Hi folks

We are Brits who have been living in Kelowna BC for 18 months. The bottom line is we don't really like it! It,s great in the summer and dead in the winter. Athough the locals are friendly enough, they can be very 'clicky' and insular. so we are now looking at Nova Scotia. Are there any Brits out there who can give me the low down, so to speak! We are really missing the vibrancy of the UK and the humour, are the Nova Scotians any different to what we are experiencing or are we wasting our time moving?

all comments will help I am sure!

Same question asked about three weeks ago.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=492359

Nova Scotia is full of Scots and Irish decendants - what more can I say about the humour

I can honestly say that I can easily pick them out in a crowd - they are normally the loudest and wit comes naturally - its in their genes (and I am not biased ).

If you don't believe me, ask Atlantic Expat about the Irish in NFLD

sounds very interesting, their humour alone may be the reason we move! tar for that!

thank you for the steer

*sigh* I don't suppose you're called Rosie, either?

No but I've got a mate called Rosie who's gorgeous!!!

Well, it's a start. Maybe we can build on this.

You have had 944 posts, are most of these asking gals if they are called Rosie?

We are in Kelowna too and are finding the same thing! We are looking at Nova Scotia as well as Ontario!

Why dont you all get together and form a comedy club

Fredericton NB is very cliquey too. I guess they are just like rural towns in the uK. You know the places where you will never be a local until you have been there 25 years and no one needs you as friends because they have enough friends with the 600 relatives who live around the area.

We had the same problem and then found the Fredericton Newcomers club where people from out of town can meet up for information on what to do and where to find a good doctor, schools etc. Plus go out socially and generally make new friends. Ours is a mix of Brits and people from out of town in general. We have a far better social life now than we had in the UK.

Here is a link to the BC Newcomers clubs if there isn't one for Kelowna try starting one of your own. You can bet that if you are feeling like this then lots of others will be including Canadian Citizens who move into the area.

One thing to bear in mind, many of our Newcomers have been here longer than 2 years and still feel the Newcomers is there social network. So we have started a new clique

The thing for me is I have 2 kids and there is nothing to do here for them and I am worried that it will only get worse as they get older - and also to be honest this place just isn't us! We want something more out of life and we cannot afford to do that here - it is so expensive!

We saw some Irish Comedian as part of the just for laughs tour a year or so a go. His opening line was 'I travelled 18 hours from Dublin, via London & Toronto to get here, and the first ****** thing I heard was an Irish accent!'

On a more serious note, Nova Scotia is a great place & so's Newfoundland. But it's a big decision to move all the way across the country (effectively as far as moving from UK to Atlantic Canada) just because you don't feel you fit in. Can you look at doing things to change your situation in Kelowna first?

Seriously?

Kelowna has a wealth of sports, arts, social, educational programs/events and opportunities, and some fantastic countryside for outdoor recreation of virtually any type. Finding it a bit hard to understand that they can't find a hobby or interest that isn't available locally for them.

I'd agree that Kelowna's not the cheapest of places to live, but if you're looking for more opportunities for the kids to get involved in then I suspect you're going to need a major city, which isn't likely to address the cost of living issue.