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Originally Posted by MarchHare
On the contrary, Halifax has quite a vibrant economy and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the rest of the Atlantic Provinces, but Halifax is not dead in the least. In fact, if I were to ever move back to the Maritimes, Halifax would be the only city I'd consider.
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It's picking up yes but it still isn't where it could be or really should be. It's mainly growing because the population for the maritimes is consolidating into the cities and mainly Halifax. As well they had very poor growth rates in Nova Scotia until this past year...not surprisingly the growth rate increased with the off shore deal and resulting increase in economic investment into liquified natural gas in Cape Breton among other things (call centres). Unemployment is still around 9% for the province. Don't get me wrong it's a nice city and it is growing and getting better, but in many respects it has been held back due to government...on all levels but especially federal and local...local governments can't make decisions if their life depended on it. I wouldn't call it vibrant I really wouldn't. Growing yes but not vibrant excet compared to other maritime cities.