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Are Toronto and Vancouver both better than Montreal?
Two weeks ago we teamed with our sister sites in Toronto and Vancouver to launch a contest to prove once and for all that Montreal is the best city in Canada. The thing is - so far things aren't quite going as expected. Montreal is currently in last place.
The way the contest works is each city has a nominee in one of 97 categories. Brunch, bike organization, hockey team, rep cinema, yoga studio and local magazine are just some of the categories to vote in. Currently, we're leading 15 categories which puts us a distant third to Toronto (66) and Vancouver (16).
The categories we're currently winning include:
- Bagel (St. Viateur over Gryfes and Sollys)
- Arts Festival (Just for Laughs over Contact Photography and Bard on the Beach)
- Band (Arcade Fire over BSS and New Pornographers)
- Bike Organization (Bixi over Toronto Cyclists Union and Pedal Power)
- Billionaire (Guy Laliberte over David Thompson and Jim Pattison)
- Car Race (Grand Prix over Honda Indy and Mission Raceway Park Drag Racing)
- Deli (Schwartz's over Caplansky's and Kaplan's Star Deli)
- DJ (Kid Koala over Nacho Lovers and Paul Devro)
- French Restaurant (L'Express over Batifole and Les Faux Bourgeois)
- Poutine (La Banquise over Smoke's Poutinerie and La Belle Patate)
Our nominees in 87 other categories need your help! From shoe store (La Chatte Bottee) to steakhouse (Moishes) there's plenty to vote on and local favourites to support. And thanks to Nokia we've got a bunch of prizes like the new Nokia N97 Minis and the new Xbox 360 to give away. So go ahead and vote!
Here's the url of the contest so you can share with your Montreal friends.
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Also, it is important to consider that Montreal is split between an Anglophone and Francophone community. Many people would say that Anglos are less likely to vote for Montreal in the contest but I don't even know if that is true. If we're willing to deal with the language barrier doesn't that express our love for the city and all of the beauty it possesses? I would like to think so.
Anyways, this contest is kind of bull. It doesn't mean anything.
Truth: If people are actually getting upset at this contest...then seriously grow up. It is good fun.
Toronto is a very nice city but to live there, you will burn out if you don't take the time and smell the coffee... it's all about work work work... who has the bigger car, bigger house...
Don't get me wrong, I am a hardworker and always was (just like most of Montrealers), but it's hard to come from a city where people enjoy life to the fullest, while working...
I miss speaking 3 languages all the time :)
One good thing is if you are bilingual, oh boy the opportunities are there but beware, an increase of 10K isn't enough to cover the difference in cost of living :)
I vote for all 3 cities, they are great in their own way... but Montrealers know how to live
That's why I will be moving back soon yay!!
Pis c'est toute
Besides that I think Toronto is better, because I've never been to Montreal or Vancouver so obviously Toronto is superior. :)
I speak and write french better than most of the locals; they say they love their language but most of them are really poor in writing. Also they are very racist... even when you speak French. Never really felt home there.
2/3 of people are also lefty...
Toronto
"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country"
Montreal
"Ask not what you can do for your country - ask what your country can do for you"