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Originally Posted by InterestedObserver
Some would argue NS has two...Sydney and Halifax.
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Sydney may be a reasonably large conurbation, but
no one would argue that it is "co-dominant" with Halifax as the alpha city in NS.
Halifax is 4X larger than CBRM, and is the provincial leader in just about every economic, political, academic and professional sphere that you can possibly think of.
In NB on the other hand, the "big three" only differ in size by 40-50% from one another, and they each have their own particular strengths contributing to a provincial whole. Co-dominance exists here in a way that does not exist in either NS or PEI.
In NS, if you want to be a leader in your profession, commune on a daily basis with your equals and be in a position to effortlessly conduct business deals, you
must live in Halifax. In NB on the other hand, you have choices.
What does the NS paradigm mean for greater Sydney - it means torpor, senescence and gradual decline. It has been this way for the last 100 years and will not change in the foreseeable future.