Good, Better, Barrie?
Yesterday, I decided to take a quick day trip up to Barrie, where I hadn't been in quite a while. The trip was my first experience of Barrie being a lively, fun city, and I think things are only looking up. In this blog post, I will take a look at some of Barrie's positives, and what they can improve upon to make the City that much better. The Good Good Geography Barrie is situated on Lake Simcoe's Kempenfelt Bay, and the City wraps cleanly around it. This helps the City's focus point be towards the water. Any city that has a downtown closely integrated with a major body of water is a city I want to go to. The presence of water allows for additional activities: Barrie has a beach, boating, and fishing, as well as an inflatable water park in the bay. I saw a pirate ship doing boat tours, and people actually catching fish, right downtown. Additionally, downtown's centrality in the City makes it close to every part of the City. Nowhere is truly 'far' from downt...