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murin

Hi all<br /><br />I am planning to move to Nova Scotia. I have lived in Toronto for 4 years and I think its overcrowded in terms of good jobs, ( too many people), business opportunity ( all small scale businesses survive by cost cutting) making very less money, and other economic issues ( i mean opportunities are there but there are just too many people in every business, real estate, mortgage broker, insurance agent or any other small business.<br /><br />I like the ocean and I have heard some good things abut Halifax. <br /><br />Any comments please whether its a good place to move if I want to set up a small scale business, get a decent job, etc. <br /><br />Thanks a lot. <br />Sabby<br />

SunShine

I've been to Halifax several times for business and all I can say is if I had to do it over again I would have chosen Halifax. Its no too big I think about 100K people I think that more people ride the TTC in a day than are in the entire province of Nova Socita. Its a government town provincially and federally (Navy). When I was last there a couple of years ago looking for something ANYTHING to do on a Sunday morning I could gamble at the casino but couldn't buy anything in any large store, I think they have Sunday shopping now.

lucky_guy

Halifax is an interesting city. It has more PhDs per capita than anywhere else in Canada. It has one of the largest Buddhist communities in North America. It has seven universities and technical colleges. It has a community college, it's the regional centre for the federal government and military. So there is a lot of very steady money in the city.

It is not that much cheaper to live here than in Toronto.

And it takes longer to establish yourself here. It's a small society so everyone knows everyone else and it can take a while longer to fit in - professionally, personally - than in other larger places.

I think it's worth investigating who your competition might be and figuring out how well they're doing.

There's a better nightlife in Halifax than the rest of the region and pretty good international connections. Tho' TO probably has greater choices and lower ticket prices because of the volume of traffic and competition. (3.5 million passengers go through Halifax Stanfield International each year.)

The core of the city, the pensula, has about 100,000. The Halifax Regional Municipality (like the GTA) has a population of 360,000. There are 980,000 people in the province.

Halifax is a one-hour drive to the South Shore (Lunenburg, Chester, Mahone Bay) and the Annapolis Valley (Kentville, Wolfville). About the same to Truro.

There's good golf, great restaurants, interesting history and cool people once you start to make friends.

kerner

I grew up in N.S. and had to move to the North to find work. That is the sad reality of the East Coast. There are thousands more like me who live here as well.
If you are lucky enough to have or create employment, you are lucky indeed. Especially if you appreciate wonderful diverse scenery and good shopping. Halifax is known for its charm and great restaurants as well. I'd move back home in a minute if I could find a job that pays as well as I have here. The chances of that, however, are probably close to nil.