4 ms·
As a parisian currently living at Montreal, there is a huge difference between the two mentalities. There is homeless people at Montreal too, but .. well .. mos
by arcatek 14y ago
As a parisian currently living at Montreal, there is a huge difference between the two mentalities. There is homeless people at Montreal too, but .. well .. most of them are civil : they don't try to annoy you to get money (some of them even say "Have a nice day" when I decline).
One of the thing which surprised me when I first used the montreal subway was that the 'musicians' were actually real musicians, played only at some places, and did not try to get money by playing so bad that you only wanted them to stop. When I came back to Paris during holidays, it was horrible to see again these guys with their horrible speakers, horrible musics and horrible voices.
tl;dr Montreal is a very nice city. Why can't we find such nice behavior in other cities ?
- pud 14y agoStreet musicians != homeless people. The art of "busking" has a long history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busking
- Tichy 14y agoIn some cities it is illegal to just busk anywhere. I think in Munich you had to get a license to play anew every day, which means getting up very early and queuing at some office (never did this myself). Certainly no licenses for playing on the subway are given out.