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Originally Posted by someone123
People in the Maritimes like to downplay how important Halifax is, as if it is just one of a bunch of cities and something like a CFL team could easily go wherever.
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True to a point, but conversely, people in Halifax tend to overinflate the importance of their city in people's consciousness's elsewhere in the region.
In general, the influence of a city tapers off with distance. Influence is highest within about a 90 minute driving distance. Once you get to about a three hour drive, then influence drops off considerably. For this reason, Halifax just isn't that important in the daily lives of most NBers or PEIslanders. When you throw in CB, more than half the regional population lives more than three hours from Halifax. The only other city within three hours of Halifax is Moncton, and that's just barely. For most other Maritimers, Halifax is just a place you visit once or twice a year for a break. NB and PEI are pretty self sufficient most of the time (even for such things as higher end medical services. The only exception being advanced pediatric care at the IWK).
Most of the time Halifax just isn't that relevant to most Maritimers in NB or PEI.
I'm not going to get drawn into the debate over where the team should have gone. That ship has sailed.