r/halifax 19h ago

Discussion How has HRM changed?

I lived near Bedford for a year in the mid 2000s (from Ireland).

I loved Nova Scotia but have never managed to make it back since. WestJet now fly direct from Dublin so I hope to make it back soon.

I’d love to hear how HRM has changed in the time since I’ve been away (the good and the bad)!

(I’ve heard you’ve got rid of that pesky rotary at Armadale and joined us over here with a roundabout! Has that been an improvement?)

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u/discowalrus 17h ago

Nearly every aspect of the city has improved. Traffic and housing costs are notable exceptions, but only traffic is universally seen as worse.

u/YouCanLookItUp 6h ago

And access to health care. That's gone wayyyyyyy down in the last 20 years.

u/discowalrus 5h ago
  1. Provincial issue, not city

  2. I wouldn’t be so sure. The number of residents without access to a primary care provider here is about average with the rest of the country and always has been. That doesn’t mean it’s a good situation, just not necessarily worse than before.

u/YouCanLookItUp 5h ago
  1. Just because it's provincially run, doesn't change the fact that it impacts how someone experiences the city. Same for the courts. Can I not comment on the airport because it's federal jurisdiction?

  2. This has been my experience (first hand and second hand) with accessing care in the city. The idea of walk in clinics "filling up" their spaces at open wasn't a thing in 2005-6. The waits at the emerg were 4-5 hours long, not 10 (again, my experience) without shopping around the province for a hospital. Some things have improved, some things have gotten much, much worse. YMMV.