Reddit pulse / page 6
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
A 23-year-old just posted asking the best way to make friends when she lands in Montreal in a couple weeks — looking for clubs, sports, and professional networking spots to meet people her age starting in September.
Walking around Montreal today, people noticed the streets felt unusually quiet — not fewer people exactly, but noticeably less noise overall.
Someone painted David Altmejd's bronze sculpture The Eye on Sherbrooke Street in front of the MMFA — the piece itself became the canvas. The painting's posted on Reddit if you want to see how it turned out.
Someone's giving away two free tickets to the AURA Basilique Notre-Dame experience tonight at 7pm. They couldn't make it and posted on r/montreal — first come, first served if you're quick.
Someone spotted a window display on Atwater near St. Antoine with an anarchist symbol, a Marxist poster, and recycling bins all together — the juxtaposition caught people's attention on Reddit as very Montreal.
Queen played the Forum on November 24 and 25, 1981 with Freddie Mercury in his absolute prime. If you were there for 'Somebody to Love' live, people are asking you to share what that was like.
ALPR (automatic license-plate reader) cameras are up in Old Montreal and locals are asking the real question: who's actually watching? SPVM? Federal government? Nobody's saying, and people are unsettled.
Someone spotted what they're calling Irish poutine — apparently the Irish took a spin on our fries-gravy-cheese thing. Locals debating whether we're about to get competition or if it's just fries with a different name.
There's a standout street mural on rue St. Antoine in St-Henri, just east of the Reno Depot. Off the beaten path but worth the detour if you're into the city's wall art.
Someone near the Plateau is thinking about starting a daily trash-pickup account inspired by creators like Marquize. The question: would bagging visible trash actually help, or just enable more mess?
A couple visiting Montreal from the States found an Apple AirTag tracking device attached to their rental car at Mount Royal Park. If you're visiting without Quebec plates, keep an eye out.
A Reddit user is hunting for the exact beet hummus Café Replika used on their Simit 3 before it got pulled from the menu. RIP to a Montreal favourite.
Street performances are back in Montreal's Village — last year drag shows, this year line dancing classes. The kind of summer vibe that makes people love checking out the neighbourhood.
Reddit's comparing Soraya to other city leaders making visible change—bike lanes, green spaces, tangible wins. Question in the thread: what exactly has the current administration delivered for Montrealers?
Someone's neighbour just arrived from France and thought our cicadas were electric lines burning or a saw going off. Turns out French cicadas sound completely different. Worth an ask: what did they sound like where you moved from?
Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse has literal craters right now, mid-summer, and Montrealers say they haven't seen roads this bad in years. No visible city action yet—people are bracing for winter.
A $40 parking fine turned into a major battle over accessibility rules in Quebec. a reporter full story about how one ticket exposed bigger systemic problems.
Classic poutine at La Banquise is now $22 before tip — prices have jumped noticeably in the last year and people on Reddit are surprised.
The SPVM removed a surveillance camera after Radio-Canada's investigation. Details are still coming out, but the spotlight worked.
People are mapping out Halloween plans months early — last year someone waited two hours in line at Flyjin just to never get in. This year's gonna need a strategy.
