sorry Montrealers, but... LA beats Montreal in a lot of ways...
1. Better food. It's not fatty, and it's fresh. And very flavourful. Another good result of this is the people here are not fat. They are Montreal sized.
2. The people are polite and laid back. They'll talk to you, because you're human and that's what humans do - we communicate.
3. The arts scene here dwarfs Montreal's... music, theatre, movies, TV, museums, everything from big time to the local stuff.
4. The weather. 'nuff said.
5. 19 miles of beachfront with a bicycle path.
6. Palm trees.
7. Venice beach makes the Plateau / Mile End look like Laval.
yes, yes, there are negatives, too.
1. If you live here, your taxes go to the American governments pocket.
2. The crime rate is apparently appalling.
3. It's not a walkable city. You need a car, and cabs are very expensive.
4. Earthquakes that could sink you into the Pacific.
5. Ridiculous housing prices.
6. Apparently the air pollution rivals Taiwan if you're not near the coast.
7. It doesn't have that cozy Montreal feeling.
8. It's horribly celebrity-centered.
9. There seem to be few mixed-race people, and mixed-race people are, in my opinion, some of the best looking and most interesting people in Montreal.
10. No matter where someone here is from, if you ask them "Where are you from?", they'll answer "I'm American", even if their name is Xing Ta Jiu or Haim ben Said, and they barely speak English.
1. Better food. It's not fatty, and it's fresh. And very flavourful. Another good result of this is the people here are not fat. They are Montreal sized.
2. The people are polite and laid back. They'll talk to you, because you're human and that's what humans do - we communicate.
3. The arts scene here dwarfs Montreal's... music, theatre, movies, TV, museums, everything from big time to the local stuff.
4. The weather. 'nuff said.
5. 19 miles of beachfront with a bicycle path.
6. Palm trees.
7. Venice beach makes the Plateau / Mile End look like Laval.
yes, yes, there are negatives, too.
1. If you live here, your taxes go to the American governments pocket.
2. The crime rate is apparently appalling.
3. It's not a walkable city. You need a car, and cabs are very expensive.
4. Earthquakes that could sink you into the Pacific.
5. Ridiculous housing prices.
6. Apparently the air pollution rivals Taiwan if you're not near the coast.
7. It doesn't have that cozy Montreal feeling.
8. It's horribly celebrity-centered.
9. There seem to be few mixed-race people, and mixed-race people are, in my opinion, some of the best looking and most interesting people in Montreal.
10. No matter where someone here is from, if you ask them "Where are you from?", they'll answer "I'm American", even if their name is Xing Ta Jiu or Haim ben Said, and they barely speak English.