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Religious diversity is definitely going to go to Montreal because of the massive amount of Arabs and Northern Africans there. It will be more balanced between Islam and Christianity.
Boston has way more Indians and Chinese people who are not Christian. Although Montreal probably has more Muslims.
Boston has way more Indians and Chinese people who are not Christian. Although Montreal probably has more Muslims.
Based on this article from Brandeis and this real-looking article, Greater Boston also has a larger Jewish population. (Anyone is welcome to refute my sources.)
Also, with respect to Christians I might guess (and I have no numbers at the moment to back this up) that Greater Boston would have a stronger mix of Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox than Montreal, which I expect to be mostly Catholic.
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Based on this article from Brandeis and this real-looking article, Greater Boston also has a larger Jewish population. (Anyone is welcome to refute my sources.)
Also, with respect to Christians I might guess (and I have no numbers at the moment to back this up) that Greater Boston would have a stronger mix of Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox than Montreal, which Is expect to be mostly Catholic.
Yes, the Christian group in Montreal is heavily Catholic and lapsed Catholic. The Protestant group in Montreal is extremely small for a USA-Canada city of its size.
It's definitely Montreal, but it's worth noting that Seattle had (maybe still has?) the most diverse zip code in the US in terms of languages spoken a few years ago:
Religious diversity is definitely going to go to Montreal because of the massive amount of Arabs and Northern Africans there. It will be more balanced between Islam and Christianity.
Montreal isn't really that Muslim though. It has about 275,000 Muslims, or 6-7% of the population.
Is it? I’m going to refrain from voting for a bit to see what people think, but so far I’m not convinced.
I think a lot of people give lots of ''points'' to Montreal because it basically has dual ''mainstreams'': one that operates in French and one that operates in English.
This is something that very, very few large cities have.
I agree that it's not really a slam dunk when you look at the criteria in the OP.
As alluded to earlier, for a diverse city of its size on this continent, Montreal has much smaller numbers of people who are of the religions of the Indian sub-continent (Hindus, Sikhs, etc.) and also fewer people from East Asian religions (Buddhism for example).
I don't really see the runaway contest that most are seeing.
It's simple really, I paired three places together that serve three distinct roles with regards to diversity and immigration. All three areas are within a similar population threshold range, Seattle MSA the smallest with 3.8 million inhabitants and Boston MSA the largest with 4.8 million inhabitants, with Montreal CMA in between those two with 4.1 million inhabitants. None of these places have such a staggering size advantage over the others, so they are either close to or in the same general weight class with this topic.
Characteristically one is close to the Western terminus of its continent and likely the best of the three as a gateway to all points Asia and Oceania (Trans-Pacific). A second place located close to the Eastern terminus of its continent and likely the best of the three to all points Europe and Africa (Trans-Atlantic). Finally, a third place that is able to pull in immigrants from all over much more effectively due to its country's lax immigration policies and is a bilingual city that draws in immigrants from plenty of countries that were once a part of the former French Empire (i.e. countries spanning several continents like Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, so on and so forth).
So in sum, you have three places, all three having distinct advantages and disadvantages against the other two. So how is there a slamdunk?
I don't really see the runaway contest that most are seeing.
It's simple really, I paired three places together that serve three distinct roles with regards to diversity and immigration. All three areas are within a similar population threshold range, Seattle MSA the smallest with 3.8 million inhabitants and Boston MSA the largest with 4.8 million inhabitants, with Montreal CMA in between those two with 4.1 million inhabitants. None of these places have such a staggering size advantage over the others, so they are either close to or in the same general weight class with this topic.
Characteristically one is close to the Western terminus of its continent and likely the best of the three as a gateway to all points Asia and Oceania (Trans-Pacific). A second place located close to the Eastern terminus of its continent and likely the best of the three to all points Europe and Africa (Trans-Atlantic). Finally, a third place that is able to pull in immigrants from all over much more effectively due to its country's lax immigration policies and is a bilingual city that draws in immigrants from plenty of countries that were once a part of the former French Empire (i.e. countries spanning several continents like Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, so on and so forth).
So in sum, you have three places, all three having distinct advantages and disadvantages against the other two. So how is there a slamdunk?
because people are confusing exotic for diverse
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