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Erik T
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Going back to Tyler Brule's National Post piece, what, may I ask, is so liberal about Montreal's night life that is lacking in Toronto? Besides the 1 extra hour of drinking, I get that part, what is so liberal about Montreal at night? I left in 1990 and whenever I go back, it's cool but I don't understand what is unique about their night scene. Both cities have posh joints, wino bars, big box clubs, tiny lounges and everything in between. We have the cheesy club district, they have Boul. St. Laurent & Prince Arthur, with 20 cop cars and dozens of cops watching the drunk kids all week-end long. We have Yorkville (ugh) and they have Crescent Street (ugh). I'm not terribly concerned about Messrs. Brule or Wainwright, but I do meet quite a few folks who have these fantasies about Montreal. At least they don't have entire neighbourhoods or blocks of Ste Catherine Street 'a vendre ou louer' like they did through the nineties. Then there are all the smug "Montrealers" I meet here- the ones who loudly bitch to all their friends in a bar that 2 a.m. last call is proof-positive Montreal kicks ass and Toronto sucks. Usually they're from places like Beaconsfield, attend McGill, live near the campus, live en anglais, and work the berets 'n' baguettes image as soon as they are outside Quebec. Mon dieu et tabernacle...