The Falls themselves are absolutely beautiful and breath-taking. It’s amazing to be able to get as close to them as you can on the New York side: literally standing at river’s edge, just above the Falls. Or with Cave of the Winds, where you get to climb along side the Falls.

The town, however, is another matter. It’s more than a little on the scary side. It’s incredibly depressing and sad to see how run down and abandoned it is, especially when you compare it with how beautiful and clean the Canadian side of the Falls is. It’s a shame that the city doesn’t pump some money into cleaning the city up and attempt to lure in tourist attractions and related businesses. As gorgeous as the Falls are, and with the lure of getting that much closer, the NY side could be a real tourist attraction and bring in good money—if the city wasn’t so scary and dirty and dangerous-feeling.

It’s literally night and day when you compare the US and Canadian sides of the Falls, and the Canadian side wins hands down.