Stu-pot

We have been to Vancouver and Toronto (staying in Belleville, Brockville, Gannanoque), we are now thinking of going to Nova Scotia in and around Halifax and Dartmouth. Can anyone tell us what its like compared to the other places we've been? Or is it much the same?

Rich_007

Scotland, apparently. Other than that, I'm sure it's OK.

Very cheap too. You can buy a home for the price of a new truck.

R.

dbd33

Buggy. Booze is expensive and difficult to obtain. Closed Sundays (maybe that's recently been relaxed). However the North Shore is a tropical paradise in which every immigrant is provided 24 virgins to wait on him or her hand and foot.

Rich_007

I want 25 ! Me ! Me ! Me !



R.

dthomas

Boi, yew don't know nuttin' 'bout NS. Typical reeceptin' s'like this . . .

Silverdragon102

Better not tell my husband then

val50

Very unique, not easy to compare it to any other part of Canada I've visited.
You either love it or hate it. There is a problem with keeping new immigrants in the area, many use it as a stepping stone to other parts of Canada.
There is Sunday shopping now.
Price of property in some parts of Nova Scotia very cheap, but many older houses have problems with mould, water quality etc.
Wages tend to be lower than other provinces, but taxation higher.
Good choice of universities, but again, fees tend to be higher than in other provinces.
Healthcare hit and miss - hospitals tend to have older equipment, long waiting queues for appointments etc. Have very bad personal experiences of healthcare in NS so perhaps others who haven't will disagree. Difficult to get a GP but lots of walk in clinics.
Access to coast restricted as many houses have deeded access, so you have to travel to beaches such as Lawrencetown etc. although lots of lakes around Halifax (Papermill, Chocolate, Kearney) where kids can swim/skate depending on seasons.
Not as much opportunity for snow sports due to weather and geography of province, hot and humid in summer - we had the tail end of a tropical storm yesterday that meant some areas got a months rainfall in a day.
Growing dope seems to be one of the local pastimes.
You will always be referred to as being "from away" - my favourite example is the obituary in a local newspaper that referred to a 91 year old who'd moved to NS when she was 3 years old, as being "from away"

dbd33

Soft version of Newfoundland, innit?

Paradisefound

That's why you wouldn't find my partner going back to the UK for anything.

NovaGirl

It all comes down to who you know & not what you know

NG xx

Atlantic Xpat

A Newfoundland friend of mine describes NS as the 'Disney version of Newfoundland'. It's all just a little more polished/less rugged than the Rock.

Dave+Jules

Wet, thanks to tropical storm just brushed past it.

I am guessing the mosquito season there has just been extended by 3 months with all the standing water they must have now!

Dave+Jules

I could have sworn I saw these guys in Northern Quebec! Or was it walking in the Jardin Botanique de Montreal? or is it on one of the banks of the poohy louie? I never knew they could speak English!

Cookie

Liquor stores tend to be attached to supermarkets and both are open on Sundays (there has been Sunday opening for at least 2 years). Don't think you can buy booze on a Sunday until 12 lunchtime (much the same as the UK).

AmyDavid

I'm not the only one with an addiction to reading the obituaries then?!!