Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The cities of Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario share a name and a waterfall. Yet, over the past 60 years, one side has boomed while the other has fallen into decline. We visited both to find out why.

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0:00 Intro
0:43 The Two Cities
1:06 Downtown Niagara Falls, NY
3:19 One of the Most Dangerous Cities in New York
4:56 Hydroelectric Power
5:30 Life on the American Side
6:46 How has it Changed
7:57 Surviving the Streets
8:30 Immigration
9:20 Inside a Sikh Temple
10:26 Crossing the Border
11:30 Niagara Falls, ON
13:31 Homeless Population
14:38 Canadian Thoughts on Immigration

actually epsiode 65 (says Episode 63)
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