What is Halifax's future?

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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

I don't think you'll find a city the size of Halifax with anywhere near the nightlife of Halifax, save St. John's because its cultural. Western Canadian big cities aren't even as good. Foot traffic is non-existant there due to a car culture and mentality. I'd take Halifax over Regina or Winnipeg any day of the week.

As for the condos... boomers are beginning the process of downsizing from their homes. The biggest economic secret in Halifax is probably that their is alot of money that has been brought back here from other places and there are large numbers of older and relatively wealthy people. Money comes home because this is one of the most beautiful places in the country.

As mentioned in the Queen's Marque thread, the nightlife in downtown might actually suffer as a result of all the new residential development, as opposed to benefiting from it as hoped.

We already know that as soon as a new residential building goes up beside entertainment spaces, even long-standing ones, the noise complaints start and the businesses suffer.

Perhaps we'll see a more vibrant daytime culture downtown to offset any change that might occur in the nighttime scene.

As others have pointed out, you'll not find many cities at all the size of Halifax that have as much to offer, and as much variety. As I've posited elsewhere on these forums, I think Halifax does suffer from a perception that it's a lot bigger than it is, for whatever reason, and expectations are unreasonably high as a result.