just gave away my age!!
Growing up in the St.Catharines/Niagara area was fantastic, my family and I had the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls when ever we wanted. How can you beat the beauty of that roaring thunder of millions of gallons of water rushing over creating one of the seven wonders of the world!
We could take a leisurely ride down Lakeshore road to Niagara on the Lake, and view all the beautiful wineries that tourists visit every year. Once in Niagara on the Lake you are transported back to a beautiful town over looking Lake Ontario, little quaint shops with different items to purchase and some of the most beautiful architecture I have ever seen in the period homes built from yester days.
Then if we wanted to experience our different cultures of our wonderful country wee would drive down to Toronto and experience the variety of ethnic backgrounds and all their wonderful culture, food, art and customs. The fashion in Toronto competes with the top fashion capitols of the world.
So as I look back I am so full of great memories that I had growing up in my neighborhood that my husband and I are lucky enough to be raising out two boys just around the corner from where we grew up. My children attend the same school that my younger brother attended and they will be going to the same high school as I did as a young adult! St. Catharines is not a huge metropolitan city but has a population of about 132.000.00. The boundaries are"north end" that hugs Lake Ontario, the "south end" that boasts our very well known Brock University and the city is divided by the "Queen Elizabeth Highway". With the size of this city it still amazes me that I often go to the market, local theaters, bank, church and meet kids I grew up with that like me have left the St.Catharines area for work and other reasons only to come back to their roots, because they loved it so much.
I know if I chose to I could live anywhere, but I choose here, I love St. Catharines/Niagara area for my work, to raise my family and enjoy life with wonderful friends.
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