Montreal and New Orleans (house, live, moving)

[imaterry78259]

Do they have more in common than old Rusty Staub

[smakawhat]

no. IMHO.

yes they are sort of on/near water (one an island one... well underwater heh heh)

too me they look nothing like each other having visited both. They only thing I find they have in common is you see the fleur de lis everywhere but that's about it.

Thinking even more about it I feel there are greater differences, buildings, architecture, cuisine, the people, demographics, layout... etc...

Last time I was in NO and the Louisiana rural area one thing I noticed is that lots of French (and I mean from France) tourists would show up a lot. I was out in Cajun country at some small museum house out in the rurals and many of them were just baffled that nobody there could understand them.

Just because they have a French language connection doesn't mean they speak it or know it, even though there's a language culture that is similar.

On that same token, a friend of mine who grew up in Montreal and speaks French when he gets together with another friend of his in the area and some other France colleagues, if they start yaking up like he's back home, they (the France guys) can't understand what the heck he's talking bout.

Long story short back on topic.

New Orleans... cool

Montreal... cool

so there's a similarity.

[imaterry78259]

What cuisine is Montreal known for all over the world. Montreal is said to have the most beautiful women in the world, NOLA have some foxes too. Both have great jazz scences andnightlife

[smakawhat]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

What cuisine is Montreal known for all over the world.

Bagels.

Well okay maybe not (not a cuisine), but they are friggin AWESOME!

[Cornerguy1]

Montreal smoked meat makes an awesome sandwich.

[scottykick]

Originally Posted by smakawhat

Bagels.

Well okay maybe not (not a cuisine), but they are friggin AWESOME!

Cool, so Montreal is more like NYC then NO....lol

How's your pizza? If it's at least 50% better then the worst NYC pizza then I may have to consider moving there...I love the cold, hockey & baseball....oh...two out of three ain't bad! lol

[smakawhat]

Originally Posted by scottykick

Cool, so Montreal is more like NYC then NO....lol

How's your pizza? If it's at least 50% better then the worst NYC pizza then I may have to consider moving there...I love the cold, hockey & baseball....oh...two out of three ain't bad! lol

I am not from Montreal nor live there, only visited occasionally and like the city. I haven't had the pizza in Montreal so I have no comment on that.

Bagels in Montreal are a big deal, they are sweet kind of and a unique item, they are absolutely fantastic.

[scottykick]

sounds like good stuff, I'll have to make it a point to try them when I finally get to visit.

[smakawhat]

Originally Posted by scottykick

sounds like good stuff, I'll have to make it a point to try them when I finally get to visit.

The rolling fun their in Montreal, is your either a Fairmont person, or a St Viateur person...

I've only been to Fairmont I am sure the other place is good too.

[AnonChick]

Bagels aren't something that anyone would even -think- came from anywhere -near- Montreal.

Poutine, however, is. We southsiders might not know where it -really- comes from, but any of us in the lower 48 who have heard of it, assume it's from Montreal.