'Plucky Saint John has never given up the dream'

Originally posted 11/04/06 on PersonPlaceorThing.blogspot.com

Globe and Mail writer Shawna Richard has captured the idea of Saint John that I subscribe to in her article entitled Reversing Fortunes in the line: "plucky Saint John has never given up the dream of returning to its glory days."

The article is very positive regarding the industrial development in Saint John, especially the proposed refinery.

The article is a forward-looking piece that extols the potential in Saint John's future.

Interestingly, when comparing the cost of living in New Brunswick to that of the west, the article uses Saint John and Fredericton for its comparison with Calgary and Edmonton (likely because the article is about Saint John and Fredericton is the capital, but whenever Moncton is left off something like this I take note).

Here is there comparison (I had to change the format a bit to work in this post, the original on page 2 of the article linked above):



COST OF LIVING INDICATORS

Calgary
HOUSING Average price (Sept. 2006)
$369,928

GASOLINE Avg. price/litre (Oct. 31, 2006)
80.8 cents

COFFEE Large cup, Tim Hortons (pretax)
$1.51

Edmonton
HOUSING Average price (Sept. 2006)
$278,732

GASOLINE Avg. price/litre (Oct. 31, 2006)
77 cents

COFFEE Large cup, Tim Hortons (pretax)
$1.51

Saint John
HOUSING Average price (Sept. 2006)
$128,451

GASOLINE Avg. price/litre (Oct. 31, 2006)
87.9 cents

COFFEE Large cup, Tim Hortons (pretax)
$1.29

Fredericton
HOUSING Average price (Sept. 2006)
$128,451

GASOLINE Avg. price/litre (Oct. 31, 2006)
88.3 cents

COFFEE Large cup, Tim Hortons (pretax)
$1.29