What is Halifax's future?

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Originally Posted by portapetey

As mentioned in the Queen's Marque thread, the nightlife in downtown might actually suffer as a result of all the new residential development, as opposed to benefiting from it as hoped.

We already know that as soon as a new residential building goes up beside entertainment spaces, even long-standing ones, the noise complaints start and the businesses suffer.

Perhaps we'll see a more vibrant daytime culture downtown to offset any change that might occur in the nighttime scene.

As others have pointed out, you'll not find many cities at all the size of Halifax that have as much to offer, and as much variety. As I've posited elsewhere on these forums, I think Halifax does suffer from a perception that it's a lot bigger than it is, for whatever reason, and expectations are unreasonably high as a result.

I admit that the bolded part may apply to me. As a Toronto native, I've known Halifax to be the "big" city in the East. It is, but with a population of 400K it doesn't even scratch the surface of other cities I've frequented like Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. I've always put Halifax on the same tier as "other big cities outside Ontario" like Calgary and Vancouver, when in reality it's more like a London or Hamilton.