When I listen to people from Montreal or other places, they think that life in Abitibi is boring, but they just don't know what they are talking about. Life in Abitibi has several advantages but also disadvantages and some places to visit.
Maybe you think that living in this little place has no good points but it's totally false. It's quiet and calm, so you can sleep with the window open. You are neart o your work; you don't havt to leave your home three hours before your work because we don't have a lot of traffic. At school everybody knows everybody, so if you do somthing bad, the day after everybody knows what you did. You know your neighbour, and if you are in trouble, they are always there to help you. We have also space to do four wheels in the summer and snowmobiling in winter. In addition, the landscape is beautiful.
We have also some places to visit. You can go see the Cathedral in Amos. The architecture is beautiful. Le Refuge Pageau is a place where a man brings hurt animals and takes care of them. You can go visit this place. L’école du rang 2, is a old school and there people who make a sketch of a old day of school. It’s very interesting. Le parc d’Aiguebelle is a place where you can do canoeing, camping, fishing, skiing and more. We also have the big musical comedy, Le Paradis du Nord. It’s a story about Abitibi. It’s very beautiful and interesting.
There are not only good points to living there. There are also some disadvantages. We are far from huge services and health specialists. We have at least six or eight hours of travel from Montreal. Montreal is the nearest place to us. We don’t have big shopping malls, and no common transport.
In conclusion, I think there are a lot of positive points to living in Abitibi and many things to do. If you have never goes, you need to go, and quickly!
