# A scenario... \[universal beauty of Niagara Falls\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507 "2018-12-21T22:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/1 "2018-12-21T22:11:03Z")
This is a scenario I’ve been thinking about today. What if everyone in the world (older than an infant) including every country and those living in very remote areas in the jungle or the arctic, all had individual access at different times to a house with a rear balcony that DIRECTLY overlooked Niagara Falls. In this scenario the front of the house looks like a normal neighborhood and there’s no technical need to go to the rear balcony other than to fill curiosity. All of the commercial buildings and tourists and paved areas around Niagara Falls are gone and it’s pure rugged nature. The blind are able to see on the rear balcony as well people with severe mental issues can provide a coherent answer on the rear balcony. There would also be a dial to turn off the sound of Niagara Falls or turn the volume down so living in the house besides the rear balcony would be like a normal neighborhood. Because of facts and opinions there should be someone out there that doesn’t care that Niagara Falls is directly behind the house. That it might as well be an active construction site. It’s supposed to be an opinion whether Niagara Falls is good looking or beautiful even if it’s a national landmark for both the US and Canada. For it to be an opinion there has to be somebody out there that wouldn’t care. How could that person exist? Unless someone was lying to themselves just to be a rebel. There would also have to be a lie detector test after the stay at the house to get the most honest answer from everyone as possible. Someone being dead or alive is just as much of a fact as Niagara Falls looking good or beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/2 "2018-12-21T23:04:21Z")
Yes. No. _Probably_? 42? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/3 "2018-12-21T23:13:49Z")
I’m really not understanding the question, though I think that the OP may have recently found some interesting herbal products. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/4 "2018-12-21T23:19:53Z")
> [@TheSundial](#): > > For it to be an opinion there has to be somebody out there that wouldn’t care. How could that person exist? Unless someone was lying to themselves just to be a rebel. [Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/5 "2018-12-21T23:20:19Z")
There must be somebody dead or alive on the balcony who doesn’t care if it’s a fact or an opinion, even if they are just lying to themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/6 "2018-12-21T23:24:21Z")
Take [this](https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8423741/Then+%26+Now%3A+The+Hits+Collection/If+the+World+Had+a+Front+Porch) song but cross out all of the "front porch"s and replace them with "view of Niagra Falls"s. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/7 "2018-12-21T23:24:50Z")
I’m fluent in Bong-ese. I think what the OP is asking is: “If everyone on the entire planet thinks NFs is beautiful, is it a FACT the NF is beautiful? Or is it still _subjectively_ beautiful?” I’ve pondered this myself actually. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/8 "2018-12-21T23:36:42Z")
Niagara Falls is very pretty. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/9 "2018-12-21T23:41:33Z")
I want my 5 minutes back. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/10 "2018-12-22T00:01:53Z")
I give up. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/11 "2018-12-22T00:05:59Z")
_Rio_ by Duran Duran. I would have guessed a much more recent “Join Date.” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/12 "2018-12-22T02:14:01Z")
I wouldn’t want it there, I don’t like rushing/dark water. So that’s 1. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/13 "2018-12-22T02:20:25Z")
I wouldn’t want it. I’d have to pee all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/14 "2018-12-22T02:21:05Z")
It’s pretty, but I’d be worried about erosion. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/15 "2018-12-22T02:31:18Z")
Can you even get flood insurance? Don’t think so. I’m not one of the regular peeps of the world anyway. No matter how far in the boonies I live. It just seems like I’m normal;) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/16 "2018-12-22T02:32:31Z")
**Moderator Note** Please do not use vague thread titles. I took my best guess at making the thread title more descriptive. If it needs to be corrected or updated, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/17 "2018-12-22T02:34:29Z")
Forget Niagara Falls. Let’s talk about Mooney Falls instead. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/18 "2018-12-22T02:36:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s pretty, but I’d be worried about erosion. I speak weed and that’s probably the first thing that would come to my mind too. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/19 "2018-12-22T02:38:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s pretty, but I’d be worried about erosion. [Pretty slow at the moment](https://www.marriottonthefalls.com/blog/2015/02/06/rate-erosion-niagara-falls/). ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507/20 "2018-12-22T17:15:26Z")
Yeah, I forgot about peeing… To add a bit, I have seen the falls once from a distance. I had no desire to get closer and absolutely to reason to ever want to go there again. Dennis [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scenario-universal-beauty-of-niagara-falls/826507.md?page=2)