Niagara Falls, New York doesn't have a whole lot going for it, excepting one of the natural wonders of the world, that is. The city dug itself into a hole with mobsters, corruption, and the giant sucking sound industry makes when it leaves. Yeah, a giant sucking sound helped dig a hole; this is a picture being painted, and it's not Rembrandt, but it should be enough for you to see. Empty houses turning into empty lots. Weeds and garbage. Gangs and alcoholics and psychos. Leftover goomba "businessmen" who don't even live there using empty buildings as tax breaks and the people who do live there turning them into public urinals.
The last of the owners who owner-occupied died of old age. Renters begged and scraped until they could afford to get out, too. The rash of disturbing killings gave a lot of residents the motivation to get out. Tourists still came, but they stuck to the path of light and shopped on the Canadian side. Nikolai Tesla's statue was always a favorite of tourists, which is probably why they moved it out of Niagara Falls.
Tesla. It's why you're reading about this forsaken city. Stan was the reincarnation of Nikolai Tesla.
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