...and I often stuck on overcrowded orange line (last year was was the worst in delays)
...had to travel for the medical reasons abroad, wait times in QC are really bad if you are not dying right now
...I also don't specifically avoid homeless people, but sometimes it hard to take cash on Sainte-Catherine - people doing drugs near indoor ATMs in the winter because they are heated
...and my kids also like BAnQ library, yet ~about a year ago all soft chairs/sofas were replaced by plastic, because BAnQ is partially a homeless shelter
But hey, enjoy your Quebec, Montreal specifically, as I see. ...and I will try to overcome my issues, in my Quebec.
The orange line is a dream compared to the London tube.
Americans also complain about service in Europe, where workers are also not treating each customer interaction as a make or break situation.
In a recent trip to Montreal I never saw more homeless people out on the streets, and they were nasty and mean, demanding my attention. The shocking part was how cold it was outside and how the city allowed that to happen.
NY has 1 in 125 homeless, 70k. Montreal has 3.1k. (1 in 1000).
Yes Montreal can do better, but as per my original point, where the poster complained about the ease of registering a new business, making your province into a great place to register a business is not the path to a great society.
https://www.bowery.org/homelessness/
https://www.homelesshub.ca/community-profile/montreal
Progress and Poverty, the top selling book behind The Bible in the 1890s has more information:
My kids go to a nice school. I live in a nice neighborhood. I get the nice metro to work. Or I cycle on the nice cycle network.
I got my covid test, and result. I saw a really good doctor the same day. The same doctor rang me back 2 days later to check up on me at home.
My kids would normally be in and out of a fantastic, modern library, or at the pool, or playing soccer in the great parks. Sadly the lockdown has temporarily stopped that, but it will be back.
If I go outside I'm not avoiding the homeless in huge numbers. Rent and housing are not absurdly expensive, allowing affordability for families.
Yes Quebec has areas to improve, but it's a great place.
If being a great place for companies made for a good society then the UK and USA wouldn't be on their knees.