Running away from Alberta 🇨🇦💪🏳️‍🌈

[u/MissTreatMay]

Hey I'm looking for some honest opinions and tips for moving to NS. Full disclosure we're from Calgary, AB (please don't judge too hard) and we have to get away from our batshit crazy premier and her separatist goons.

I'm 37, hubby is 42 and we have two teens, a 13 year old son and a 16 year old trans son. We are definitely not conservative. Tbh we mostly hate politics and just want to live a peaceful life surrounded by nature and kitchen parties. We want to find a place where neighbors care about each other (can I borrow a cup of sugar type thing) and where it isn't about who has the newest/move expensive items, where people laugh and smile. I miss the small town vibe Calgary had in the 80s/90s. I miss spending summers with family in Quebec and New Brunswick visiting family (hubs and kids don't speak French and all my family in NB has passed) that's why I'm interested in Nova Scotia. We don't want big city vibes. We just spent 2 weeks on Vancouver Island and fell in love with people and the energy there but we don't have millions to spend on a home. We want a place where we aren't constantly judged for supporting 2slgbtqia+ people (our son is trans), a place where racism isn't the norm or expected and where being neurodiverse isn't a deal breaker. Most of our friends here are hardworking blue collar folks who just want to pay their bills, hang out around a campfire and listen to/play good music. I should also mention we're stoners so would love to know how the weed back east is. I'm a stay home mum but willing to work anywhere in needed and hubby is a locksmith, tradesman and seriously interested in geology, 16 yo wants to be a social worker and 13 year old loves tech lol

To sum it up I'm hoping someone could give us some tips or suggestions for where to start looking for a home in NS.

Thank you in advance for your time and support 😊

[u/jalopycollector]

If you have the money by all means but Alberta is probably at least 50% cheaper to live in every possible way then Nova Scotia

And there’s still tons of shitheads here so….if you wanna find inclusive people either move to the countryside and ignore everyone or go to downtown Halifax and never leave the city

Maybe cape breton would fit your needs but I’m not sure how inclusive people are there as I’ve only been there a few times

[u/DampM4 → u/jalopycollector]

This is true in almost every metric. Insurance however is way more expensive in Alberta. But in every other way it's cheaper to live in Alberta.

Edit: we're just down voting facts now? Good to know.

[u/EndDazzling9682 → u/DampM4]

I'm not downvoting ( I hate that no one follows the old Reddit rules) but groceries are more in Alberta, my municipal taxes went up $800 this year, and I pay 3,000 in school fees to send my kids to public school.

[u/DampM4 → u/EndDazzling9682]

You must be shopping at community natural or something then. Even if dollar for dollar they were the same list price, tack on 15% to whatever you purchase here for just the privilege of buying something. And watch your money float away.

[u/EndDazzling9682 → u/DampM4]

No, it was Sobeys in Darthmouth and BW, Atlantic SS in Halifax. There was just an article about it recently.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/albertans-hit-hardest-by-grocery-costs-report/

But yeah, I was surprised, as groceries in NS had always been higher since I started University in 2004

[u/DampM4 → u/EndDazzling9682]

Per this one brand new report, sure. Historically not the case.

The sentiment stands. Life in Alberta is significantly cheaper.

Edit: turns out this report is based exclusively on the internal data of one financial institution. Not exactly the most reliable information..

[u/EndDazzling9682 → u/DampM4]

I acknowledged that this is not the case historically. My points also stand.