The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under - Page 33

MonctonRad · #**641** Posted **Oct 30, 2010, 3:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

One sad thing is that the highway and railway system in the Maritimes is pretty inefficient in that neither follows the shortest paths. PEI or Halifax to Montreal is approximately 800 km as the crow flies, but the standard highway route is nearly 1250 km because it takes a detour through Northern NB.

Blame it all on the Yanks, they're the ones who insisted on keeping northern Maine in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that ended the Aroostook War; hence the massive detour necessary to reach the Canadas (Upper and Lower) from God's Country

Of course, if you lived in Moncton rather than Halifax, you would be only nine hours from Montreal, not twelve.....

And on that note, here is a photo from Moncton showing a quintissential Canadian scene. Taken last winter, it shows pond hockey being played on the Petitcodiac River marsh, with the Moncton skyline (such as it is) in the background.

David1gray · #**642** Posted **Oct 30, 2010, 4:44 AM**

ive made the drive from NS to kitchener many times. usually we make it cornwall the first day. and on the way back edmunston is the usual stopping place. ive only ever been through miramichi and bathurst once and that was on the train. the train takes you along the northumberland shore, and i find is much better than driving because you can get up and walk around and do what you want.

ssiguy · #**643** Posted **Oct 30, 2010, 7:35 AM**

Remember guys..................St.John's in MOT in the Maritimes. The Maritimes are NS, NB, and PEI but does NOT include NFLD. In order to include all 4 provinces it is known as Atlantic Canada.
Halifax is a nice and interesting city but St.John's is magical. I was there for 7 days last year but loved it so much I ended up staying for 18 days.

#**644** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 8:33 PM**

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kool maudit · #**645** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 9:14 PM**

moncton is like our little johannesburg...

photo: travel24.com

PoscStudent · #**646** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 9:30 PM**

^ Except Moncton is ugly.

MonctonRad · #**647** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 10:03 PM**

I take some umbrage to that. Jo'burg has Soweto. We have Dieppe, which I think is a little more fetching.

Here's a few pics of our "ugly" downtown, courtesy of mmmatt

sparky212 · #**648** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 10:14 PM**

I rather like moncton ive got family there its not as ugly as alot of cities its size in ontario.

David1gray · #**649** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 10:27 PM**

thats actually a good comparison haha and im pretty sure there are uglier cities than moncton....i dont even classify moncton as ugly ive been to the city many times, for sure nicer then many other cities ive visited.

PoscStudent · #**650** Posted **Nov 1, 2010, 10:45 PM**

I find it's the pictures of the skyline and such is what I don't like, from the streets it's not bad. Sorry to offend anybody from there but I'm just not fussy on the city, I only spent a few days there but I found it to be a boring city.

vid · #**651** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 2:25 AM**

The nice parts of Thunder Bay are probably uglier than the ugly parts of Moncton.

SpongeG · #**652** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 3:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by vid

What I meant was, it's just a political subdivision within a city of 2.2 million people, so it shouldn't count.

its a city not a subdivision - GVRD is made up of 23 cities/towns that grew together

SpongeG · #**653** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 3:19 AM**

anyway i got tired after 15 pages so lets see some red deer

i found one - any others?

crossroads49.files.wordpress.com

SpongeG · #**654** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 3:32 AM**

Prince Rupert BC

flickr

Metro-One · #**655** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 3:45 AM**

Any idea what they are building in the foreground?

Distill3d · #**656** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 5:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by vid

The nice parts of Thunder Bay are probably uglier than the ugly parts of Moncton.

Yeah, from the pictures I've seen (of Moncton), the nice parts of Chilliwack and Kamloops are uglier than the ugly parts of Moncton.

vid · #**657** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 5:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Any idea what they are building in the foreground?

A college. That photo is flipped.

Metro-One · #**658** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 5:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

Yeah, from the pictures I've seen (of Moncton), the nice parts of Chilliwack and Kamloops are uglier than the ugly parts of Moncton.

This I have to disagree with, the downtown portion of Kamloops is actually quite nice, as are many areas along the riverfront.

Chilliwack is pretty boring.

SpongeG · #**659** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 5:52 AM**

chilliwack is full of white people - its weird to see

Metro-One · #**660** Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 6:05 AM**

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chilliwack is full of white people - its weird to see

And Senegal was full of Black people when I was there, is either a problem?

(I should also mention that Busan is full of Korean people!)