very true about the economic situation and lower salary to go along with wacky taxes, but I am a high school teacher so the economic boom or bust has little effect on me. I am more of a lifestyle quality than a high income bracket guyjohnhenrygalt said:I agree with all of the above (I live in Montreal) - what you left out was an economy that lags behind the rest of Canada, during both good times and bad.
If you don't have to worry about money, Montreal is a great city (and housing is cheaper than in the Toronto area), but average salaries in many lines of work are considerably less than in Toronto.