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Cities like Montreal have developed longer so even their suburbs are more developed with sidewalks and transist everywhere unlike suburbs in most of the U.S> outside of the Northeast and older cities like New Orleans
I totally get why people love Montreal.I fell in love with it the first and everytime I go there but Atlanta just checks off more boxes for me.
I prefer the weather
Culture is a tie for me.
Post Education.With so many choices in Atlanta,I dont see how anyone could say any different
Urbanity-Montreal all day
Nightlife-I honestly see it as a tie
Im gonna get flack for this but for food Id give Atlanta,I can get any foods in Atlanta easily than I can in Montreal but not the other way around.I can find plenty of places for Poutine in Atlanta but hard to find good soul food ,good Mexican,Nigerian etc.Im not saying you cant find it but its very hard in Montreal. Modcut: Toronto is not part of this thread.
I normally try to stay out of the fray, being a moderator, but I voted for Montreal. As much as I love Atlanta (and I do), I have to go with Montreal on this one, particularly given the OP's parameters. And to whoever said Montreal isn't friendly, that's not been my experience at all. Every single time I've been to Montreal I was blown away by how friendly everyone was. Then again, I'm also half French, so there's no language barrier. A close friend who lived in Montreal but does not speak French discovered that francophone Montrealers were ice cold to him when he addressed them in English until he learned to first apologize for not speaking French and for also explaining that he was American, not Canadian. Then they warmed up instantly to him, and all was forgiven.
I'll also say that Montrealers are, over all, the most beautiful people I've ever seen. It's like every woman is a fashion model, and every man is a handsome lumberjack. It's not fair.
One of the reasons I love Montreal is that it's such a cosmopolitan city. Atlanta is becoming much more cosmpolitan, but it pales in comparison to Montreal. There's something wonderful that happens to a brain when someone is completely bilingual, and Montreal is filled with people who are almost completely bilingual. And not just bilingual in a major world language and a minor language, but bilingual in two of the most spoken, most studied, most academic languages on the planet. Even a trip to Walmart in Montreal is an exercise in multiculturalism with all the languages heard, and not just English and French. The way Montrealers can go back and forth between French and English (and, increasingly, other languages) is impressive and helps explain why Montrealers tend to be very open-minded.
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Im gonna get flack for this but for food Id give Atlanta,I can get any foods in Atlanta easily than I can in Montreal but not the other way around.I can find plenty of places for Poutine in Atlanta but hard to find good soul food ,good Mexican,Nigerian etc.Im not saying you cant find it but its very hard in Montreal. Modcut: Toronto is not part of this thread.
Yeah, youre going to get flack for that. Mainly because I dont find this statement to be true outside of Soul Food.
One of the most memorable meals I ever had in Montreal was a delicious Moose Flambe served with seasonal berries from Quebec. There are many other regional food dishes from Quebec (like that one) that are not available outside that area. The French and Japanese cook look nobody else and since Montreal is French, its a huge reason why the food scene is unique. Its the same for New Orleans. The fine dining in Montreal is wayyy better than Atlanta.
Montreal has a much larger population of people from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (yes, Montreal does have a larger population of foreign born Africans than Atlanta).
Id say youre cutting Montreal way short on food. Youre trying to reduce Montreal to Poutine restaurants while booting Atlanta's ethnic food. But its not like that at all. Outside of ethnic variety, Montreal is the best food city in Canada.
Atlanta is a great food city. Ive had many a great meals there. But Id put it this way. Other than NYC and Chicago, Montreal could be in the running for the next best food city in America along side SF, LA, and Toronto.
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Yeah, youre going to get flack for that. Mainly because I dont find this statement to be true outside of Soul Food.
One of the most memorable meals I ever had in Montreal was a delicious Moose Flambe served with seasonal berries from Quebec. There are many other regional food dishes from Quebec (like that one) that are not available outside that area. The French and Japanese cook look nobody else and since Montreal is French, its a huge reason why the food scene is unique. Its the same for New Orleans. The fine dining in Montreal is wayyy better than Atlanta.
Montreal has a much larger population of people from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (yes, Montreal does have a larger population of foreign born Africans than Atlanta).
Id say youre cutting Montreal way short on food. Youre trying to reduce Montreal to Poutine restaurants while booting Atlanta's ethnic food. But its not like that at all. Outside of ethnic variety, Montreal is the best food city in Canada.
Atlanta is a great food city. Ive had many a great meals there. But Id put it this way. Other than NYC and Chicago, Montreal could be in the running for the next best food city in America along side SF, LA, and Toronto.
I never said anything about fine dining.Most people dont eat fine dining.Only on CD do people obsess about the most expensive food. Only occasionally to I eat fine dining anywhere.MOST of the time its overated
You made some assumptions that were not implied or stated.I said in "Atlanta I can easily find poutine."
I never said thats all Montreal had.
While I have no problem admitting Montreal is more internationally recognized as a food city,as many times as I have been there,its not where I have had my best meals. Modcut: Please keep this thread about just Atlanta and Montreal.
One thing I will note is that the best Chinese food Ive ever had was in Montreal
This is MY preference.The foods I tend to like are found in Atlanta more than Montreal.
The best Nigerian food in Atlanta is in of all places Riverdale.
.Atlanta is second in the U.S. for number of African born peoples which is quite significant.
Percentage wise Atlanta has many more people born in Africa but yes population wise Montreal does.Atlanta is second in the U.S. for number of African born peoples
Depends... Are we limiting that to black Africans? Or all Africans? Because Montreal has a pretty large population of Arab Africans.
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