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Just for Paris, Gare du Nord is very much in the heart. So is Gare du l'Est. So is Gare du Montparnasse. Central Paris sprawls.
I always walk from the station to my hotel...
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Greater Paris has a population close to 12 Million. That makes Toronto and Montreal look tiny.
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European centres cover way more ground than their North American counterparts of similar size.
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That's because our cities are younger and have more sky scrapers, creating a smaller, denser centre.
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this is not the outskirts of Paris:
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See above.
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Central station, it could be argued, is neither at the heart of Montreal. Or Windsor Station, when both were constructed. (Bonaventure was, but it is gone)
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Bonaventure station was directly adjacent to Windsor Station. Are you are thinking of Place Viger (which still exists)? Or maybe Moreau Station (gone) or McGill Street Terminal (still exists)?
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Montreal is my hometown and I taught at UdeM, and no, we are not downtown by any stretch of the imagination.
As for Canora, I have family in TMR so I am extremely familiar with the location.
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How many times do I have to say that no one is saying it is downtown? It is just once the REM opens it will be very quick to get downtown.