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I'm an american looking to relocate to canada for less than 6 months. I would like a studio. I'm from new york city. Mainly moving there so I could continue online poker. In the USA... its not allowed. I been told montreal is good because transportation is good though toronto is more nyc than montreal but the rent is very high like nyc.
I see some studios furnished on kijiji.com in montreal where its $600 and less. Could these be scams?? I found a few ads where the rent is that much and they mention FURNISHED and also ELECTRICITY, WATER, AND EVEN WIFI AND CABLE IS INCLUDED and one could rent these monthly... The price they mention is probably if you rent yearly but even if thats the case... monthly would probably be 700 total... but isn't that way too low for a furnished studio apartment with so many stuff included like electricity and internet???
No, that's quite typical of Montreal, probably not a scam at all. Rents are not very high in Montreal, and it's thankfully a pretty safe city so you don't really need to worry about bad neighbourhoods too much although there are a select few I would avoid.
The rent is not so bad, much much less than NYC. A friend of mine just moved into a 1-br apartment in very quiet and safe Town of Mount Royal (all English-speaking), where he is paying $900 a month for a fairly nice place with indoor parking and a pleasant view, within walking distance of the train station. Here's the building:
The rent is not so bad, much much less than NYC. A friend of mine just moved into a 1-br apartment in very quiet and safe Town of Mount Royal (all English-speaking), where he is paying $900 a month for a fairly nice place with indoor parking and a pleasant view, within walking distance of the train station. Here's the building:
Not really. I guess the building might be - though this is unlikely too.
Not really. I guess the building might be - though this is unlikely too.
I meant that the great majority of people in TMR speak English all the time, and it is not necessary to know French to live there. It is true that in recent years, the town is becoming increasingly French, but still, 90% are English only or Bilingual, and general commerce is more often in English.
I meant that the great majority of people in TMR speak English all the time, and it is not necessary to know French to live there. It is true that in recent years, the town is becoming increasingly French, but still, 90% are English only or Bilingual, and general commerce is more often in English.
It's actually 45% French, 26% English, the rest other languages. (source)
It's actually 45% French, 26% English, the rest other languages. (source)
It's actually, as I correctly stated,, about 12% who CANNOT speak English. Mount Royal, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And about a zero percent chance that our OP from New York will encounter one of those non-English speakers in any day to day transactions in which comprehension is important.
It's actually, as I correctly stated,, about 12% who CANNOT speak English. Mount Royal, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And about a zero percent chance that our OP from New York will encounter one of those non-English speakers in any day to day transactions in which comprehension is important.
Still, it's kind of rude to just not learn French at all, especially if, as is likely, you also travel to and shop in other neighbourhoods. You don't need a ton of French for those kinds of small shopping and directions kind of questions, and the burden of bilingualism is on us for day to day public interactions like this, not the Francophones.
Hmm. Mont-Royal has less than 20,000 people and is 7.5 km2 or less than 3 sq miles and is surrounded by a huge city of 1.6 million people that is mostly French-speaking. It's basically a bilingual French-English neighbourhood of a much larger predominantly French-speaking city and metropolitan area.
Ultimately if Montreal is not to your liking you can move elsewhere in Canada...
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