Please to hear you like the Falls. It has seen a lot of industires decline since the 70's, but then again so has the Hammer.
I have friends who have lived Welland (north side), Toronto (west end ), Welland (west side), now Niagara Falls near the QEW and Thorold Stone. He's a home renovator, she a legal secretary. They went to the Falls when she started working for the Region. It seems like there is no fear to range all over Niagara in terms of the things they get out to do.