Downtown Oshawa Part 1

For those of you who don't know, Oshawa has a few very glaring problems. First, a shithole for a Downtown core full of Dollar Stores, Pawn Shops, Tatoo Parlors and prostitutes. During the day it's not so bad. There are a lot of reputable businesses. At night the only reasons to go there is for a $20 blowjob or to beat up someone for the $20 to get your blowjob. Don't bother.

What a shame. From what my parents said used to be a great downtown core where you had to dress up and walk the area with your wife or girlfriend and go to upscale bars, restaurants and theatres (Movies and Plays). Now, it has degraded into a place where you go to score drugs or go to a soup kitchen.

On a positive not the city recently cut funding to all "drop in" centres in the downtown in place of actual businesses. The two that come to mind are "The Arc" and "Buddies" (pictures to follow). They were originally designed for less fortunate people to have access to the internet to find jobs and do laundry but ended up a place to go to simply smoke and drink free coffee. Yes, some people that hang out there are nice but when I was talking to someone outside of Buddies one day I made everyone mad at me when I mentioned I had two jobs and a cellphone.

There are many bad things to talk about in regards to the Downtown and few good things. I'll get back to that after a few more articles. Namely Coffee Time or "Crack Time" as we call it.