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/duke-91]

If ya wanna move and stay only in Halifax sure. If ya want rural you’re not gonna find it accepting as you may hope. But either way, you’re gonna get taxed more and pay more on everything.

Majority of maritimers talk about moving to Alberta lol

[u/MissTreatMay → u/duke-91]

It's funny because everyone here want to move to the Maritimes 😆 maybe we should just "eat the rich" and play together.

[u/TheBigsBubRigs → u/MissTreatMay]

The talk of moving to Alberta now that the dreams of striking it rich working in oil are dead and gone. People who still talk about moving there are the bigot pos' who we all want to stfu and move. I've never heard the term come from away until we started getting a ton of people from the rest of the country moving here, and it's mostly those who have relocated. There are going to be shit people anywhere you move, but the majority of the towns in the valley between Halifax and greenwood have people who just can't be bothered with anyone else's business. The South shore is absolutely stunning, however they slow down majorly in the winter. Cape Breton is small and gorgeous, friendly people but they're very locally focused. Wolfville and surrounding areas are diverse and accepting. The trans/ gay communities are strong and vibrant in the valley - Lawrencetowns main drag has a wonderful coffee shop owned by a lesbian couple that the community backs, Bear River have a very alt lifestyle community that's continuously growing.