[Mabelle]

I live in the west island of montreal. I really like it. The west island gets a bad wrap from other montrealers. It's a middle class/well off suburb made up of a lot of white people. the population is 60% french. I liev about 15 mins(by car) away from my college, but by bus it takes 1hr +. That is the thing i hate the most. I dont want to drive (financial reason and enviormental reasons) and our public transport sucks the big one.
I'm not far from downtown (30 mins by car, 1 hr + by bus) which is nice.

The only thing i dont like is the attitude of some people. I used to work in retail, and i'm telling you english middle aged mothers are the worst. They have a sense of superiority. I worked at the same store for 1.5 year, so i got a really good sense of local population. Generally people were nice, but like i said, english middle aged women, no thank you. the nicest people tended to be french.

Anyway, Another thing i hate is our stupid freakin politics. Theres the whole sepratism issue (which i think is utter nonesense) but Quebec in general is so behind the rest of Canada, our health care system in specific. My mom's a nurse (30+ years expirience) so i get to hear all the horror stories. It scares me.





Dispite the things i dislike, i would not leave montreal. Actually, i would. I place on moving to hudson, which is just off island, more woodsy and country. But it's still very close to montreal. I could never move far away. This city is my home and im so thankful to live here. I think montreal has such a strong identity. We have so much culture. We have great nightlife. Tons of great summer festivals. Amazing food. And the Canadiens! What could be better?