Originally posted by Coredweller
Could you state which location you\'re talking about? Do you live there, or have you only visited? It\'s hard for me to evaluate your observation without more info. I\'ve spent a lot of time in Canada.
I\'ve lived in Canada for 17 years thank you.
I\'ve lived in Moncton, New Brunswick for 15 years and Halifax, Nova-Scotia for 2 brief years. For those wondering these provinces are located above Maine or on the Atlantic coast.
The reason I responded to what you said is just I found it quite shocking since I have never seen of this parade of maple leafs like you\'ve described in any place I\'ve ever been. Downtown Moncton, Halifax, never have I saw a place that just screams Canada with the maple leafs. I visited Toronto once but that was about 6 years ago so I have no clear memory of it that I could describe.
Honestly, I\'ve never really looked for the maple leafs like you have. Maybe it\'s just you were in an area once that had an excess amount and just began to take note of the leafs and look around more carefully for them. I know just reading your post I know I will start to take note of them if they\'re around. Being in a number of political classes at school the Canada/America issue that always comes up is how Canadians don\'t share the amount of nationalism the Americans do. Just found your statement odd.
Only thing is they don\'t seem as culturally diverse or rich as I would have hoped when I visited. Sometimes it just felt bland and boring. Nothing jumped out and made me say, wow this is a different place!
This pops out at me too since all I ever hear is how multiculteral friendly some places in Canada are. I know in Halifax there was a vast amount of diversity. We celebrated it frequently too. Then I come back to Moncton and I can\'t see a brother or hindu around.
I\'m sure the official french province Quebec would be quite diverse. New Brunswick I know is the only "official" bilingual(sp?) province in Canada. Didn\'t get all those Acadiens deported.
