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Originally Posted by north 42
^ Does Dartmouth’s DT feel like an extension of DT Halifax, or does it have its own thing going on? Is it a cool place, or is it bland and suburban felling?
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I would say that downtown Dartmouth feels like a cross between a neighbourhood of Halifax and a small NS town like Truro or Bridgewater. It used to be an industrial town with factories built around a canal (the canal is still there but most factories are gone). It has lots of little storefront shops, restaurants, etc. It used to be more run down but now it's becoming hipstery. The old part is pedestrian oriented.
Nobody's going to mistake it for Brooklyn but it's worth spending an afternoon there if you take the ferry over, and it's a reasonable choice of second-tier neighbourhood if you want an urban setting that is more affordable.