"Niagara Falls shine kawai babban ra'ayi, kuma gidan caca, amma menene kuma?"

NIAGARA FALLS - Adrienne Little mazaunin Pittsburgh ita ce jagorar direba a cikin ayarin Girl Scouts ranar Lahadi da safe lokacin da ta zo wani cokali mai yatsa a kan titin Robert Moses Parkway.

Tana gamawa ta nufi gadar kanada. Tana ƙoƙarin nemo Aquarium na Niagara.

"Yana da matukar damuwa," in ji Little. "Signage zai taimaka."

Yan sanduna kaɗan, ƴan ƙasar China Michelle Li da Alan Qin su ne kawai mutane biyu da ke tafiya a kan titin Old Falls mai layin bishiya kusa da gidan caca da otal na Seneca Niagara. Suna neman kuyangar Hazo, amma babu wanda zai nemi hanya.

"Niagara Falls shine kawai babban ra'ayi, kuma gidan caca, amma menene kuma?" Li ya tambaya yayin da suke tsaye a gaban ƙofofin da aka kulle na tsohuwar Wintergarden.

Wannan hangen zaman rayuwa ne a matsayin mai yawon bude ido a Niagara Falls.

Suna tafiya mai nisa don ganin shahararren abin jan hankali na halitta. An burge su da hayaniyar kogin Niagara, ɗigon ruwa da bakan gizo da ke shawagi a cikin hazo.

Amma suna son ingantattun kwatance, ƙarin gidajen abinci da ƙarin abubuwan da za su yi.

"Tabbas, faɗuwar ruwa suna da matuƙar wahala.

m, amma birnin yana buƙatar ingantacciyar zirga-zirgar jama'a," in ji Jamie Young, ɗalibin jami'a daga Scotland.

Shi da abokiyar tafiya Susan Lang suna jira da jakunkuna a ƙarƙashin rana mai zafi a kan wani benci na filastik a wajen wani gidan cin abinci na Arby da ke Niagara Falls Boulevard don motar bas don fitar da su mil biyar zuwa Niagara Falls State Park. Faduwar ta kasance tasha ɗaya a cikin mako uku, balaguron ƙetare da ma'auratan ke ɗauka daga San Diego zuwa Washington.

DC, kafin su koma Turai.

Jami'an jihohi da na kananan hukumomi sun mayar da hankali na tsawon shekaru a kokarin bunkasa masana'antar yawon shakatawa na Niagara Falls. Sun sake gina tituna da tituna a kusa da wurin shakatawa na jihar da gidan caca, ingantattun yunƙurin tallace-tallace na gundumomi da ba da tallafi don haɓaka sabbin kasuwanci. Amma hirar da aka yi da masu yawon bude ido kusan dozin biyu Lahadi sun nuna har yanzu maziyartan suna samun bukatu na yau da kullun.

Joanna Batog da mijinta, Paul, suna son rayuwar dare da gidajen cin abinci a kan Clifton Hill da suka ziyarta a Ontario ranar Asabar. Lokacin da suka koma otal dinsu da ke gefen Amurka na Falls, sun tarar da tituna sun yi duhu.

"A nan, kamar kowa yana barci," in ji Batog, ɗan ƙasar Poland wanda ya zauna a Queens tsawon shekaru biyar. Wannan ne karo na biyu da ma'auratan suka kai ziyara ga ruwa; sun zo wannan karon tare da iyayenta, waɗanda suka yi tafiya daga Krakow don ganin Amurka.

Mahaifiyar Batog ta so ta ga inda Marilyn Monroe ta yi fim ɗin "Niagara."

"Lokacin da ta ga hakan a karon farko, sai ta kusan dauke numfashinta," in ji Batog, malamin makarantar firamare.

Wasu 'yan yawon bude ido na kasa da kasa da aka yi hira da su ranar Lahadi sun ce sun tsaya a bangaren Amurka ne kawai saboda ba su da bizar zuwa Canada.

Dipkankal Datta ya kawo 'yar uwarsa, Mansi, don ganin faɗuwar. Shi masanin shirye-shirye ne na IBM kuma ya zauna a gundumar Westchester tsawon shekaru uku. 'Yar uwarsa ta zo daga Indiya.

Ba su je Kanada ba don visa ɗinsa ba za ta bar shi ba.

"Zan yi, tabbas, saboda na ji wannan gefen ya fi kyau," in ji Datta lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko zai so ya tafi Kanada.

Kamar yawancin baƙi, Datta ya ji daɗin faɗuwar ruwa, amma ya ce gidajen cin abinci guda biyu da suka ci a ciki - ɗaya wanda ke ba da abincin Italiyanci da kuma wanda ke ba da abincin Indiya - ba su dace da matsayinsa ba. ’Yan’uwan sun kuma ji takaici lokacin da suka jira sama da sa’a guda ana wasan wuta a faɗuwar daren Asabar, sai kawai suka gano cewa babu wanda aka shirya yi da yamma.

"Ina tsammanin mai yiwuwa abin da muke bukata shi ne ɗan ƙaramin ƙarin bayani da aka nuna," in ji Datta.

Mazauna Puerto Rican Maria Figueroa ta ziyarci faɗuwar ruwa tare da mijinta da yara ƙanana biyu akan hanyarsu ta zuwa Boston. Taji takaicin ingancin hotel dinsu.

“Otal din yana da tsada sosai; $200 kuma ba su da gidan cin abinci mai kyau,” in ji Figueroa yayin da take jiran jagoran yawon buɗe ido. "Faɗuwar wuri wuri ne na musamman, amma sauran abubuwan da ke cikin garin ba su da kyau sosai."

Gade Padmanabham ya yi tattaki daga birnin Hyderabad na kasar Indiya zuwa Amurka a makon da ya gabata don wani taron kimiyya, inda ya yanke shawarar tsawaita zamansa don ziyartar Niagara Falls tare da wani abokinsa.

Kamar Figueroas, Padmanabham ya ce da ya ziyarci gefen Kanada na faɗuwar idan takardar izininsa ta ba da izini.

Ya ji daɗin baiwar Hazo da kogon iska, yana tunanin filin shakatawa na jihar yana da tsari sosai, amma ya ce ya ji takaicin yadda kawai yake iya ganin haske, amma ba hasken faɗuwa ba, tun daga madaidaicin sa. bangaren Amurka a daren Asabar.

Padmanabham ya ce "Wurin, ina tsammanin, zai iya zama cikin aiki sosai domin ku ji daɗin zama cikin gari."

Paul DiCesare ya girma a Niagara Falls, amma ya bar ya shiga soja. Ya dawo Lahadi tare da angonsa, Monica Ransom, da iyayenta. DiCesare yanzu yana zaune a Atlanta.

Ban da gina gidan caca, ba a canza ba tun lokacin da ya bar kusan shekaru goma da suka gabata, in ji DiCesare.

"Muna buƙatar abubuwa masu inganci don mutane su kashe kuɗinsu," in ji DiCesare. “Muna da isassun abubuwan sarkar maɓalli na Duniya na Disney. Muna bukatar wani abu.”

Surukinsa na gaba, Gary Ransom, ya ga bambanci kwatsam tsakanin koren wuraren shakatawa na jihar da sauran birnin.

Ransom, wanda ke zaune a Farmington, Conn ya ce, "Ba za a iya samun wannan layin kan iyaka ba inda wannan kyakkyawan wurin shakatawa ne, kuma wannan birni ne," in ji Ransom, wanda ke zaune a Farmington, Conn. "Akwai bukatar a sami sauyi."

Kadan, shugaban rundunar 'yan mata daga Pittsburgh, kuma yana da tushe a Yammacin New York. Ta girma a Rochester kuma ta halarci Jami'ar a Buffalo. Ta ce ta ga an samu ci gaba a gabar ruwan Niagara tun ziyarar ta ta karshe.

Ta ce kusancin Pittsburgh zane ne ga 'yan matan.

"Yana da kyau fiye da yadda yake a da," in ji Little. “Ya kasance kusa kusa, mai araha. Za mu iya yin duka a cikin dare ɗaya kawai."

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