NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Nov 7th 2011, 2:34 pm
#121
Happy
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Nova Scotia
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
I have just received an email from an old colleague in the UK who is also a Tory local politician and she said this:
"I think the UK is not doing too badly at the moment – relative to the rest of the world to be totally honest…"
My gut instinct there is to totally disagree
Nov 7th 2011, 2:50 pm
#122
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
I know of a Larne because a poster on this board tired of Canada and moved there. I don't know of anyone moving from Larne to Canada. You may, of course, say that Larne isn't the hub of the UK economy but the comparison was with NS so it seems fair on that score.
Nov 7th 2011, 3:29 pm
#123
Beep
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Nov 7th 2011, 5:06 pm
#126
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Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick CA
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Nov 7th 2011, 5:26 pm
#128
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Yes, even my English ( Scouse ) parents had a 'mixed' marriage - Catholic and Protestant. The Protestant had to do all sorts of conversion and promise to raise me Catholic ( 1950's ).
Nov 8th 2011, 12:15 am
#129
Happy in NB
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Location: Island View, New Brunswick
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Friend of mine married a fine Catholic lass and had to do the same sort of conversion and promise otherwise they were all bound for HELL (1980's).
Jan 1st 2012, 11:28 pm
#130
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
We have been here just over 6 months and we find loads of things to do. Our children are 7 and 4 and they love being able to ride their bike in the road and I love that I am without fear of them being run over.
We have spent every weekend this summer going out at least one weekend day and still havent touched the place. There are stacks of beaches I havent yet had so much of a sniff at and the ones I have been to, I want to go back to.
It DOES depend what you are looking for. We wanted peace and quiet and beauty and a nice house in a safe neighbourhood with proximity to a small city with restaurants and the ocean and we got all that. We are not looking for theme parks and are happy with the wildlife park. If we want theme parks we are a few hours from Florida where we would go anyway for that kind of thing.
For us, this is perfect. We love being here. Who knows whats ahead in life anyway.
We have spent every weekend this summer going out at least one weekend day and still havent touched the place. There are stacks of beaches I havent yet had so much of a sniff at and the ones I have been to, I want to go back to.
It DOES depend what you are looking for. We wanted peace and quiet and beauty and a nice house in a safe neighbourhood with proximity to a small city with restaurants and the ocean and we got all that. We are not looking for theme parks and are happy with the wildlife park. If we want theme parks we are a few hours from Florida where we would go anyway for that kind of thing.
For us, this is perfect. We love being here. Who knows whats ahead in life anyway.
Jan 1st 2012, 11:34 pm
#131
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Regardless of cheap vs expensive, UK crime vs NS crime, etc etc
I like it here. The UK could become the most wonderful place in the world and I would still want to be here.
I loved England, my gran lived in a chocolate box cottage at the foot of the downs in pretty Sussex and I have great memories but I wanted to live here.
I like the stop signs, Tim Hortons, talk of "flurries" on the radio in October, the ciccadas in the summer, the humidity (yes I know I must be the only one),our house, our neighbourhood, our pool, Dairy Queen, raccoons with their bandit faces, Wendys, Montanas, lots of trees, stunning and I mean STUNNING beaches. The fog on the highway, the sun glinting on the lakes that I drive past every day.
For me its a feeling.
I like it here. The UK could become the most wonderful place in the world and I would still want to be here.
I loved England, my gran lived in a chocolate box cottage at the foot of the downs in pretty Sussex and I have great memories but I wanted to live here.
I like the stop signs, Tim Hortons, talk of "flurries" on the radio in October, the ciccadas in the summer, the humidity (yes I know I must be the only one),our house, our neighbourhood, our pool
, Dairy Queen, raccoons with their bandit faces, Wendys, Montanas, lots of trees, stunning and I mean STUNNING beaches. The fog on the highway, the sun glinting on the lakes that I drive past every day.For me its a feeling.
Jan 2nd 2012, 1:04 am
#132
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Joined: May 2010
Location: Mill Bay, Vancouver Island
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Regardless of cheap vs expensive, UK crime vs NS crime, etc etc
I like it here. The UK could become the most wonderful place in the world and I would still want to be here.
I loved England, my gran lived in a chocolate box cottage at the foot of the downs in pretty Sussex and I have great memories but I wanted to live here.
I like the stop signs, Tim Hortons, talk of "flurries" on the radio in October, the ciccadas in the summer, the humidity (yes I know I must be the only one),our house, our neighbourhood, our pool, Dairy Queen, raccoons with their bandit faces, Wendys, Montanas, lots of trees, stunning and I mean STUNNING beaches. The fog on the highway, the sun glinting on the lakes that I drive past every day.
For me its a feeling.
I like it here. The UK could become the most wonderful place in the world and I would still want to be here.
I loved England, my gran lived in a chocolate box cottage at the foot of the downs in pretty Sussex and I have great memories but I wanted to live here.
I like the stop signs, Tim Hortons, talk of "flurries" on the radio in October, the ciccadas in the summer, the humidity (yes I know I must be the only one),our house, our neighbourhood, our pool
, Dairy Queen, raccoons with their bandit faces, Wendys, Montanas, lots of trees, stunning and I mean STUNNING beaches. The fog on the highway, the sun glinting on the lakes that I drive past every day.For me its a feeling.
Jan 4th 2012, 3:30 pm
#133
Happy
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 2,942
Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
When I first visited som of the South Shore - Mahone Bay and Chester, I thought, damn we should be closer to here (1 hour drive to start the scenic route to Chester and Mahone Bay) and then when I went to New Glasgows Melmerby Beach which is 1.25 hrs in the opp direction and I loved it as much, I realised that actually we live in the middle of both! Hurrah!
Jan 4th 2012, 7:36 pm
#134
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Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Moved back to the UK after 3 years in NS. So glad to be back in the UK.
NS was nice for a couple of years but harsh, very harsh; weather, social and economic deprivation etc. Culturally not bad but only in and around Halifax.
I was very lucky to get a great job with pay equal to the UK but don't expect anything else to be of equal quality; education's not on the same level (history outside Canada? eh? Geography outside Canada? what?) furnishings are poor, "antiques" expensive and pubs aren't pubs, they are bars.
Ice Hockey rules everything and it really is a very male dominated province.
Lovely coastline, nice people (those who like the English) but generally no idea at all that there's a world outside of NS.
Try it for a while but our conclusion was enough's enough, let's get back home where we can enjoy days out, culture, theatre, sport other than ice hockey, great education and no mosquitoes!
NS was nice for a couple of years but harsh, very harsh; weather, social and economic deprivation etc. Culturally not bad but only in and around Halifax.
I was very lucky to get a great job with pay equal to the UK but don't expect anything else to be of equal quality; education's not on the same level (history outside Canada? eh? Geography outside Canada? what?) furnishings are poor, "antiques" expensive and pubs aren't pubs, they are bars.
Ice Hockey rules everything and it really is a very male dominated province.
Lovely coastline, nice people (those who like the English) but generally no idea at all that there's a world outside of NS.
Try it for a while but our conclusion was enough's enough, let's get back home where we can enjoy days out, culture, theatre, sport other than ice hockey, great education and no mosquitoes!
Jan 4th 2012, 7:46 pm
#135
The Brit is back
Joined: Apr 2010
Location: NS, Canada 2007-2013. Now....England!
Posts: 2,211
Re: NS, whats is the attraction for you?
Moved back to the UK after 3 years in NS. So glad to be back in the UK.
NS was nice for a couple of years but harsh, very harsh; weather, social and economic deprivation etc. Culturally not bad but only in and around Halifax.
I was very lucky to get a great job with pay equal to the UK but don't expect anything else to be of equal quality; education's not on the same level (history outside Canada? eh? Geography outside Canada? what?) furnishings are poor, "antiques" expensive and pubs aren't pubs, they are bars.
Ice Hockey rules everything and it really is a very male dominated province.
Lovely coastline, nice people (those who like the English) but generally no idea at all that there's a world outside of NS.
Try it for a while but our conclusion was enough's enough, let's get back home where we can enjoy days out, culture, theatre, sport other than ice hockey, great education and no mosquitoes!
NS was nice for a couple of years but harsh, very harsh; weather, social and economic deprivation etc. Culturally not bad but only in and around Halifax.
I was very lucky to get a great job with pay equal to the UK but don't expect anything else to be of equal quality; education's not on the same level (history outside Canada? eh? Geography outside Canada? what?) furnishings are poor, "antiques" expensive and pubs aren't pubs, they are bars.
Ice Hockey rules everything and it really is a very male dominated province.
Lovely coastline, nice people (those who like the English) but generally no idea at all that there's a world outside of NS.
Try it for a while but our conclusion was enough's enough, let's get back home where we can enjoy days out, culture, theatre, sport other than ice hockey, great education and no mosquitoes!