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Old Posted Oct 8, 2020, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MolsonExport View Post
For Montreal:
Mile End/Mile Ex
Le Plateau Mont Royal
Outremont
Westmount
Montreal Ouest
Town of Mount Royal
McGill Ghetto
Little Italy
Vieux Montreal
Hampstead
Little Burgundy
My list for Montreal would be quite different. I guess the list depends on what we consider great neighbourhoods. You seem to have a preference for rich, mostly English-speaking neighbourhoods, with big stately homes and quiet streets. Although are the areas you listed are all nice, most are too quiet and almost-suburban to my tastes. Most of them would never make the list of "cool" neighbourhoods. I prefer areas with great lively "main streets" with lots of pedestrians, and dense, leafy residential streets. So my picks would be :
  • Verdun
  • St-Henri / Petite-Bourgogne
  • Rosemont (multiple areas : around Molson Park, around rue Masson and les Shop Angus, Jean-Talon market)
  • Hochelaga (around place Valois)
  • Villeray (from Jean-Talon market to the Met)
  • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (around Monkland village and Sherbrooke west)
  • Plateau Mont-Royal (pretty much the entire northern half of the neighbourhood, which has multiple interesting areas: the entire length of avenue Mont-Royal, Laurier ave east, Bernard st, Fairmount st, St-Viateur st, Rachel st)
  • Ahunstic (around Fleury)
  • St-Lambert
  • Lower Westmount
  • Outremont (around Bernard st)

But these choices reflect my personal preferences, it's all very subjective.
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