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[anarkya]

Hey..
I was wondering something.. Ive been living here since 1999.. (Moved here from a tiny town near Trois-Rivieres) and, I know Montreal quite a lot now.. but, I still wonder something..

Why is the area near McGill called "The Ghetto"?

And,
Also..
Where can I go for real, good Fish and Chips?
(Not the highliner boxed version they sell in

Comments

[spoothbrush]

"Ghetto" was originally a term for a section of a city where most of the residents belong to a particular group, usually for socioeconomic reasons -- in the case of the area around McGill, university students. (Chinatowns, Little Italies, and similar can also sometimes be considered as ghettos.)

Obviously, the associations with the word have changed a bit. :P

[arkenholtz]

CHINCHILLA!!!
XD

[spoothbrush]

My chinchilla :D

[shinraisei]

Chinchilla! :DD

Haven't seen one since a bio teacher of mine had one in her classroom in high school.

[bitch_box]

It's a "student ghetto!"

[the_emef]

do you mean fish and chips?

[anarkya]

lol yes..
typo.. was tired when i wrote that =/

[cyaan]

I've heard that Mommy's is amazing
651 de l'eglise (verdun)

[neferiasatyre]

Mommy's is the best! But any Irish Pubs in Downtown Montreal do have nice Fish & Chips (like O'Reillys, Irish Embassy).

[axonbiologist]

mckibbins has a very good fish and chips.