I lived in A'burg. As for Windsor, a line that I read in the Windsor Star once pretty much summed it up for me (and it's stuck with me since): Windsor is a dowdy lunch bucket city. Oh, did that one ever raise a stink, but look at what drives the city, and it's true: the big three auto maker factories, tool & die (I worked at one, even), strip clubs (big business given that Ontario's drinking age is lower than Michigan's), the casino, the Allied Chemical plant in A'burg, the salt mine, farming (on the outskirts), and the fact that it's at the end of the major trucking route. If the wind was blowing the wrong way, the air stunk of the pig farms -- at least it wasn't close enough to get the petro-chem stink from Sarnia. I was there at a time when: the art gallery was closed to turn it into a casino; the roller rink was closed to turn it into a bingo hall; A'burg's only movie theatre was closed to turn it into a bingo hall; Boblo Island (a small amusement park, for those not in the know) was shut down and converted into a golf course.

As Canadian cities go, Ottawa and Toronto (not to mention Quebec City, the major cities in Alberta, and Vancouver) are all much higher up the list than Windsor. I haven't been east of Quebec City, so I can't vouch for the Maritimes...

Cheers,