I thought Mr North was from Halifax.

Read her posts for yourself

Hi dbd33

You have been here? Or have you finally seccumbed to all the hype?

NovaGirl

Peter North? Was he really? G'won!

No, that's the Jost vineyard wine, that's why alot of c**p is posted late at night.

Read her posts

You said that already, and we did

What are you talking about or are you digging for my exact location so you can try & sell me a house!

Tell me, where do you think i live?

I am not a figment of my own imagination!

Frankly, I'm not sure. One of my kids went to King's in Halifax and, on visits, we drove all over. I recall New Glasgow and the coast north of there as not being much but I'm not sure that that's the area in question. Cape Breton was charming but poor and full of stunned people. Everything was closed on Sundays in NS which was a bother. Mostly I remember a lot of whining about Halifax being the back of beyond and requests to send basic food stuffs unobtainable down there. I assume the North Shore has even less amenities than Halifax; is there a jerk chicken place? How about a curry house?

Oh dear you really have no idea, it sounds like you live in the lap of luxury, comparatively speaking that is.

People still shoot their lunch round here.... only joking, but amenities like fine dining IMO are limited.

There are many compensations though, its all about personal preference.

If you know where Truro is i am about 45 minutes north of there in a small town called Amherst.

I have never been to Amherst but I now know that it has a bell and a chemist

I mapquested. Yes, I went through there. Why do you live there?

I second the Absinthe (buy the Polish knock-off stuff). Or try a 50/50 mix of sterno and windshield washer fluid from Zellers.

Slivovitza might be a good choice as well. Or even Zubrowka.

*licks lips*

We didn't want to live in a city, i have been seriously ill so we thought if we can find a town of say 10K people, good basic facilities, lower cost of living then we would look at this & it would probably be a really good start.
I have not been driving so forgive me if i don't get my distances time wise exact! We thought being between 2 airports, not far from the coast was a pretty good location. Our kids love it here, we have taken them to Northport beach but no way near as much as we would of liked. We have excellent doctors based in Pharmasave on Robert Angus Drive, an excellent specialist who i use to see i think on Prince Arthur Street plus a really good dentists on Laplanche. When we first got here & set up bank accounts ever time we went in the girls were given suckers, the staff were so helpful, we felt very very welcome.

NovaGirl