I moved to Montreal to join my french canadian husband. I am an American. Things were great until we needed medical treatment. My CANADIAN daughter was DENIED treatment because I (her mother) am an american. They almost let me bleed to death while pregnant because they were too concerned over my lack of insurance. This was my welcome to Quebec.

So, from my perspective... the government is awful, the healthcare system is awful, the education system is in need of improvement, the roads are in need of repair.

I am beginning to hate this place.

There are some nice people here. The people have not been the problem. The government has. I try to speak french though am struggling to learn new words to add to my vocabulary. I try to be polite to others. People tend to be OK for the most part. They are uptight and don't like you to get to know them which is difficult for me to comprehend. Why don't people here want to make friends? Things here are depressing. Everyone is depressing. I want to like it here since I am stuck living here, but honestly the longer I'm here the more I hate it.

There are parts of montreal that are BEAUTIFUL, but I'm not a city girl so living in the city has been a large adjustment. Since moving here I have also had mostly tragedy.

I need to get out of this awful place and rebuild my life with a much nicer community. A place where I am not forced into depression and where I can actually make friends who will want to be my friend.