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Here I am, sitting in class. International management to be exact. The prof’s ice breaking idea was to have everybody go to the front of the class and talk about where they are from, where they have been and what they want to do after they graduate. Not exactly the greatest material for a blog post you may think.

There were many stories of trips to Africa and shopping in Paris and smoking weed in Amsterdam…but what was really interesting (to me anyway) was people talking about the differences between Halifax and Cape Breton. Everybody from the Cape Breton mentioned how cities like Sydney, CB are much more laid back then places like Halifax. They went on to say how everybody is always in a rush in Halifax and that it was a major change for them when they moved to “the city.”

On the flip side, people from elsewhere (Toronto, Paris, New York etc.) kept saying how much slower Halifax is then where they were from. I have always said that I came to Halifax for university because it was so chill compared to Toronto and it was interesting to hear people share my view.

I can only imagine what people from Cape Breton think of places like Toronto, New York, LA etc if Halifax is fast paced.