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In our Top Spots survey we asked Spacing Montreal readers to tell us what makes this city unique. Some of your answers were posted last Sunday<\/a>. There were, of course, mentions of bixis, bagels and poutine (all of which are best consumed at 4am) and even a shout out to the OPCM.\u00a0 Here is another batch of your elegies and rants:<\/p>\n

People, culture & contrasts
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“the obvious: the students, the cultural mix, the dual role of the city as francophone economic and social capital and anglo gateway to francophonia.\u00a0 the slightly less obvious: the promiscuity, the self-consciousness, the eccentric landlords, the cavalier attitudes to minor crime, the small-statured peace officers, the ludicrous imprint left upon the city from the progress era, the anarchistic kids coming in from the regions doing their things, the quaint little art scene, the insularity and consequent megalomania, the hard-drinking meat-eating culture, the legacy hoods, etc.”<\/p>\n

“\ufeff\ufeffUn m\u00e9lange de salet\u00e9, de poutine, de v\u00e9lo, d’anglophones et de francophones, d’une proximit\u00e9 de new york, d’un d\u00e9sir d’\u00eatre une grande ville, de go\u00fbt et de mauvais go\u00fbt, de bonne nourriture, de temp\u00e9ratures extr\u00eames, de cultures diff\u00e9rentes et de nostalgie. C’est la recette de la beaut\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Seriously: les gens font la ville; the city is made of people. For example: les ruelles du Plateau: m\u00e9lange de public et priv\u00e9; propre et d\u00e9sordre; accessible mais peu fr\u00e9quent\u00e9es; trimmed and wild; dirty but decent; all of this (et d’autres) existe parce que les gens vivent “comme \u00e7a”: les ruelles refl\u00e8tent \u00e0 la fois les actions et la tol\u00e9rance des voisins et des passants.<\/p>\n

“Un centre-ville dense, habit\u00e9, vibrant et anim\u00e9. Des quartiers centraux avec une \u00e2me. Des gens d’horizons divers qui, par leur culture, contribuent tous et chacun \u00e0 faire de Montr\u00e9al une ville cosmopolite et ouverte sur le monde.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The seasons<\/strong><\/p>\n

“\u00abcoolitude tranquille\u00bb de l’\u00e9t\u00e9: les terrasses, la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation dans la rue et devant les maisons, les ruelles, les odeurs de fleurs, \u00eatre tout le temps \u00e0 v\u00e9lo, les barbecues dans le parc…l’\u00e9nergie de l’hiver: la lumi\u00e8re ( reflet sur la neige+ grand soleil), l’excitation de la premi\u00e8re temp\u00eate, le dimanche sur le Mont-royal plein de monde”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Le printemps quand les gens sourient le soleil nous r\u00e9chauffe les terrasses sont pleine.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“…les gougounes au mois de mars”<\/em><\/p>\n

Unconditional (and unmerited?) love<\/strong><\/p>\n

“That we love it so much depsite the fact that we were recently listed as #120 in a list of top municipalities in Canada… I repeat… IN CANADA!!!\u00a0 As much as we love it, there is a lot of work needed to improve our city and raise our game.”<\/p>\n

“L’amour que les gens porte \u00e0 leur ville. Leur fa\u00e7on de croire qu’elle est unique et parfaite, alors qu’elle ne l’est pas. Un “overating” constant de la qualit\u00e9 de vie montr\u00e9alaise qui fini par nous convaincre que Montr\u00e9al est fabuleuse et qui nous am\u00e8ne \u00e0 tenir des discours semblables \u00e0 notre insu. Bref, on se surprend \u00e0 y croire aussi.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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