This is from an STA Travel blog:
Hi all….the falls are amazing, but from the Canadian side. There is a god awful street called ‘Clifton Hill’…it is a neon monstrosity for kids really, but spoilt what is the single most beautiful thing I have seen. When did the falls stop becoming enough for people? That is all there is in Niagara though, I have never seen so many boarded up buildings in all my life! It used to be an industrial town and everything closed so people moved out. It is a really *&^ hole i tell u!