I've actually been here: http://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/2/ Quite a weird place, though definitely not 50m tall.
I have to say that the Northern store in the Labrador pics was a massive nostalgia throwback.
“The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec
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I feel the "underground city" is a bit oversold to tourists. It's mostly just a bunch of shopping malls and bland corridors. But yeah, you can walk for miles below ground level without ever setting foot outside. Especially if you include a Metro hop or two.
> But yeah, you can walk for miles below ground level without ever setting foot outside. It's ironic because if you visit Montréal in the summer everyone is outside. Also, if a French Canadian take you to lunch, expect to eat for 1+ hour. No such thing as a quick lunch.
I think the idea of the underground city is that it's nice in the winter.
I lived in Chicago which has something similar, and never went down there except to take the train. It's all chain stores that have "upstairs" versions as well. Good if you're walking around outside and you notice there's a tornado heading your way, though.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel the "underground city" is a bit oversold to tourists. It's mostly just a bunch of shopping malls and bland corridors. But yeah, you can walk for miles below ground level without ever setting foot outside. Especially if you include a Metro hop or two.
I lived in a building connected to the underground in Montreal. I could go see a movie, eat at any major restaurant chain, shop in massive shopping malls, and even get to NYC without ever going outside. I'd say that's pretty cool. Even if it is just a loosely connected group of underground corridors between buildings.
> even get to NYC without ever going outside
Wait what? How?
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#84I've actually been here: http://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/2/ Quite a weird place, though definitely not 50m tall.
From a bit later in the trip is a photo from the shore of Manicouagan Reservoir. According to Wikipedia [1], it's an annular lake formed about 214 million years ago by the impact of a meteor 5 km in diameter. It has an outer diameter of about 72 km, and it's "the Earth's sixth-largest confirmed impact crater according to rim-to-rim diameter", and one of the oldest known.
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#85I was in Fermont a long time ago. I was driving from Goose Bay all the way south. in the 90s, the Labrador highway wasn't paved, it was just rough gravel. I got a flat tire somewhere near the border, then pulled into Fermont and tried my best high school-level French to find somewhere to fix my flat tire. I asked the guy at the gas station: "Excusez-moi, savez-vous où je peux trouver un garage pour réparer mon pneu c…
La Bolduc ! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2x-9c95Yxc
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I lived in a building connected to the underground in Montreal. I could go see a movie, eat at any major restaurant chain, shop in massive shopping malls, and even get to NYC without ever going outside. I'd say that's pretty cool. Even if it is just a loosely connected group of underground corridors between buildings.
> even get to NYC without ever going outside Wait what? How?
Train.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I lived in a building connected to the underground in Montreal. I could go see a movie, eat at any major restaurant chain, shop in massive shopping malls, and even get to NYC without ever going outside. I'd say that's pretty cool. Even if it is just a loosely connected group of underground corridors between buildings.
> even get to NYC without ever going outside Wait what? How?
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#88Reminds me of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City Can't imagine what it would be like to live in one of these things. Probably the closest we'll ever get to seeing how real life vault dwellers would play out.
Or mars colony!
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#89Reminds me of Whittier, Alaska, another arctic town where almost everyone lives in one building: https://unusualplaces.org/whittier-alaska/
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Thank you! The first video shows the inside of an apartment at time 5:40, https://youtu.be/wQWQqVp8v6w?t=340 . It has plenty of natural light, with windows on two sides. Nice! What did you like about life in Fermont? What were the downsides for you?
Thank you for the questions! As a nature kind of person, Fermont had everything I was seeking; Plenty of forest, the ability to hunt, trap, fish almost anywhere, a lot of snow during the winter, the Northern lights, the fauna and much more. It IS the place for outdoor activities. If you ever drive on the 389, I recommend you check out the Mont Groulx. [1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monts_Groulx The infamous Manic…
Sadly looks like it’s dying out?
All those shops shut and bowling alleys etc closed down.
Really sad.
Surely not amazons fault out there! Is the work drying up?