move to Nova Scotia

The people in rural areas are different anywhere in the world – the majority of Nova Scotians are welcoming and friendly. And similarly, anywhere you go becoming part of a community takes time and some effort on both sides. I live in Halifax at the moment but will retire in a few years to a piece of land we bought on the north shore in an area where all sorts of wonderful things happen (vineyard, literary festival, music etc) for a fraction of what it would cost anywhere else – have a look at Malagash.com or Tatamagouche on Google.

I want to move to a acerage near the ocean. Atlantic Canada offers everything I want in my life right now. I live in Edmonton and because of the oil boom it is just awful. People are stressed out beyond belief making them rude and unapproachable. The cost of living has gone through the roof and the labor force is ridiculous. There is no labor force. Property costs are unbelievable. We can buy an acerage in the Annapolis Valley for cash upon the sale of our little house here. And that is exactly what I hope we do.

My family moved to this place when I was five, the people here are totally debased anti-social xenophobic peasants. Nobody ever visits my poor parents save the Mormons, the schools and other institutions have few beneficial qualities, there is only one city in the province, it is poorly built. Native Nova Scotian’s are generally very mean, they treated me poorly because my family was not native to the area. They have whiny voices, poor bone structure, and the general population has the highest concentration of mental retardation in all of Canada due to high sources of Uranium in their so called mountains (really they are just hills). The people are obese and unkind. my experience in Nova Scotia has been one of utter sorrow, for all I know, I could have moved there just yesterday, so alien is that place.
I am going to get some sort of job and get the hell out as soon as possible. If love was loneliness, I would be a wonderful person…

Chances are, if someone is ‘going to live’ somewhere, they don’t have FAMILY there. Family could make a huge difference. Me? Military brat = never living near family.

Nova Scotia? I lived there for 13 years. I live both rurally & in Halifax.

Lemme break it down for everyone who would find a social circle that wouldn’t include family.

HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH area = GOOD, home of multiple universities, colleges & industry that encourages a great diversity of people.

RURAL = insulated, inwardly focused, backward thinkers with little to do but gossip & feud.

Sure, you can find sub-communities of broadminded, thinking, educated people.

I’m anxious to move somewhere other than Toronto. Toronto is far too stressful. The only problem is, the smaller communities have a smaller selection of sub-communities.

However, you CAN find a lot of educated people who moved back to rural areas. As well, you can also find a nice community within reasonable commuting distance to socialize/work in Halifax.

Otherwise, forget the whole thing.