Quote:
Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
When checking the weather this morning on the Weather Network website, they had one of their typical polls, this one entitled: "Other than the current province or territory you live in, where would be your next choice to call home?"
When I clicked on it, I was not surprised to see that British Columbia was #1 on the pie chart at 38%, but I was surprised that #2 was Nova Scotia (13%), followed by Alberta (9%) and PEI (8%).
|
I think Nova Scotians underestimate the positive image the province (and the Maritimes in general) engenders elsewhere in the country. People see it as a beautiful, livable, friendly, relaxed. Some people might also see it as podunk or poverty-stricken, but I think less and less.
I was on a business call to Toronto recently, and the woman I was talking to asked where I was calling from. When I said "Halifax," she said, "Oh, some some place nicer than here!" (I told her I liked Toronto just fine, but the point was made. Toronto was dull and workaday to her, the east coast represented something almost exotic.)
East coasters themselves are very self-deprecating about the place, to the point of irrational negativity, as we've discussed on this forum. But people who haven't been steeped in that cultural baggage (say it now, "culture of def...") are much quicker to see the positive, even if it is a bit idealized or romanticized.
Threaded Mode