Vacation, all I ever wanted....

[steveisgood]

Part two of Steve and Mallory's Fantabulous vacation is done, and cottaging and Ottawa were fun.  Kayaked for the first time, went to the now-defunct "Diefenbunker", lots of driving, and explored Ottawa in ways I havent been able to before.  I learned something about our nation's capital: HUGE homeless problem.  Rideau st., and the surrounding area

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[anonymous]

A major men's shelter is located in downtown Ottawa, just off Rideau Street, and Rideau Street (and the Rideau Centre) is a major transit point and collects people of all varieties, including the homeless.

The change from Rideau to Wellington Street is stark, isn't it!

[steveisgood]

"stark" would be putting it mildly. What's more, is Rideau was quite lovely during the day, butat night it seemed like, for lack of a better simile, the difference between night and day. The crazy-eye'd fraternity seemed to run the street while we steadily quickened our pace back to the car.