Talk:Moving Day
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[edit] Bill & French name
I tried to find out what year that bill was passed, but different sources gave 1971, 1974, and 1976. So until I can find something more authoritative than an online edition of a free weekly paper, I'll leave that out. --mvc 17:05, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Also, I changed "Fête du déménagement" to "Journée du déménagement" because the second is far more common, and I've only seen the first in a tongue-in-cheek sort of context.
[edit] The language of the article
I consider myself to be quite skilled in English language, but I just can't understand the sentence "It stipulated that the seigneurs of the seigneuries could not evict tenants before the winter snows had melted." without looking to the dictionary. Could somebody fix it so it becomes understandable to people who are not native English speakers? --Dijxtra 14:46, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- There, I've tried to clean that up a little. Is this clearer now? English speakers who haven't studied the history of France or Québec are unlikely to know what a seigneurie is, but hopefully it's possible to guess from context, and hey, that's why it's a link. --mvc 22:36, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, yes, far better. I know this is not simple english wikipedia, but I nonetheless approve an improvement like this. Thanks. --Dijxtra 09:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] American moving day?
What about American moving days (of past)?
From here:
| “ | Mentions of May 1 as moving day in Chicago can be found as early as the 1840s. In the late nineteenth century as many as one-third of all Chicago households moved annually. It was a very unpopular event, with families facing greedy landlords, exorbitant rates charged by movers (known as expressmen), and the risk of breakage and loss of furniture and belongings.
In 1865 moving day was postponed until May 3, as President Lincoln's funeral cortege was passing through the city on the first day of that month. In 1911, owing to the widespread unpopularity of a fixed moving day, the Chicago and Cook County real-estate boards allowed leases to be made at any time of the year. Despite these efforts, the first of May and October remain popular moving days in Chicago. |
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From here:
| “ | May 1 was moving day in New York, because most leases expired then. By city law, all renters had to be out of their old house by 9 AM and into the new one by noon. Streets were crammed with carts on the busiest day of the year. People were leaving Manhattan for places like “Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey City, and Hoboken … owing to the enormous increase of rent and the taxation, that is heavy, like a millstone around the necks of New Yorkers.” Founded in 1848, the Tenant League agitated for more flexible leases because the universal May 1 expiration served as an excuse for landlords to raise rents annually. The League’s crusade for a city housing code failed, but resurfaced decades later in the fight for rent control. The Herald, populist on most issues (though virulently anti-union) was outspoken on behalf of tenants. | ” |
Crimson30 00:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
- Probably can be added, but is there still a moving day left anywhere besides Montreal? 132.205.44.5 00:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Assessment
I have assessed this as a Start Class, as it seem to have enough sourced information, although it needs a lot of work (organization, inline citation style, clearly defined lead). I have assessed this as low importance, as it is a highly specific topic within Canada. Cheers, CP 19:41, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
