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Look, we're gonna level with you: No matter how bad things can look in Montreal, we'll always end up on the side of loving things here. Nothing's perfect—nothing ever is—and as much as we'll embrace every good thing that happens, we can't turn a blind eye to cracks and corrosion.
That's how it is: As much as there are stark reports on housing shortages with developers spouting meme acid, stalwart business closures, local media going under, and overcrowded student housing, there are simpler pleasures of sports competitions, wine to guzzle, murals to paint, students solving problems that corporations couldn't, and films of Montreal in the 1940s to watch.
It can no doubt be bad some days. Other days, it's good. The wheel turns. We do the best we can, and we take care of one another when we can. It's hard some days, we know.
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