If you look at a map of Montréal, you’ll notice that there are two bridges connecting downtown to the south shore. So you can be closer to the city centre being off island than on it.
So, is it a good idea to be off island? The catch of course are the bridges, they become bottlenecks [...]
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Living on the South Shore
Posted in Areas, hints and tips, tagged families, monteregie, Montréal, rive sud, schools in Montréal, south shore, where to live on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
La Prairie
Posted in Areas, tagged la prairie, monteregie, Montréal, south shore, where to live on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we passed through La Prairie to have a quick look. The town is on the bank of the Saint Laurent just east of Brossard. The old centre is quite pretty with a few shops, the rest is standard strip malls. We saw some suburbs that looked pretty good, very similar to Brossard, although we [...]