How is people in montreal

The worst thing is the way how people are closed in in their own worlds and cliques. People here are extremely unfriendly though they're polite. Almost no one will ever say anything to you or even look at you -- ever! If you do move here, you better hope that you make some friends at work, otherwise you'd be taking a risk of being solo while here.

The women are very bad. They are stuck up like you wouldn't believe. They walk around determined not to ever look at men. And if you do approach, they'll take your approaching as an irrefutable sign that you're unworthy of their interest.

In general, they control the dating scene unlike anything you'll ever see anywhere else. Give Toronto a pass; it is a disaster of a city in terms of the intangibles that make life enjoyable, especially for people who move here.

Originally Posted by dougie The OP isn't in the same boat as you. She is a professional lady, married with a child. You sound articulate and intelligent. It's a pity that your posts did not generate much feedback as they should be, had you posted your difficulties in the "relationship" forum. Hello everyone - I have read all your notes with interest, thanks so much for making an effort to reply.

In response to learning French, my son and I are working really hard to improve ur French even before landing in Quebec. It is absolutely vital to integration in any country to learn the local language, I appreciate that. We chose Quebec because my husband in a fluent French speaker he used to live in Paris before coming to the UK.

Our son is only 7. I was 9 when I learned English at school, it really doesn't take much effort when you are that young. It will be harder for me, but thankfully I was raised bilingually and I have been teaching English linguistics for a number of years, so I'm quite good at learning languages as I know my way round them quiet well! I plan to enrol on a French course the minute we get there and I hope that I will be able to speak it with the locals very quickly.

I'm hoping to set up a business in Montreal the same line of work as I do here in the UK so I'm sure it will be vital to have decent French fairly quickly. I think the thing that strikes me most about America and Canada my husband's entire family live in California compared to Europe is that immigrants from outside Europe have a much harder time properly integrating within European cultures.

I hear this from other non-European immigrants. Most of my students are from Southern and Eastern Europe. So even Europeans comment on the unfriendliness of the UK, they say it has a serious impact on how they feel living and working here. The majority of both European and non-European immigrants come here to study English and then to find jobs.

Once they get here they suffer from the lack of community and comment on how incredibly hard it is to find English friends. I always tell them they need to find native English speakers to improve their English, the problem they find is that this is far easier said than done. The reality is unless you end up in a sexual relationship, the English are just not going to be your "mate". It's bizarre, but there you go!

Well that's great, but what happens to women like me, in my early 40's, who are already married and have a 7 year old child and who aren't interested in having a relationship? All I'm looking for are a few friendly locals male or female people who are family-centred, who enjoy going out to cafes, bars, having a good time and chatting!!!

Over here in the UK, white middle class English women are so uptight, "good morning" is too much of an effort for them, nevermind going to a cafe with the kids. A conversation is by nature a two-way process.

In the 3 or 4 years that I have been chatting to the women in this town, they seem to be so petrified of anything "foreign" that they can't even be bothered to ask me WHERE I am actually from or anything about my interests or background. Funnily enough we are also white so we don't stick out like a sore thumb in a predominantly white area , I speak English like the natives ok a bit more posh than many English people as I went to private schools here and English is the tool of my trade both as a lawyer and as an English teacher AND I take a shower every morning so I know I don't smell ; I don't look OBVIOUSLY foreign compared to the locals, so what is my "problem"?

While she rejected an election-time proposal to heat the sidewalks on Rue St-Catherine, Plante is finally going ahead on the key election promise of a new Pink metro line. Though there was much hand-wringing, the fact is that Bill probably saved the French language from dying out in North America. Most grew up speaking both languages, and people you meet in daily life — store owners, waiters and bus drivers — switch effortlessly between French and English.

The law is enforced by language police who, prompted by complaints from French hardliners, roam the province with tape measures yes — for real! If you move into the Quebec province, you may be surprised to find that it is not a bilingual province. It is a French province, despite being in Canada. Although many people in Montreal speak English, in any other part of the province you will find that English is rarely used.

This is also true of parts of New Brunswick, the province to the east of Quebec. She married a Canadian and has been working in the IT industry in Montreal for 20 years. I gathered insights from her on what it is like living and working in Montreal.

English is the language of business in an international company, but if you want to chat informally with your colleagues, you will find it much easier to become part of the group if you speak French. I asked about setting up a new business, as many of our participants consider doing that. She was quite definite that if you want to open a storefront or provide services to the public in Montreal, you must speak French.

Several years ago, when the French separatists were very strong in Quebec, many people refused to speak English. In fact, English was erased from signage.

You will not find those words in Quebec. Learning English is not encouraged by the government. These days, in Montreal, people will speak English to an Anglophone when they can. In other towns, they may be more reticent to do so because their English is limited.