The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread

[michael_d40]

Originally Posted by HalifaxMtl666

Agree ! Dartmouth Crossing is the largest concentration of retail.

They didnt say Eastpoint Had the highest concentration of retail.
They said Saint John does. Meaning in East Saint John combined there are more stores in one confined area then any other place in Atlantic Canada.
As well Kwajo wasnt disagreeing with the info from EastPoint He was stating that he wished we didnt have the largest concentration cuz of the big box mess.
Pay Attention Erick.

[ErickMontreal]

Originally Posted by michael_d40

They didnt say Eastpoint Had the highest concentration of retail.
They said Saint John does. Meaning in East Saint John combined there are more stores in one confined area then any other place in Atlantic Canada.
As well Kwajo wasnt disagreeing with the info from EastPoint He was stating that he wished we didnt have the largest concentration cuz of the big box mess.
Pay Attention Erick.

I`m agree with the fact East SJ has the largest concentration of retail in one confined area than anywhere else in Atlantic. However, SJ does not have the largest concentration of retail in Atlantic. Halifax does.

[michael_d40]

Originally Posted by HalifaxMtl666

I`m agree with the fact East SJ has the largest concentration of retail in one confined area than anywhere else in Atlantic. However, SJ does not have the largest concentration of retail in Atlantic. Halifax does.

If you wanna start nitpicking again, im sure me and a couple of other SJ forumers can head back over to the moncton forum and tear it apart. So how about you give it up eh.
A Multimillion dollar company statement re: concentration
or a a hurtin french guy from rimouski's statement re: Concentration

I'l stick with the multi million dollar company..

So I repeat, just like the site does

East Point Shopping is located in the province’s largest urban population center and adjacent to the province’s busiest highway, an hour northeast of the Maine-New Brunswick border. Saint John is New Brunswick’s number one tourist destination and is emerging as the region’s energy hub. ------->The city boasts the largest single retail concentration in Atlantic Canada. <------------

[ErickMontreal]

Originally Posted by michael_d40

If you wanna start nitpicking again, im sure me and a couple of other SJ forumers can head back over to the moncton forum and tear it apart. So how about you give it up eh.
A Multimillion dollar company statement re: concentration
or a a hurtin french guy from rimouski's statement re: Concentration

I'l stick with the multi million dollar company..

So I repeat, just like the site does

East Point Shopping is located in the province’s largest urban population center and adjacent to the province’s busiest highway, an hour northeast of the Maine-New Brunswick border. Saint John is New Brunswick’s number one tourist destination and is emerging as the region’s energy hub. ------->The city boasts the largest single retail concentration in Atlantic Canada. <------------

[michael_d40]

Originally Posted by HalifaxMtl666

Exactly, thats what i thought. For once you have nothing to say
Lets keep it that way.

[kirjtc2]

How would "concentration" be defined? The largest retail district? Can't see how Moncton would have a claim to that - they really have two big suburban retail areas while Saint John only has the one.

Even in Halifax and St. John's, the big-box power centres are mostly in a separate area of town from the enclosed malls. Saint John just has one big glob of retail. It's interesting coming down the hill on Westmoreland Road with nothing but malls and parking lots as far as the eye can see. Never seen anything like it anywhere else in the region.

[PostModernPrometheus]

I'm not sure what we're fighting about....big box stores are all pretty much the same...I can't tell sometimes if I'm on the East Side of Saint John, or Stavanger Drive in St. John's...sure, there are minor differences between centres, but hey --> 90+% of the shopping options are common between centres.

What I do know is this: one-upmanship types of statements really arent that useful in general. . . I think that's the only comment I'll make regarding this.

[PostModernPrometheus]

Originally Posted by kwajo

And I kind of wish this weren't true....

Good point...the unique flair of each area is slowly eroded away when multichain box stores move in....

I guess this is one of the things I like about Uptown...no real large box developments...lots of small unique shops, not to mention the variety in the City Market....hopefully, this will continue to be capitalized upon in the coming years.....

[kwajo]

Originally Posted by PostModernPrometheus

Good point...the unique flair of each area is slowly eroded away when multichain box stores move in....

I guess this is one of the things I like about Uptown...no real large box developments...lots of small unique shops, not to mention the variety in the City Market....hopefully, this will continue to be capitalized upon in the coming years.....

Exactly. I always get depressed when I think of how amazing all those tens of millions would be if they went into making Uptown Saint John even better. Imagine a series of high-rise condo and apartment buildings, new retail and office space, and an even more vibrant night life and arts scene that could be nurtured by having the Uptown population grow by another one or two thousand people. Let's bring people back from the suburbs, reduce our dependance on automobiles to decrease our vulnerability to economic fluctuations, make Saint John easy to navigate, fun to live in and yet keep its charms that everyone has always loved.

Like I've said before, the main thing that younger cities like Moncton [not a jab, just an example] want is to create a dense, urban downtown core. Saint John already has a great one, and what do we choose do? Sprawl away from it by making decisions like putting new federal government offices in the East side rather than expanding on great waterfront developments like Market Square.

We should be not only be proud of our existing Uptown, but working hard to make it the un-disputed focal point of the city and the best urban centre in the region, not selling ourselves out to keep up with massively wasteful development trends like "power centres" that will probably be recognized as mistakes 20 years from now just like the Urban Renewal movement of the 1960s is viewed as today.

[Helladog]

Cograts to michael_d40 for reigniting conversation with his controversial remarks...this one almost got the Haligonians interest this time!

I nominate you "forumer of the month!"

[michael_d40]

haha no prob, sometimes things get dull around here, So i thought id spice things up a bit lol
works every time

[SJTOKO]

Originally Posted by michael_d40

haha no prob, sometimes things get dull around here, So i thought id spice things up a bit lol
works every time

[Kablooie!!]

Originally Posted by random11

This is a brief answer I can provide based on personal experience: I have 2 friends that have moved here in the past 2 months from Shediac. One found employment as a 911 Dispatcher and the other as a Dental Assistant. I believe that employers are prepared to look at everyone equally based on the skill set, regardless of where they are coming from.

Hey all,

I'm a new forum member (have been lurking for a while). Originally from SJ, and have been in Ontario for the last 17 years. My wife and I really want to move back home, and the job search is looking good (hopefully). I'm in the software biz, and it's nice to see the growth that SJ is experiencing in the field right now!

Just wanted to say hi....

[mylesmalley]

Welcome to the forums!

[Helladog]

Hi there!

[thebrad]

Hello to everybody. My wife and I are really excited to relocate to Saint John. We have been reading this board for a few weeks now. She is from Eastern Ontario and I am from New York. We just bought a house on Crown Street and are really excited for the things that we hear are happening to the city. It is our first time to the province (after a three day visit for the house).

Just a quick question, will it be easy to find jobs there? She wants to work for the government somehow and I can do pretty much anything, but want to be making more than minimum wage.

Looking forward to being an active member on this board and getting to chat with some fo you folks.

~Brad

[Seely32]

Welcome to the forum.

What is this a two for one special.

Thebrad I am from jersey so another quasi-american aspect is nice.

And to answer you question do you have an specialties or a good resume it's pretty easy to get jobs but if your looking for more than a call center then some skill set will be required in most cases. If she wants to work for the government I hope she is bilingual(french and english) because from what I understand there looked at first and then the mono-linguistics are next in line.

Kablooie!!-propelsj would be a good middle man they have a goal of bringing into 32(I beleive thats the number) IT firms into the city and help separate us from our blue collar niche'.

www.propelsj.com if your interested.

[Seely32]

On a further note it's good to see people moving to the city from all over.

It's about time we reversed the population trend. 08 could be a huge year in terms of growth jobs, buildings, and people.

A little keving costner movie quote-If you build it they will come.

[thebrad]

yea, i do not want to do call center.

i have been in the restaurant industry for 10 years. could easily do that. actually looking to come up with the funds to open my own place, if not buy one. a few years down the line for that though.

[magee_b]

Originally Posted by thebrad

yea, i do not want to do call center.

i have been in the restaurant industry for 10 years. could easily do that. actually looking to come up with the funds to open my own place, if not buy one. a few years down the line for that though.

Definitely look into the Grannan group, if you are interested in restaurants in SJ, as they seem to have some of the better investments in the uptown area.