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From: Chris.Brown@f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Brown)
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Subject: SISTER CITIES
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Date: 3 Dec 90 21:34:45 GMT
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your reputation as a music and cultural centre reached here a long
time ago, of course, but it's nice to know it's growing.  We had
some problems with people following disabled persons (with
identifying license plates) following them home, or targetting them
for harassment and crime.  So the province changed the way disabled
register for driving and parking priviledges so that the notice the
car is driven by a disabled person can be removed when not in use,
at a parking lot, for instance.  I wish I could say Orleans is a
mecca for artistic development, but such is not the case.  Except
for a couple of unique individuals who have made their names
elsewaher, we are a bedroom community with mini-malls, a large
shopping centre, and gas bars.  We do have the area's only BBS for
disabled persons, run by Jean-Pierre Beland (a regular on this
echo).  But other than that the biggest activity is teenagers with
nothing to do wishing there were facilities or activities of
interest to take part in.  If we really want excitement we have to
go to Montreal, which is worth the two hour drive, or Toronto,
which is not worth the fivehours.  However, as its the national
capital, there are a lot of interesting organizations and
government facilities on pretty well every subject you'd want to
get into.

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