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Originally Posted by Loco101
A town I can think of that is sophisticated but not very touristy is Deep River, ON. There are a number of people highly educated people who work for the nuclear laboratories in nearby Chalk River. It's the smallest community in Canada with a full symphony orchestra. Also has some well known festivals and lots of recreation.
It's a two hour drive to Ottawa so it's fairly close to a large city but not extremely close.
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A place like that is an extreme outlier, though... Manitoba had the same thing in Pinawa with its AECL research facilities. Basically a town full of scientists... not really the typical scenario by any stretch.