I'm an old french Canadian (60) from Montreal, depending on your age and the type of life you like, there is a lot of different things here. If you speak french or would like to learn and practice the language, living in the center east is the place (Plateau Mont Royal), but almost all the french speaking Montrealers speak english at some level.
St Denis street is the in place for cafés and all kind of bars.
The spanish community is more located in the St-Michel, Montreal North area.
Chinatowm (not as big as Vancouver's) is St-Laurent "The Main" from René Lévesque street to the south end of St-Laurent where you'll find the Port De Montréal, this area has been refurb and is very nice now.
If you're a hockey fan, you won't have long distance to travel.
If you like the night life and where mostly english people, you're at the right place near Mc Gill; west of St-Laurent towards Atwater.
You can get almost anywhere by métro in minutes, to cross the entire city won't take you much more than an hour.
There's free wireless internet at most of the public parks and cafés, they're talking of setting-up a total free access throughout the whole city.
J'espère t'avoir été util. à bientôt à Montréal.
Bye. Norm.
So I am thinking of moving to Montreal next Fall to do a Post Doc at McGill.
I know the school , I know the person I would be working with but have no idea about the city itself.
Where to live, where not to live, what to do, cost of living etc
so can you share you experiences and thoughts about living there.
I am planning on visiting first to get feel of the city but would like more info
thanks