Matching the Person to the Stop Before They Get Off

This is especially applicable to Laurier metro stop for some reason. I can always tell the people on the train who are going to get off at Laurier! They have more class and style than the Mile Enders (who get off at Mont Royal). They also look better off overall. Mont-Royal people are 'hipper' but a little more affected. The Laurier stop people seem confident in themselves perhaps once or twice to the point of arrogance. But the Mile-End hipster arrogance always seems stronger and more consistent across the board.

Rosemont is pretty easy to spot. Rosemont is a non-place, and the people who get off there look a little displaced as a general rule. One more stop north at Beaubien is a whole different scene. Then you are into the market going yuppy crowd, young families living in quiet french speaking neighbourhoods.

The Jean-Talon stop individual usually has some cloth bags in tow, or they might be South American. A lot of all the previous stops get off here.

Jarry usually lets off even more people than Jean-Talon though Jarry is not a hub while Jean-Talon is. I think this is the case at rush hour but I'm not sure about other times. It would make sense at Cremazie because that stop is right beside the highway 40 and a logical place to park your car.

These are the stops I know best on the orange line.

On the green line the St. Laurent, Place-des-Arts and McGill crowds are pretty easy to sort out. The first are less well off, and very few. The second are well polished well off and sometimes snobby. The third are definitely snobby, and the vast majority get off here at rush hour. The university and the financial district are the main reasons for the mass exodus at McGill.

After that on the green line you've got your regular Concordia and beyond types: very nice and generally pleasant.

I'll keep posting more as my observations on this most interesting of phenomena continue.