At the highest echelons, they are very polite, even deferential. Chieves are basically politicians, of course. As you move down the cop food chain, they seem to get ruder and more arrogant. Always nice to come to Niagara Falls and be ordered around like a peon. Yesterday was Thanksgiving here, so crossed the border into Buffalo, where it was Columbus Day, also a holiday.
Buffalo seems to be greatly underrated.
They have some magnificent architecture in the downtown area, as well as a fabulous shoreline on Lake Erie. Their massive City Hall is perhaps the finest Art Deco building I've ever seen. Which brings me to Toronto, Canada's version of New York City. I actually found a lot of businesses on Yonge Street open on Thanksgiving evening. Here's hoping that the nice weather lasts the rest of the week and that Madonna's baby doesn't turn out to be the Anti-Christ.