I live in Montreal. One thing that is remarkable here is that even with 2M people, there are no ghettoes. Rich neighborhoods are generally mixed in with poorer ones. It's a great city to live in and to raise a family.
HM is steadily gentrifying though. Montreal North has a pretty shit reputation. I remember there were riots there a few years ago and one of the journalists who was sent to cover it was relieved of his camera by some local residents. He wasn't even an outsider, its the neighbourhood they grew up in.
crime is on the rise, there's shootings and stabbing every week ... some neighbourhood are not save during night time. I'm not sure we're talking about the same Montreal here
Not really no, there's been a bump which studies seem to agree is an aftereffect of COVID, but the media is also paying more attention to it. There's always been some amount of shootings and stabbings in Montreal, and 99% of Montreal is safe during night time.
euh thanks for proving my point lol have you read the report ?
"À Montréal, en 2021, ceux-ci ont augmenté de 17,3 % par rapport à la moyenne
de 2016 à 2020. Les homicides et les tentatives de meurtre ont augmenté de façon importante et la problématique
de la violence armée contribue très certainement à ce portrait. En effet, la moitié des homicides et des tentatives
de meurtre commis sur le territoire du SPVM en 2021 impliquait la présence ou l’utilisation d’une arme à feu
(voir tableau Armes à feu). La problématique de la violence armée demeure au centre des préoccupations du SPVM. "
I don't think the US is the example to follow here ... you want mass shootings every week? this is like saying well you can put your hand in boiling water after all it's not as hot as the sun lol