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- by Roberto Rocha
- published from Canada
- on 2010.02.24
(English) Vancouver and Montreal: a tale of two creative cities
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mo•jo n., 1. short for mobile journalist. 2. a flair for charm and creativity.
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Having grown up on the west coast, and lived in Montreal for 8 years, I found your comparison very interesting (and very perceptive, especially if this is your first visit!).
The only one I wouldn’t entirely agreed with, is Vancouver/Mountains…Montreal/Trees. Yes the mountains are abundant out here, but whenever I have spent time out east and come back….the first thing that strikes me is the trees. The colour and the size. I would say Montreal is more leaves than trees
Perhaps this would fall under Vancouver=Green…Montreal=Mauve (or better yet…red, orange, and yellow!)
I guess my choice of mountains vs. trees related to the sanctuary of choice for each city. When Vancouverites want to escape the city, they head to the mountains. Montrealers don’t have them, so we go to the parks.
Clearly, I didn’t look at the West Coast trees closely enough, but I was struck at how deep the green is.
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