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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
No history lesson intended, it just seemed strange to fit the reason for Halifax being founded in its location into a discussion as to why modern services should be located on the peninsula. Nobody was thinking of this (or strategic locations for land travel as railroads were still 100 years out) in the 1700s. Water routes were the main mode of travel and moving of goods.
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The metro area is still more or less arranged around the harbour these days and the city is still near the geographic middle of the province. The amount of marine-based industry and employment in the city isn't trivial.
More widely I'm getting at the idea that geography dictates some of this and isn't really "fair". A lot of metro Halifax suburbs (and small towns around the province) are peripheral and not easy to get to from other areas. And in metro Halifax if you go between suburbs you'll often do it via the peninsula due to the bridges. It's true that people can get by within their neighbourhoods for most things.
For a lot of amenities it's even finer-grained and you want to be within a very short distance of existing amenities. Ideally a block away, not a 15 minute drive. These clusters are pretty important and dismantling them is usually a big mistake IMO.
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