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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 12252946)
My partner is from Middlesbrough and last year when we were in Canada I took him to one of the more deprived areas of Hamilton - lots of boarded up storefronts, run down buildings, etc. He asked when we were going to get to the rough parts :lol:
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Stinkypup
(Post 12253417)
Yeah - I was looking at a job at Middlesbrough General Hospital a good number of years ago- I had a look round and despite being invited to interview for the job which was very busy ( Part of the job involved patching faces back together after assaults, car wrecks etc) I declined- certainly at that time it was a real sh!thole, I wonder if it has improved?:confused:
I'm guessing that it hasn't improved since he was back in 2014. |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 12253420)
We were looking at going through the UK next time we go to Canada and stopping to visit the boy's sister. She did say that before we go out at night we should pre-stab ourselves to save the locals the effort. :unsure:
I'm guessing that it hasn't improved since he was back in 2014. I would meet her up in some welcoming inn in the Borders stay a couple of days - much nicer and you will escape with your lives |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by raindropsandroses
(Post 12253298)
Thank you all, I really do appreciate the recommendations, comments, warnings and all. We will be moving to a rural ish area as we want acreage.
I've lived in some, ahem, "interesting" parts of the world (Johannesburg for one) where personal safety is a concern but since moving to Canada its been mostly unicorns and rainbows and I love that, I love the sort of calm, quiet, rural Maritime quality of life and we'd like to move somewhere which still has that. Some of our PEI friends have gone so far as to say they'd rather live in Jo'burg than Moncton or Halifax when we've talked to them about us moving. None of them have ever actually been to Jo'burg - I suspect they have a u-turn of opinion if they did but it did make me a bit paranoid. |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Howefamily
(Post 12253826)
wow, cant wait for you to see the difference. I persinally have not been to Jo-burg but have seen the crime documentaries on it and from living in NS I would say you are safe to come here :cool:
We're going to try and visit both NS and NB over the next two weekends, but we're pretty certain that its the Lunenburg/Bridgewater area of NS which we think would be best, my husband prefers the sound of the job offer in that area too rather than the one he's been offered near Fredericton. When I'm well enough again I can work from anywhere with an internet connection, and I fit work in around being a stay at home mum so no worries there. Plus I can do as much or as little work as I like without much pressure which is lovely and works perfectly for us. |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by raindropsandroses
(Post 12253842)
We're going to try and visit both NS and NB over the next two weekends, but we're pretty certain that its the Lunenburg/Bridgewater area of NS which we think would be best, my husband prefers the sound of the job offer in that area too rather than the one he's been offered near Fredericton.
. I have just read Lunenburg, a who done it, by a British writer, set, unsurprisingly, around Lunenburg and it sounds lovely. My husband goes to Halifax a lot and really likes it and thinks I would have been happier had we moved there. I hope to visit this summer. I do hope that you enjoy your trips. Moving can be super...the promise of excitement :thumbup: |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12252591)
I think it's a bit generic to say Cole Harbour is bad. There good bits and bad bits like anywhere...
I am basing this entirely on my experience of delivering Petrol to the Shell station on the main drag. They have those outdoor speakers with music blaring country and western at 4am on a Sunday morning when the bloody station is closed. Excruciating. |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Alex2201
(Post 12254759)
Cole Harbour is utterly dreadful.:thumbdown:
I am basing this entirely on my experience of delivering Petrol to the Shell station on the main drag. They have those outdoor speakers with music blaring country and western at 4am on a Sunday morning when the bloody station is closed. Excruciating. |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Yeah go on then :D
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Alex2201
(Post 12254759)
Cole Harbour is utterly dreadful.:thumbdown:
I am basing this entirely on my experience of delivering Petrol to the Shell station on the main drag. They have those outdoor speakers with music blaring country and western at 4am on a Sunday morning when the bloody station is closed. Excruciating. Thanks Millie I will update, I do love the look of the Lunenburg area, and the sound of it. That said I think I like the sound of Fredericton better than Halifax as a "big" city within driving distance. If only real life was like the sims heh? I was in Charlottetown today and I will miss the place, I love it :) |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Alex2201
(Post 12254759)
I am basing this entirely on my experience of delivering Petrol
...those outdoor speakers with music blaring country and western at 4am on a Sunday morning when the bloody station is closed... |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Lunenburg is a beautiful place, and is surrounded by beautiful country.
The church has been beautifully rebuilt after arsonists set a fire that it burnt down on October 31 2001 .......... it was 250 years old, the second-oldest in Canada. Luckily they still had the original plans in the archives which had been moved only a few years previous from the basement of the church to Halifax. I have photos of the church before it burnt and of the restored building. ....... the only problem is all those damned tourists crowding the main street, the coffee shops, always stopping to take photos, and making life difficult for the residents :nod: Actually, I think my favourite place in NS is Mahone Bay ........... unfortunately also become much more touristy in the last 20 years |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by scilly
(Post 12254975)
Lunenburg is a beautiful place, and is surrounded by beautiful country.
The church has been beautifully rebuilt after arsonists set a fire that it burnt down on October 31 2001 .......... it was 250 years old, the second-oldest in Canada. Luckily they still had the original plans in the archives which had been moved only a few years previous from the basement of the church to Halifax. I have photos of the church before it burnt and of the restored building. ....... the only problem is all those damned tourists crowding the main street, the coffee shops, always stopping to take photos, and making life difficult for the residents :nod: Actually, I think my favourite place in NS is Mahone Bay ........... unfortunately also become much more touristy in the last 20 years |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by raindropsandroses
(Post 12254903)
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Thanks Millie I will update, I do love the look of the Lunenburg area, and the sound of it. That said I think I like the sound of Fredericton better than Halifax as a "big" city within driving distance. If only real life was like the sims heh? I was in Charlottetown today and I will miss the place, I love it :) |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by raindropsandroses
(Post 12254903)
:ohmy: Excruciating?!? Sounds like heaven to me! I always have CFCY radio on, or county music videos on Youtube.
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by MillieF
(Post 12254981)
Oh good, we'll look forward to the updates! I think Chatlottetown is super, although I think I would prefer Summerside to live in...but neither place in Winter:(. We should just swap and I'll go to Halifax and you to Fredericton:thumbup: There are just too few people for me...
A swap sounds like a great idea, perhaps we could introduce a rotating homes/lifestyles scheme? :D |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Partially discharged
(Post 12254997)
There is small town canada assimilation but that is taking it too far...recent immigrant and country music do not go together in the same sentence:thumbsup::thumbsup:
I wear plaid short shorts too, and cowboy boots and flippy rara skirts - I have no shame ;) |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by raindropsandroses
(Post 12255004)
...I have always wanted an excuse to dress like I'm in a country music video so I am going for it :D. I've loved country music since I was a little girl, I love it even more now...
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12255015)
So why the 'Favourite things' for your BE name? ;)
I do love rain, and I love roses too, so partly true ;) |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by raindropsandroses
(Post 12255032)
...I went through a hippy stage in my teens...
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12255273)
Didn't we all...:rofl:
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12254956)
Well that's where you went wrong. It's gas in this country. :nod:
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12255273)
Didn't we all...:rofl:
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
My favourite place in NS is Chester, its got a lovely waterfront restaurant called the Rope Loft and the whole place is delightful.
I have just been for a lunchtime walk around Truro. Gotta say that the place has grown on my in the last 6 months. |
Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by Alex2201
(Post 12255530)
Nope it was Grunge and Britpop :britflag:
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Re: Where to avoid in NS or NB to live?
Originally Posted by scilly
(Post 12252181)
I think the Coal Harbour area of Halifax might still be an area to avoid, although it has improved somewhat in the last 15 or so years ........... it was an area where there not many role models in the sense of locals making good, joining the police, becoming an NHL player, etc.
Having a local girl join the RCMP really opened some eyes as to opportunities other than standing around on the street corner and selling drugs! |
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