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Originally Posted by counterfactual
Totally agree on all counts. On the "another blow to SGR" tone, I think that's bullcrap. But I think it's just more of the same Halifax conservatism-- no change is good. Also, Halifax provincialism, where if you have a national retailer replace one that is Halifax-only (or has been around "for years") then that is necessarily a bad thing. Zzzzzzz. I think SGR is more interesting now, and has more potential for success, than any time I've lived around here.
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Agreed it's BS, but I actually don't think it's conservatism--in fact, I'd say that ANS and to a lesser degree other media outlets are the first to harp on stagnation or anti-development attitudes.
I think it's more about the inherent negativity of the local media (like this summer, when the Herald decried the decline of Barrington and then obliviously used a pic of Espace under construction to illustrate said decline). You see it all over the media--every time a store closes or a company lays off five people, it makes the business section, and perpetuates a relentless pessimism. I find openings and hirings and good news stories generate much less coverage.
One example would be the fact that last year's HRM murder rate was less than half of 2012's. Didn't see that reported anywhere, but as soon as 2012 wrapped, there were a bunch of news items about the sky-high homicide rate.
Sensationalism is a typical media thing, but in Nova Scotia, there seems to be a persistent negativity that accompanies it.
In any case, a decades old biz closing because the owners are retiring isn't a story of failure--it's a story of a venerable business that provided a lifelong income and employment, right?