[Trevor3]

Just ask Newfoundland. Everything is centred in St. John's. To people on the east coast it's great because they're never more than 2 hours from a major centre with all the fixins'. To the far extremities of the island, the Burin peninsula, southwest coast, northern peninsula there's a preception that St. John's get 99% and the other 1% is divided between the 60% of the population that lives off the avalon. It's partially true, St. John's is the major centre, capital city, education centre, health centre, and transportation centre of the province. When you live 5, 8, 12 hours away by road you feel as though you get left out of the bigger picture and in many ways you are. Despite prosperity out there, many parts of the island are dying and nothing is being done to try and develop rural economies.

If things are divided among 3 like New Brunswick, there is definitely less disparity and less "us against them" attitude that exists in provinces with one power centre. Though it is appealing to think what a larger New Brunswick metro would look like, the province on the whole would probably suffer through consolidation of services and loss of employment in outlying areas. Rather than spread services around equally, they just get piled into one centre and the further away you are, the harder it is to survive. Though it would definitely be better for air travel, so long as you live near the major airport.