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Well! I thought Montreal was "Le Paris du America"!
Mostly what you think of Montreal from your Mississippi perspective is totally at odds with the reality of actually being in Montreal.
Some may take offense at the inference that Montreal is the Paris du America,a saying that i've never heard a Canadian or Quebec resident use but "Le Paris de L'Amerique du Nord" might be better terminology if you wanted to equate Montreal with Paris.
Mostly what you think of Montreal from your Mississippi perspective is totally at odds with the reality of actually being in Montreal.
Some may take offense at the inference that Montreal is the Paris du America,a saying that i've never heard a Canadian or Quebec resident use but "Le Paris de L'Amerique du Nord" might be better terminology if you wanted to equate Montreal with Paris.
Montreal has the lowest rents & 2 English universities & 2 French universities. Places with low rents attract creative "starving" artists & musicians. Take for example Arcade Fire. These types hang out in Mile End in the area off avenue du Parc north of Montreal, amongst the old Greek community & Hassidic Jewish, Portuguese and the growing Latin Anerican community. Throw in a down to earth Leonard Cohen and tons of independent grocers
Montreal has the lowest rents & 2 English universities & 2 French universities. Places with low rents attract creative "starving" artists & musicians. Take for example Arcade Fire. These types hang out in Mile End in the area off avenue du Parc north of Montreal, amongst the old Greek community & Hassidic Jewish, Portuguese and the growing Latin Anerican community. Throw in a down to earth Leonard Cohen and tons of independent grocers
Yeah, but there's more to Montreal then Mile End/Le Plateau. Although the service sector is the biggest sector of the economy, there's still a big manufacturing sector and we've got a ton of poorer, working class neighbourhoods like Verdun, Lachine, Parc Extension, St. Leonard, Montreal Nord, most of St. Laurent, and plenty of other neighbourhoods. I just don't want OP thinking most of the city looks like Mile End, when to be honest most of it is these dense old working class urban neighbourhoods that aren't gentrified and where non-transient populations just live and work.
Yeah, but there's more to Montreal then Mile End/Le Plateau. Although the service sector is the biggest sector of the economy, there's still a big manufacturing sector and we've got a ton of poorer, working class neighbourhoods like Verdun, Lachine, Parc Extension, St. Leonard, Montreal Nord, most of St. Laurent, and plenty of other neighbourhoods. I just don't want OP thinking most of the city looks like Mile End, when to be honest most of it is these dense old working class urban neighbourhoods that aren't gentrified and where non-transient populations just live and work.
The only areas I would avoid are Montreal-Nord and St. Leonard.
I lived in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve for a while and other than it being somewhat trashy and having a boring architecture, I never found it dangerous.
Oh, it's a very pleasant middle class neighbourhood with a range of housing types and some great stuff in the neighbourhood! The hood is mostly Jewish, but still multi-cultural. I'd recommend it. AS for those other neighbourhoods, I know they're not dangerous (except Montreal Nord) and I wasn't trying to imply that. I was just trying to emphasize that Montreal isn't just a city of hipsters, outside the Plateau it's just mostly regular long time Montrealers working and living their lives.
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