Six Months in Nova Scotia

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Jun 4th 2013, 6:15 pm

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Re: Six Months in Nova Scotia

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Originally Posted by sandylns

Thanks for posting this. Lots of positive remarks which is unusual for NS.

Ssssshhhhhh.......

There are actually quite a lot of positive comments from people who know NS.

It helps when you can get past the stereotypes and stats that often don't affect people's lives.

Jun 4th 2013, 8:13 pm

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Re: Six Months in Nova Scotia

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

Ssssshhhhhh.......

There are actually quite a lot of positive comments from people who know NS.

It helps when you can get past the stereotypes and stats that often don't affect people's lives.

Haha...lol

Jun 5th 2013, 9:27 am

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Re: Six Months in Nova Scotia

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

Ssssshhhhhh.......

There are actually quite a lot of positive comments from people who know NS.

It helps when you can get past the stereotypes and stats that often don't affect people's lives.

indeed

Jun 9th 2013, 10:00 am

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Re: Six Months in Nova Scotia

Great post, and plenty of food for thought for others heading your way. No apologies necessary for the long post.. it was all worth it IMHO

On the matter of mortgages. We took out a 'new immigrant' type mortgage under Scotiabanks 'start-right' program. They required us to put down 35% and to prove in addition that we had 2 years mortgage payments to hand, which was quickly accounted for by us once we were in the house and started setting up in country