Montréal

Now, don't get me wrong, Montréal is a great place and all, but what is with all the gigantic posters pasted over scaffolding?

The largest cheap advertising trick I've ever seen

It's as if the French think citizens will start to believe the enormous posters are real buildings so they can put a  delay on construction times. It certainly didn't fool me as a tourist, although I sure hope they did this in 1976. The Olympic Stadium in Montréal wasn't even finished when it was time for the games. Perhaps if they'd posted these posters of a finished stadium, reviews for the Stade Olympique may have been a whole lot higher.