Atlantic Canada City/Town/Region Question Thread

Trevor3 · #1 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 7:30 PM**

This is kind of inspired by PrairieGirl's thread asking where to travel in the maritimes. I thought it might be nice if we had a dedicated area to ask questions about each other's cities and regions, especially in terms of travel, visiting etc... This may even entice some visitors from other regions of Canada to post here occasionally. Basically a place for questions about the cities and towns in Atlantic Canada that don't relate to our project threads.

To start off, I have a few questions about Fredericton and didn't know where to go with them. I'll be moving to Fredericton this summer and kind of wanted to get a lay of the land before I get there.

What is the driving distance/time to and from Moncton and Saint John?
I'll be looking for an apartment shortly, what would be an expected cost of rent for a 1 or 2 bedroom unit?
What area's of the city should I avoid, if any, on my house hunt?
What are some places in the city worth checking out? Like restaurants, shops, or even a location with a nice view...

MonctonRad · #2 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 8:08 PM**

I will let the Freddy Beachers answer most of your questions, but in terms of driving distances, with the divided highway you can travel to Moncton in about 1 hour 45 minutes. The road to Saint John is not divided, and I believe it takes around 1 hour 15 minutes.

What is bringing you from the Rock to Freddy?

JHikka · #3 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 9:03 PM**

This is essentially what the purpose of the Community Thread is. Either way.

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Originally Posted by Trevor3

What is the driving distance/time to and from Moncton and Saint John?

Very conservative driving numbers:
Fredericton -> Saint John 1:00:00
Saint John -> Moncton 1:30:00
Moncton -> Fredericton 1:45:00

Personally I drive SJ to Freddy in about 45 minutes and can drive SJ to Moncton in just over an hour. I've only driven between Moncton & Fredericton once and I can't recall exactly how long it took but it was no more than an hour and a half.

Trevor3 · #4 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I will let the Freddy Beachers answer most of your questions, but in terms of driving distances, with the divided highway you can travel to Moncton in about 1 hour 45 minutes. The road to Saint John is not divided, and I believe it takes around 1 hour 15 minutes.

What is bringing you from the Rock to Freddy?

I have been accepted into law at UNB. I finished up at MUN a while back and have found that jobs are quite limited when all you have is a BA, not that I didn't know that before.

Bishop2047 · #5 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 9:14 PM**

Appartment prices vary greatly in cost, from north side to south side is a very noticable difference. Most vary between 550-900 ish ( I know there are many more on the higher end ) for your average 1-2 bedroom. There are new building on either side of the river, of course whichever side you are on it's nice to be near the walking trails (which are great). If you like a view, there is a new building that I assume will be open soon. The Forest hills tower, a 6-7 storey building (not sure which it is) that faces the rive from near the top of the hill.

Also gotta agree with JHikka's estimates on travel times.

Trevor3 · #6 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 9:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

This is essentially what the purpose of the Community Thread is. Either way.

Honestly, I didn't even realize we had a community thread on the main Atlantic board. I actually looked to see if there was a thread for this purpose too, oh well, I tried.

Edit: and now I see it's even stickied... haha

MonctonRad · #7 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Trevor3

Honestly, I didn't even realize we had a community thread on the main Atlantic board. I actually looked to see if there was a thread for this purpose too, oh well, I tried.

Edit: and now I see it's even stickied... haha

No worries, this is still probably a legitimate thread. It can be useful to ask questions about other peoples cities....

Good luck with law. My brother in law did his law degree at UNB. A very good school, he now practices law in Halifax. My youngest son is starting engineering at UNB this fall too.

JHikka · #8 Posted: **Mar 17, 2013, 10:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Trevor3

Honestly, I didn't even realize we had a community thread on the main Atlantic board. I actually looked to see if there was a thread for this purpose too, oh well, I tried.

Hey, it's all good.

Hope you enjoy UNBLaw. First year is always a killer so if you need some help let me know. I know a few people just finishing up their first year as we speak and i'm sure they'd be willing to help you out or give you some tips.