^Quite frankly, it doesn't matter to me which city gets a CFL team, and I don't really think either city will. I haven't watched the CFL in at least 10 years, probably more. Halifax does have the edge on Moncton for being more well known, I don't think anybody will dispute that. But since I now also live on the other side of the country, I've been very surprised at how many times I have to explain where
both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are.
(Are you from Calgary orginally?
Nope.
Where are you from?
Nova Scotia.
Where's that?
East coast.
Did you go to school (eg university) there as well?
Nope, I went to school in New Brunswick.
Is that back East as well?
Yup.
Anywhere near Newfoundland?
If you consider Fort McMurray near Calgary, then sure.)
That's a sample of my most common conversation when introducing myself to colleagues here in Calgary.
As far as stats being misleading, well, stats are stats, they'll be interpreted differently by different people. I also never said the cities were equal, only that the 165km radius population which was rougly assumed to be the CFL market were close to equal. Sure Halifax still has 90,000 up on Moncton, but it's not as if we're talking Montreal vs Quebec City or Vancouver vs Victoria here, where the difference would be in the millions.
I'm not pro-Moncton (or pro-NB) or anti-Halifax, I just like to look up and calculate statistics from trusted sources (in this case stats can) stating my assumptions/parameters in times of dispute, when I have too much time on my hands anyway.
As Myles' signature once said, "all statistics are false."