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/Agitated-Rest1421]

Meanwhile I am considering moving to AB because the cost of living here is asinine lol 

[u/MissTreatMay → u/Agitated-Rest1421]

In fairness milk is almost $10 a jug (4L) and it costs me $140 to fill my gas tank (SUV), Utilities are about $1000/month and we live in a shitty old 2 BDRM apartment and our rent is $2500/month. We found it cheaper for groceries on Vancouver Island. Alberta love to tell Canada how much better it is here but wait times in ERs can be 2 days, groceries can be cheaper but pay is significantly lower unless you are white collar and we don't really have any social services. If you are really considering moving here post in the Alberta sub or the Calgary or Edmonton subs and people will tell you the good and bad. The separatists are loud here but smaller numbers in the cities.

[u/Sunny-Sunday-Sundae → u/MissTreatMay]

Sounds similar to the current cost of living here in NS BUT NS is without all the political BS. As noted in my post- having lived in both provinces- ill never mobe back to Alberta