The pandemic is still affecting not just Montreal but several other places too.Montreal has lost a part of its soul.....ever since COVID....it's just not the same. Boarded up shops and bars, restaurants along St-Catherine.I've seen stores and boutiques close-up shop at 8:00 on a Thursday night because of lack of foot traffic on city streets.Construction everywhere plus you can't find a parking spot anywhere downtown....the city's administration is going nuts over turning this city into one huge bike path. Crescent street is all but dead.....and is ain't any better on St-Denis street either.
But the part about losing the city its (hobbying) soul also resonates with me. I've been itching to book another trip to Montreal and I haven't done it because no particular woman there is compelling me. I typically like to line up a few indy appointments as part of my stay. There isn't a new indy I'm dying to see, much less two. There is no agency lady that I absolutely have to see. In the past, there were so many women that I'd be counting down the days until I board the plane.
It's definitely possible to go with the flow and I'll have a good time once I'm there. But the fact that no one is drawing me there this time around is definitely unusual.