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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Moncton confuses me. How is it that they are growing so big? Halifax has the port. That is a major employment in the area. AFAIK there isn't such a draw there, yet it is the second highest population in the Maritimes.
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Halifax has the port. Moncton has the railway.
In addition, Moncton is central
to the Maritime region as a whole, and is located directly on the TCH next to the bottleneck of the Isthmus of Chignecto, and the narrowest part of the Northumberland Strait (where the ferries ran, and now where the Confederation Bridge is located).
In essence, it is location, location, location.
This has led Moncton to develop as a logistics, distribution and transportation centre for the region, as well as a retailing and commercial centre. It is also the primate Acadian city (which makes it the francophone version of Halifax).
The city has diversified recently into a banking and insurance centre and has strengths in education and healthcare with two tertiary care hospitals with affiliations to Dalhousie and the University of Sherbrooke.
Moncton is not really a rival to Halifax, but we will remain the yappy chihuahua nipping at the heels of the Great Dane of Halifax.
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