Small Town Ontario Love

I really love our city.

The other day @Ptbo_Canada tweeted the following: When you think of "icons" in Peterborough, what comes to mind?

Having lived here for nearly 24 years, I can think of a few things:

Our beautiful downtown, the fabulous indie shops (Simple., Glow, Bluestreak), the fantastic restaurants (esp. Hot Belly Mama's, The Olde Stone, The Speak Easy, St. Veronus, The Only, Reggie's, Matsu), the cafes (Dreams of Beans, Natas, The Silver Bean), the parks, the playground, our zoo, Trent University, Trent Radio, Little Lake, the Folk Festival, the Festival of Lights, fireworks, Jackson's Park, the cab drivers, skating on the canal, the music/arts scene, the Liftlocks, Rotary Trail, ArtSpace, all of East City (represent!), the beautiful green spaces, my friends, my family, my life & much, much more.

I love Peterborough.

This is where I grew up & I'm happy to raise my daughter here.

I'm not saying that our town has no negative aspects, but to be honest, who has time to dwell on the bad things in life? Forget it, embrace the good & keep on living.

What do you love about the place where you live?

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