Prague is a perfect example that a city doesn't need a grandiose skyline to be great. It is by far my favorite city in Europe; and I've been to all the top 20 listed above. Of course, I realize this is Skyscraperpage.com... but my point is this.
Ok... but what is the point of that point? It's almost like if there was a discussion about what are the best European soccer players and someone saying, "Here's a guy who is a perfect example of someone who doesn't need to be a great soccer player to be an amazing person."
Well that's great that he's an amazing person but what does that have to do with the topic of best European soccer players? Was anyone suggesting that only top soccer players are good people?
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
This is actually a Jewish neighborhood. North African Jews, the like of which don't exist in North America. They quite like it. It's a capitalist version of East Berlin.
But this being old Europe, it's only a 7 minutes drive from this:
This suburban village was sacked by some advanced German cavalry detachments on the 3rd of September 1914. This is the closest that the Germans ever came to the center of Paris in the entire WW1. It's a bit akin to this suburb of Moscow which is the closest that the Germans came to the center of Moscow in 1941. By the way the funeral parlor to the right is apparently a Jewish establishment, judging from the name, which is a Moroccan Jewish last name.
Montreal's Sephardic Jewish community is one of the largest and most vibrant in North America, making up over 25% of the city's Jewish population. Predominantly composed of French-speaking immigrants from Morocco, North Africa, and the Middle East. The community is highly concentrated in areas like Côte Saint-Luc, Ville Saint-Laurent, and the West Island. Ville Saint-Laurent is particularly notable, with Sephardim making up over 50% of the local Jewish population. Overall, Sephardim account for 25.6 percent of the population of Jewish Montreal, some 61.7 percent of Canada’s Sephardi community.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
Montreal's Sephardic Jewish community is one of the largest and most vibrant in North America, making up over 25% of the city's Jewish population. Predominantly composed of French-speaking immigrants from Morocco, North Africa, and the Middle East. The community is highly concentrated in areas like Côte Saint-Luc, Ville Saint-Laurent, and the West Island. Ville Saint-Laurent is particularly notable, with Sephardim making up over 50% of the local Jewish population. Overall, Sephardim account for 25.6 percent of the population of Jewish Montreal, some 61.7 percent of Canada’s Sephardi community.
Oh, so you finally admit that Montréal is more akin to Paris than to the Anglo-Canadian/American cities?
One does not follow the other. Montreal is a North American-style metropolis, with a dense, old urban core. Other than the language spoken in the streets, Paris feels far more different from Montreal, versus Toronto or Ottawa.
But what do I know? I only lived in Montreal for 30+ years.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
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