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Irish_Dem

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14. I love Montreal but my heart is in Quebec City.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:22 PM
Oct 21

The old walled city. I walk all over the old city.
Visit the churches, pray, sightsee all the old buildings and convents, etc.
Eat and mingle.

Yes the Quebec population is a very unique group.
Hundreds of years with a small population facing brutal conditions
forged a determined, practical survival mindset. Poverty forged a desire
for a better life.

Each family had 20 children and they married cousins over and over.
So everyone is related which makes for a peaceful and cooperative population.

I speak some French and they are nice about it. I have a conversation about
how bad my French is and they laugh.

In my opinion, Quebec will do what loads on their survival and prosperity.
They are a quietly proud people but not vain or foolish. Yes at times you see glimpses of
the hotheads, but I believe practically will rule the day.

Now is not the time to disconnect from a protective power source in the rest of Canada.
The world is getting more dangerous so they best hang on for the time being.

Unless of course the rest of Canada is puling them down badly.

My .02.

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