The guy who parleyed a red paper clip into a house by trading up on CraigsList got the idea while living on Le Plateau.

Starting here, for example, one reaches MontrealTechBlog, and this map (not, alas, interactive).

OK, it's not DC. Still, heat like this used to be unusual for Montreal.

And what's with the humidity? How on earth does a city on top of a mountain get, and stay, humid? The breeze over the mountain probably comes all the way from Calgary!

There is a beach, but that seems like such a concession.

Ministry of Silly Walks (in Quebec blue).