« No one is rushing, although the roller-bladers glide by like water. Caf\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd owners and shopkeepers begin to come out, sweeping the streets, greeting their neighbors, ready for the first customers of a day that will stretch into night. There will be a few cars by now, but rarely the sound of a car horn. Montreal is the quietest big city I\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdve ever been in.<\/p>\n
What is absent is not energy, but anxiety. The energy I notice is mostly human-powered, and on a human scale: people walking, biking, talking, at the pace of a heartbeat or a footstep, or the lift of a coffee cup to the lips. (…) People stroll together in the parks, talking and smiling: women friends, male friends, couples, people with dogs who seem to be friends. And people aren\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdt afraid to be alone: everywhere you see them, quietly sitting, looking, drinking coffee, smoking, or, most often, reading. »<\/p>\n
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