Similarities between Montreal and Detroit

Similarities between Montreal and Detroit

*Detroit and Montreal are both run by Liberals

*Detroit and Montreal both had a mayor who was put on trial in the past year.

*Detroit and Montreal were both founded by the French.

*Detroit and Montreal were both fought for during the war of 1812.

*Detroit and Montreal are both dominated by powerful unions.

*Detroit and Montreal both have crumbling infrastructure.

*Detroit and Montreal both have a low high school graduation rate.

*Detroit and Montreal were both founded as Catholic parishes.

*Detroit and Montreal have both been under martial law in living memory (1967 and 1970).

*Detroit is black and Montreal is ''white black'' (aka frog).

*Detroit is under emergency management and Montreal is under special provincial supervision.

*Detroit is controlled by a drug racket whereas Montreal is controlled by a mafia construction racket.

*Detroit has seen ''white flight'' whereas Montreal ahas seen ''anglo flight''.

*Detroit has high taxes and Montreal has higher taxes.

*Detroit and Montreal both have historic NHL hockey teams.

*Detroit and Montreal both had big riots in the past couple years.

*Detroit is socialist and so is Montreal.