Spitfire11
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MassiveHabs said:I would say boston and Halifax, and they do have a pretty big history with each other
Those two are fairly close, but I'd say Boston is more like a boring version of Montreal.
MassiveHabs said:I would say boston and Halifax, and they do have a pretty big history with each other
David Puddy said:The only thing that was strange to me was when I was heading to the border at Niagara Falls, I stopped for gas. After I went in to pay, I grabbed a couple of bottles of Dr. Pepper because I still had a fairly long drive to get to Niagara Falls. The girl at the register said, "Just the two bottles of pop." I had once heard a friend of my brother call soda "soda pop" when I was really young, but it was the first time I ever heard someone say "pop." I knew that it was the word used for soda in some regions, but it sounded unusual the first time I heard it uttered.
Ogopogo said:That is a pretty decent assesment.
David Puddy said:I visited Toronto a few years ago, and I honestly couldn't say that it seemed like a foreign city to me. At one point, it reminded me of an uneventful New York City. Maybe it reminded me of someplace like the Upper West Side close to the Hudson River or something. It is one of the reasons that Toronto is often used as the filming location for movies set in New York City.
I drove from Detroit to Toronto then, and the rural/suburban parts of Ontario made me think that I could have been taken there and told that I was in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts or Ohio, and I would have believed it.
The only thing that was strange to me was when I was heading to the border at Niagara Falls, I stopped for gas. After I went in to pay, I grabbed a couple of bottles of Dr. Pepper because I still had a fairly long drive to get to Niagara Falls. The girl at the register said, "Just the two bottles of pop." I had once heard a friend of my brother call soda "soda pop" when I was really young, but it was the first time I ever heard someone say "pop." I knew that it was the word used for soda in some regions, but it sounded unusual the first time I heard it uttered.
Montreal and the southern portion of Province de Quebec certainly did seem like I was in another world. Even the design of the side of the highways and the farms let me know I was in a different country. Besides the just simply the French language, the culture and architecture also reminded me of France.
Montreal reminds me of pre-Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, specifically the French Quarter, because of the French influence on the respective cities.
Wouldn't Vancouver be in the Pacific Southwest?
hamilton is about 1/5 the size though.TransportedUpstater said:For some reason, Pittsburgh and Hamilton remind me of each other.
TransportedUpstater said:For some reason, Pittsburgh and Hamilton remind me of each other.
Dark Metamorphosis said:hamilton is about 1/5 the size though.
hotwheels said:Vancouver is like San fran? **** no.
Vancouver - Seattle
Edm - 8 mile road Detroit
Toronto - NYC
Dark Metamorphosis said:toronto is imo the most american of the canadian cities.
Spitfire11 said:And we think Americans need history lessons.....
Ogopogo said:LOL.
I have seen the Downtown East Side in Vancouver. You have mixed things up a little.
hotwheels said:Have YOU seen the downtown East Side in Vancouver? Talk about misinformed. Try major condo developments and a major overhaul.
Now go back to your daily veiwing of FUBAR, the daily bible movie of how to be an Edmontonian.
Go Cane's go.
And again....
DeaEdmonton - 8 Mile Road, Detroit.
hotwheels said:Have YOU seen the downtown East Side in Vancouver? Talk about misinformed. Try major condo developments and a major overhaul.
Now go back to your daily veiwing of FUBAR, the daily bible movie of how to be an Edmontonian.
Go Cane's go.
And again....
DeaEdmonton - 8 Mile Road, Detroit.
sushinsky4tsar said:and yas gots the basketball
HABitual said:They are both considered "steel cities"
DrMoses said:Vancouver is some sort of utopia?
Same as any other city.
Dutch said:I guess Boston and Montreal kind of look like each other.
again, i disagree, vancouver and seattle aren't as similar as portland and Vancouver.hotwheels said:Did it take you a while to think that up? Vancouver isn't the greatest city but the last time i checked, Tourism Canada had us pretty high for cities to visit. This City isn't really that special, but it has some great places to eat, great scenery, the "hastings" issue isn't as big as people thought it used to be. Landing the Olympics has made the city change quite a bit, but damn is this city not prepared for the traffic that the olympics will bring.
Seattle and Vancouver are pretty similar - response to the original question.