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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
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Places in NW Quebec tend to be a teeny tiny step up from their size peers in NE Ontario.
Even a town like Ville-Marie with only 2500 people isn't
too bad.
Though they're all generally several full notches below northern towns in Scandinavia.
On Rouyn-Noranda, it's culturally decent for its size and location, and I think I've mentioned that it has a decent film festival that draws cinematic types from all over the world.
French cultural icon Serge Gainsbourg went there and famously said: "The epitome of snobbery isn't going to Cannes, it's going to Rouyn-Noranda".
According to legend he caught a nasty cold there and that's what killed him a month or two after he visited.