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| - This place is a mess! It is loud and crowded and disorganized.
Loud and crowded: alright, I understand that the underground city is a major tourist attraction and we were there on a Saturday afternoon, but holy crap! There were more people in the mall than anywhere else in the city. All that body heat warmed up the halls, which might be great in winter, but was super miserable on an August afternoon. Still, if it's more even more popular in winter, I can't imagine having a good time squeezing in there with so many other people.
Disorganized: the directory was confusing. Where's that Benetton's that's supposed to be on the third floor? Oh it's out of business. The Gap is on two floors but only listed on one, and the storefront says Gap Kids, even though men's and women's sections were included. Also, of 50+ shops, less than ten sell men's attire, and half of those are accessory, underwear, or shoe stores. There's no electronics or games stores at all, so ladies, give your man an iPad if you make him come here with you. The stores themselves were messy as well. Bigger shops had crumpled merchandise strewn about and many had little identifiable logic to their layouts, at least to me.
I wasn't too crazy about the selection either. I think I've got an innate need to forage, because I love browsing the aisles, even at the grocery store. I could spend an hour reading vitamin bottles at CVS. So it actually amazed me that I didn't find the least interest in going into any of the shops here. And come on, this is Montreal, the capitol of French Canada. How is there no French Connection?
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