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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
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
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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.