It looks to be,
a hot one today.
Blue sky,
clear,
not a cloud,
in sight,
with that shimmer,
than seems to bring,
the damp,
and,
humid,
air,
get out your,
seersucker.
A veranda,
a mint julep,
and,
a cool seersucker shirt,
those,
people of,
the deep south,
they know:-)
Yesterday,
was Canada Day,
July 1 st.
Not the most,
celebrated of days,
here in,
La Belle Province.
In Montreal,
on July 1 st,
people move,
moving day,
we are in the world,
the people who move,
the most.
It’s well documented,
Montrealers,
move,
all the time.
When I worked,
for an enormous,
telecommunications company,
the logistics,
of hundreds of thousands,
all moving,
on the same day,
was staggering.
Considered a unique,
phenomenon,
managers from various,
utilities,
and,
telecommunications,
services and companies,
came from,
all over the world,
to observe,
how we managed,
and maybe,
a little bit,
to check out,
these strange,
indigenous types,
who pack,
and,
move their stuff,
every year.
Why this is,
I don’t quite know,
maybe it has,
something to do,
with the fact,
that Montrealers,
as a rule,
are tenants,
and not homeowners.
In my neighborhood,
a tenant enclave,
par excellence,
lots of action,
on moving day.
Verdun,
is typically Montreal,
in so many ways.
Made up almost,
exclusively,
of row houses,
that comprise,
three to six,
flats,
all attached,
down the whole street,
lots of people,
lots of tenants,
lots of moves.
Watching people,
load up,
their stuff,
can be quite,
entertaining,
especially,
when you aren’t,
doing it yourself.
So,
a Happy belated,
Canada Day,
and I hope,
my fellow city dwellers,
aren’t too tired,
to buy,
some books.
Off to work.
Later girls,
BB
You all chose to move of your own “free will”, to see new sights 😉 … or are leases terminated ?
UK
I think it’s a bohemian streak at this point in our history. Leases here are usually a year.
But where do they all go?! Do they just switch flats? OMG! Just the thought of moving every year makes me shudder…what of 2 year leases…and what do these folk have against homeowning…provided that they can afford it…wouldn’t want them over buying and defaulting like their American neighbors:-)
Also, that looks like some really good junk on the street–do folk in trucks come along and pick through it or is it simply left for big trash day?
To new flats, sometimes in the same neighborhood, even street. Ils sont fous ces Québécois:-) It’s complicated we are complicated, one of these
days I will explain the distinct society.
Junk dealers and scrap metal types do good business but, alas a lot ends up in landfill.