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What I find interesting about Montreal is the rent can be so cheap there but the cost of houses are much more high and expensive. Like rent in Montreal is cheaper than most cities half it's size. You can get a one bedroom apartment for $800/month near the downtown. Yet the houses are much more expensive there to buy. I can't find any home under 100k in Montreal even well outside it's city proper. Then again, the prices are still very low considering it is the third largest city in Canada.
What I find interesting about Montreal is the rent can be so cheap there but the cost of houses are much more high and expensive. Like rent in Montreal is cheaper than most cities half it's size. You can get a one bedroom apartment for $800/month near the downtown. Yet the houses are much more expensive there to buy. I can't find any home under 100k in Montreal even well outside it's city proper. Then again, the prices are still very low considering it is the third largest city in Canada.
Where in Canada can a person get a house for under 100 thousand dollars?
Where in Canada can a person get a house for under 100 thousand dollars?
Out of the bigger cities, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Maybe Quebec City. Smaller cities such as Regina, Saskatoon, Windsor, Halifax and all of the cities in the martimes and Atlantic Canada basically. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Montreal is an expensive city to live in by no means, I think it has an amazing cost of living being the second largest city in Canada. I'm just saying it has quite a big and unusual gap between rent and housing prices. This situation is kind of similar to Vancouver. Except Vancouver's cost is much, much higher than Montreal in both situations.
Wait a second--is Montreal the second or third largest city in Canada?
As someone whose first visit to such a fabulous city was in 1975 (anybody remember the Sheraton Laurentien Hotel?), I had no problems whatsoever in communicating with anybody, since English is indeed the universal language of commerce and everything else.
The wealth of cultural joys throughout Montreal is limitless, and it's a fantastic city if you enjoy walking.
The architecture is also wonderful; if you ever saw the 2001 film 'The Score' with Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton & Marlon Brando, the scenery in that film is just a taste of what Montreal has to offer, particularly the 'Old Montreal' part of the city east of downtown.
Like they said, second largest. And Montreal has changed alot since 1975, when it was the largest city in the country. It is not as bilingual as it was, and to say English is the universal language of everything would be perceived as pretty arrogant.
Like they said, second largest. And Montreal has changed alot since 1975, when it was the largest city in the country. It is not as bilingual as it was, and to say English is the universal language of everything would be perceived as pretty arrogant.
I wouldn't call it arrogant. English IS the world language. I speak four languages and have been to the furthest corners of the world and back. In almost every country you visit, tourism signs will be in the local language and English. Heck, in Thailand, they even have an English- language tourist police.
And I've met dozens of people from all language groups, and most of them speak English when communicating.
I recognize the value of learning new languages and experiencing new cultures. That said, like it or not, English is becoming the world language.
I wouldn't call it arrogant. English IS the world language. I speak four languages and have been to the furthest corners of the world and back. In almost every country you visit, tourism signs will be in the local language and English. Heck, in Thailand, they even have an English- language tourist police.
And I've met dozens of people from all language groups, and most of them speak English when communicating.
I recognize the value of learning new languages and experiencing new cultures. That said, like it or not, English is becoming the world language.
What he meant was that it was not the universal language of everything *locally* everywhere in the world.
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I speak four languages and have been to the furthest corners of the world and back. In almost every country you visit, tourism signs will be in the local language and English. Heck, in Thailand, they even have an English- language tourist police. 
