destinationnovascotia

Are you the "Poppy" Angie in Bridgewater have been telling me about?

Poppy2

I surely am!!! Oh my word, my reputation proceeds me...................

Are you living in the Porter's Lake area?? We must pm!! or email!!

Poppy2

Oh - just saw that your destination says Stoke on Trent!

destinationnovascotia

I am in the UK but hoping to move to Nova Scotia next year. I am going over in October to take the CRNE

Poppy2

OMG - are you??? hang on didnt we talk about this yesterday?? On another thread?? I am having a serious blonde day today!!!!

destinationnovascotia

Might have done. I have lost track who everyone is this week. So much info, so little time.
When are you going to halifax?

Poppy2

I am glad its not just me having a moment!! Yes, we were talking about this on your meet and greet thread............I am being gormless because I tend to try to remember those who are NS bound and your user name should have been a reminder right there!

We are in the middle of a house sale, any day we could get the offer that we want and go within the month................however the market in this small town in NZ has slowed right down for 5 bed victorian homes......typical. And so we wait. though we do ahve an interested buyer flying over from Australia this weekend, and it sounds like he might be our buyer - if so, then we might well be in NS for August!!! If we are around in October, we will have to meet up!!

I am the midwife who is going to work as an Obs nurse - ring any bells?

Poppy2

Sorry Steve666 - this has been rather hyjacked by me......

destinationnovascotia

Me too. Apologies, we will try the email instead

Cookie

I was in Halifax on Sunday (Canada Day) and it looked absolutely lovely down by the waterfront. We saw the Military Tattoo parade enroute to Citadel Hill where we were going to see Nickelback, Chris Daughtry (and others) concert. We caught the Canada Day fireworks late at night.

We are also heading down to see the Tall Ships in a few weeks time.

I love Halifax

charlie1

Halifax is a lovely city, but I always look forward each day to getting out of it & returning home to the peace, tranquility and beauty of "The Passage", it really calms me down and makes me feel great, when I come down the Caldwell road after a bad day, and see the ocean and views of devils & lawlors Islands, with fishing boats coming in etc.

Just far enough away from the city to enjoy peace but close enough to enjoy the city.

steve666

Don't mind at all. Do I look bovvered?
My wife may be offered a job on the defence/naval area, and although Ottawa is on our primary settlement plans Halifax hasn't been ruled out, yet.

Paul Wildy

If I can put your mind at rest, Halifax is a really beautiful city. Its one of the things I've noticed about Nova Scotia - everyone seems to have views on what its like without ever having visited. Typical comments are that there is no work, its full of fisherman on benefits etc. etc. None of this is true.

Here are some actual facts about Halifax…

• Halifax has the fastest growing economy in Canada after Edmonton and Calgary.
  
• The Conference Board of Canada forecasts this year Halifax’s Gross Domestic Product, the value of all goods and services produced in our city, will be the third highest in the country.
  
• Foreign Direct Investment magazine named Halifax as one of the top 3 cities in North America for economic potential
  
• In the 2007 MoneySense Best Places to Live survey Halifax ranked 2nd best place to live in Canada
  
• Halifax is the most Educated city in Canada - with 81.1 post-secondary students per 1000 people, that’s three times the national average. More than 60% of the working population has post-secondary education, the highest rate in Canada.
  
• Halifax is home to six highly regarded Universities and 5 of the top 11 Universities in Canada (ranked by Macleans) are located in Nova Scotia
  
• On top of that, it’s a great sized city with a population of only 370,000 people. The average commute distance for people who work in Halifax is one of the lowest in Canada at only 3.9 miles. In fact over 20% of the population is able to walk or cycle to work.
  
• Halifax is a centre of excellence for Healthcare and is a leader in North America for healthcare for children and maternity
  
• On top of all that it’s a really beautiful waterfront city. Photo attached!

dbd33

How is this a good thing? Surely it just means that one degree isn't sufficient to get a job as a bartender.

Paul Wildy

I don't see how it can be a bad thing. I don't think the answer is to surround yourself with uneducated people in order to improve your job prospects or make yourself feel more intelligent. Presumably you wouldn't move to a remote backward town where you had the advantage of being the only person in the whole town with a degree so that you could have your pick pf the top jobs? The advantage of having a cluster of intelligent well educated people is that it attracts high-tech, bioscience and other leading edge industry which in turn cultivates good jobs (in exactly the same way that leading universities in Massachusetts, California, Cambridge UK have been doing for years)