This is the perfect analogy. Montreal is the girl that is the total drug-addict, brilliant, creative train wreck of a girl that you know you shouldn't get involved with, but you can't keep yourself away from.
As anyone that's had a relationship with a girl (guy?) like that knows, it's futile to attempt to change the fundamentals of the person (city?) in question, no matter how much the exterior changes. Insofar as you can take the insanity of the relationship, you need to respect her for who she is.
Irrelevantly, Montreal is a woman, without a doubt.
PS: Le Normandie, c'est un beau paquebot, hein?
Merci pour les photos cjb!!!