Quote:
Originally Posted by HaliStreaks
1) Sure Moncton can *seem* like a city bigger than itself on weekends or holidays... don't forget Halifax does all the time, and then WE get an influx of people from all over on weekends and holidays, making US seem larger than we normally are.
2) Halifax has an energy unmatched to anywhere on the planet. I've been to Europe, and many other Canadian cities, and nowhere feels as unique as Halifax.
3) Halifax has more people, therefore will always be leading in the buisness sector, sorry. Burnside Park is about 1/3 the size of the entire central city of Moncton, and it is *just* business, and they are crammed in there, and Burnside is expanding on a weekly basis and there are HUGE additions in the works for the next 2 years that will blow it's current size out of the water.
4) Don't get started on traffic, the best way I can describe Moncton's worst traffic is like Chain Lake Dr. in Bayers Lake park in Halifax on a moderate saturday afternoon. Triple your population, then worry about "traffic." Talk to us again next year when our Tall Ships Festival is going on an our population is estimated at over 1 million for about a week, THEN we are talking traffic issues.
One thing Monctonians always seem to forget is that Moncton is smaller than Halifax, and far less available to real business opportunities. We have the people in Halifax that can support it, our population is growing, and not just from people moving from other parts of the province. Population is here, the reputation is here, and we've got the location.
|
Whoa......touched a nerve did we.
When I stated that Moncton has more energy and verve than Halifax, I was perhaps subconsciously referring to the Halifax that I remember (from the 1980's). It could be that dynamism is on the rise in your fair city and certainly, developments such as Dartmouth Crossing are very impressive but I would however be hard pressed to accept your statement that "Halifax has more energy than anywhere else on the planet".
Regardless of your statements re: traffic in Moncton vs. traffic in Halifax, there is no question that the traffic situation here in Moncton has begun to decompensate over the last several years. I made the comment here recently that perhaps the city and province should consider a metropolitan traffic study to look at the situation. I stand by that. The warning signs are there. If nothing is done soon, the situation could become intolerable.
I do take offense to your statement that "Moncton is less available to real business opportunities". That is just not the case. We are open for business and we in fact have
three large industrial parks in our city (Moncton, Caledonia and Dieppe). Individually they are smaller than Burnside but if you combined them, with their hundreds of companies and thousands of employees, you would be very impressed. These industrial parks are also all growing. The next time you drive past Moncton on the TCH, cast your eyes towards the right and look at all the development in the Caledonia Park paralleling the highway. None of that was there 3-4 years ago.
You also imply that population growth in Moncton is only from intraprovincial migration. I know as a fact that substantial
interprovincial migration also occurs into Moncton. A study several years ago noted that 13% of new city residents came from Nova Scotia and 9% came from Ontario. Other provinces had lesser totals but overall, more than 1/3 of immigrants to the city came from provinces other than NB.
Finally, re: your last statement, Halifax may have the population but
Moncton has the location.
Prev
Linear Mode
