Windsor
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Windsor (noun)
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Windsor
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada. It lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, is the second largest city in Southwestern Ontario, the seat of Essex County. Windsor is located directly south of Detroit and is separated from that city by the Detroit River. The region marks the only border crossing where entering the mainland United States from Canada involves traveling north.
Windsor tourist attractions include Casino Windsor, a lively downtown, the Capitol Theatre, Little Italy, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Odette Sculpture Park, Ojibway Park, and nearby Point Pelee National Park. Windsor was a major entry point into Canada for refugees from slavery via the Underground Railroad and a major source of liquor during American Prohibition. Windsor also has the most clubs per capita of any city in the world.
Windsor has also been the place where many metro Detroiters find what is forbidden in the United States. With the minimum legal drinking age at twenty-one in Michigan and nineteen in Ontario, a number of nineteen and twenty year-old Americans frequent Windsor's bars. The city also became a gaming attraction with Casino Windsor's opening in 1994, five years before casinos opened in Detroit. In addition, one can purchase Cuban cigars, less-costly prescription drugs, certain imported foods, and other items not available in the US. Prostitution is also legal in Windsor.
Drug Smuggling is a problem at the Detroit-Windsor border. Drug trafficking is a big problem in Windsor where many young teens are getting easy money, the majority of them never gotten caught. Detroiters cross the border into windsor where they could get their hands on harder better-quality drugs for cheaper prices and smuggle it back to detroit. Several drug trafficking chains were busted over the years by police. [1]
Nicknames
Windsor is known among urban communities as Dub City due to its increasing automobile industry. It is also known as Sin City due to the wild unrivalled downtown club scene.
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Divisions
Blue Heron Point, Bridgeview, Brighton Beach, Campbell & Wyandotte, Central, Devon, Devonshire Heights, Downtown, East Windsor, Fontainebleau, Forest Glade, Klondike Park, Little River Acres, Ojibway, Remington Park, Riverside, Roseville Gardens, Royal Timbers, Sandwich, South Roseland, South Walkerville, South Windsor, Southwood Lakes, Sutherland, University, Walkerville, West Windsor, Woodslee, Yawkee
Hoods
There aren't alot of hoods in Windsor but some of the ones it does have are: Bloomfield & St.Joseph Projects, Grove Avenue, Drouillard Strt
Gangs
There has been a recent rise in gangs, mainly affecting all of Windsor, primarily the poorer areas in the West, and less commonly the East.
Sandwich Blood CKrew(No longer exist), Mob 2 Deep(No longer exist), Grove Avenue Crips, True Fam (TF), True Bangaz (TB), Hoodsta Crips, West Side Mafian, West Side Bloods
Rappers
Black Knight, Young Spliff, Always Crunk, Bruce B, Nekos, Kannibalistik, Liquid, Kayyce Closed, Young1, Cash Dough, J-Rize, Flowzilla, Beat Headz, Cube, Dave Menard, Dedman, Drunken Kid, Lyrical Bliss, Steve Spag, Young Seguin, Hush, Kyle Spratt, Ali Tha Don, E-Clipz, Chris Chase
Sports Teams
Windsor's sports fans tend to support the major professional sports league teams in nearby Detroit, but the city itself is home to the following minor league, post-secondary and youth teams:
* Windsor Spitfires (Ontario Hockey League Major Junior "A") * Windsor AKO Fratmen (Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior "B") * Windsor AKO Fratmen (Canadian Junior Football League) * Windsor Border Stars (Canadian Soccer League) * Windsor Mariners (Ontario Australian Football League) * Windsor Lancers (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) * St. Clair Saints (Canadian Colleges Athletic Association)
In addition to these teams, Windsor has been lobbying for a Canadian Football League franchise. This franchise (if awarded) would play its regular-season home games in Windsor and possibly their playoff games in Pontiac, a suburb of Detroit. Current CFL commissioner Tom Wright met with Windsor mayor Eddie Francis about possible expansion to Windsor during the run-up to Super Bowl XL, in which Windsor played a major role although the game itself was held in Detroit. Shortly thereafter, media in the Windsor Star and other local news sources criticized this as an unrealistic pipe dream.
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