Windsor listed as one of Canada's top 10 'Great Escapes' in Maclean's writers' poll

Windsor is considered one of Canada's top 10 places to visit in 2023, according to a staff writers' poll for Maclean's magazine. Writer Jason McBride says he specifically loves Ford City.

Windsor is considered one of Canada's top 10 places to visit in 2023, according to a staff writers' poll for Maclean's magazine. Writer Jason McBride says he specifically loves Ford City.

"There's just so many interesting retail businesses that have opened there. There's a really nice energy. It's very walkable and it's still small. I mean, especially coming from Toronto. It's a small neighbourhood, but it's very walkable."

He applauds the area for its revitalization and "interesting" retail businesses.

I've been going to Windsor myself. I guess I have a couple of very good old friends who moved there about 15 years ago. I started visiting the city soon after they moved there. And I, you know, fell in love with it. After the second or third time I came to visit, and when my editor at Maclean's came to me to ask if I had any ideas for this travel feature, the first thing that came to mind was Windsor.

"It's still kind of a secret, I think, for a lot of Ontarians, a lot of Canadians, and there's just a lot there that people aren't aware of. So, I thought I would bring it to their attention."

"I saw sort of the more obvious parts of the city. We went to Detroit, which was "fine, but it wasn't the kind of parts of Windsor that I talk about in the piece and which I have come to love. I didn't really see those that first visit. So that stuff came to me over the next ten, 15 years, you know, as the city also changed and as my friends discovered more of the city."