I know you're not and everything, it's just the kind of think they come out with.

you get what you deserve for that last part. why go through the hassle of visiting the other side of the world if you just want to spread negativity? :confused:

you're also the only person i've ever heard call St. Catherine's Street, St. Lebanon, and one of my co-workers was there last weekend... then again the street is over 11km long and ethnicities tend to congregate. so maybe that's how it felt in the neighborhood you spent most of your time in, but last time i was there (6 years ago) the part of the street i visited didn't look or feel any different than any other time i had visited.

I was in Birmingham couple of weeks ago and nearly went the whole trip without seeing any white people. Was a bit of a shock.

lol. I went there 10 years ago, and a second time 4 years ago. A LOT more Lebanese places. Like there was only 2 Lebanese restaurants the first time I went, the second time there was a restaurant called "Mounir" on every block. The shisha is growing in popularity so there's a Lebanese café every 10 steps. All taxi drivers are Lebanese (it's like the Sikhs in NY), all the gas-station stores' cashiers are Lebanese, and the workers at McDo's are Lebanese. They're everywhere!

If I only want to count close family members that live in Montreal... I can count over 15... (17 actually). They are scarily everywhere.

holy crap, on all accounts, half my family is from the Montreal / Laval area and i don't think there are even 15 hahaha

speaking of cashiers and fast food ethnicities, one of my college buddies who lives in Ottawa can tell when he crosses the provincial border into New Brunswick by the people who work at Tim Horton's.

Well I grew up in a small village, no other ethnicy except whites. Went to school with all whites. So that train carriage was definetly interesting. :)

Yep, I'm pretty sure Toronto is the only place I've ever had that happen to me. As far as Montreal goes, it's a nice looking city but I'm not a fan of the people. Whenever I've gone there I've to run into large numbers of douchebags, more than in any other city I can think of.

fair enough, maybe it's the half quebecois blood in me that keeps the douches away haha. that, and i'm not very social, i just feel more comfortable in montreal.

something else i noticed with bigger cities is that people who've moved into the city are usually far more accommodating to tourists and visitors than people who've lived there their whole lives.

I'd say that's probably pretty true of the cities I've lived in. One city that's an exception that I've spent a lot of time in though is New York. I feel like it's the transplants who are the bigger assholes there a lot of the time. It's like they're trying to prove they're hard enough to handle New York.

I like Franks. I put it on my fried shrimp.

Um...
You do know that Tobasco is made only out of vinegar, red peppers, and salt right?
There are no preservatives. Tobasco is aged and that's it.
The other flavors (like garlic Tobasco) have respective ingredients. All natural.