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I think a place can be safely called "in the middle of nowhere" unless itself has more than 2M people, or is within 3 or 4 hours driving distance from a city with more than 2M people,
Having 300,000 residents, well, I don't call that being in the middle of nowhere. Being 8 hours away from the nearest big city and having a population below 100,000 is what I would call the middle of nowhere.
The loss of the codfish industry did not do Halifax or St. John's any good. I think the major difference between the Atlantic Provinces and Ontario is AC never had access to lots of coal, iron ore and limestone as well a markets for the resulting iron and steel.
Once NYC was connected to the mid west by a canal it really took off and has not stopped yet. The railroads did the same for the rest of the US Atlantic seaboard cities.
I have visited Quebec and Nova Scotia more recently than our cross continent trip from New England to Alaska and back traveling in Canada. We intend to visit Nova Scotia and, hopefully, Newfoundland sometime soon.
I think the major difference between the Atlantic Provinces and Ontario is AC never had access to lots of coal, iron ore and limestone as well a markets for the resulting iron and steel.
Toronto a mid sized city? That is so funny it's stupid!
Agreed - Toronto is just hovering at or just a bit north of the 50th largest urbanized area in the world.. Toronto would be mid sized if you measured only the top 100 cities in the world but there are tens of thousands of cities in the world and as such any city in the top 100 or even 200 would be considered large.. You could break it down further and say the top 25 are very large and the top 10 are mega cities if you want but a the end of the day Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are large cities when measured against all cities in the world. Some people just like to be difficult for the sake of it in here!!
Anyway what Halifax lacks in size it makes up for in charm, bars and friendly people
Being a major Atlantic seaport with an excellent deep water harbor, it makes me wonder why Halifax did not grow into a major coastal city the same way Boston did. Canada's major cities like Montreal and Toronto are well inland, just seems a bit of a mystery that a big Atlantic seaport city like Halifax did not grow and prosper into a metro area of about 2-3 million.
Being a major Atlantic seaport with an excellent deep water harbor, it makes me wonder why Halifax did not grow into a major coastal city the same way Boston did. Canada's major cities like Montreal and Toronto are well inland, just seems a bit of a mystery that a big Atlantic seaport city like Halifax did not grow and prosper into a metro area of about 2-3 million.
Just a guess but i think economics would be such that it would be cheaper to bypass Halifax and continue on to Montreal rather than off load in Halifax and then ship everything to Montreal anyway.
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