A few of our also-ran, Corner Brook. I’ve not been since 2014 (it’s on the other side of the island, about 8 hours drive away). Population today is a little over 20,000.
It’s not especially urban but it benefits from the same thing as St. John’s, forced self-sufficiency through isolation. It’s much more outdoorsy than St. John’s, and much more provincial. People there hate St. John’s, many of whom have never been, and they align much more with Canada - I honestly think if you did a poll more have been to Halifax than here.
It has the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University, which traditionally has been very focussed on visual arts, forestry, and environmental sciences.
Again, the core has two commercial strips on opposite ends. West Street is the more North American general one, the company side of town.
Broadway was outside the company’s control and has a more typical Newfoundland look.
