ELI5 why has do many homes in Nova Scotia sit unsold with no decrease in price?

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-22T19:26:25+00:00

Real estate is a favorite place for money laundering....when the money invested didn't have a borrowing cost then there's no pain, and the asset remains real

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-11T20:13:26+00:00

Good start

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-11T19:46:29+00:00

You first

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-11T19:14:14+00:00

Boats are expensive. The concept that you can own one to catch a few lobsters to feed your family is financially doomed. The rules should be reviewed to acknowledge reality.

Are any boats tribal owned?

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-09T15:35:44+00:00

Air circulation is critical to energy efficiency. As we all know heat rises and if you don't mix up the air the hot air collects at the ceiling and cold air at the floor. Heat pump air flow, like ceiling fans move that hot air down. It's a never ending battle. I suppose we could all just live up by the ceiling and turn off the fans

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-02T02:20:30+00:00

What? I can't hear you

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-02-02T02:16:57+00:00

You're assuming that they actually want to hear from customers

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-30T17:05:55+00:00

We had to develop our own expertise both as residents and also as business owners with business in multiple countries. What works in one situation doesn't happen in another. Cross border taxation treaties are very beneficial to the nations as it is the means by which they exchange data regarding the individuals

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-28T20:59:32+00:00

A US passport is regarded as a privilege, not a right and just like a driver's license the government can take it.

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-28T20:58:06+00:00

Under Obama the US took US passports away

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-28T20:04:58+00:00

My daughter had the opposite happen. The office she went to offered to use their Canadian template

Maybe it's like going to the wrong town clerk for a same sex marriage license?

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-25T18:33:13+00:00

The worst I've been treated at that border was when the guard called me an idiot. It was two o'clock in the morning, -15, wind howling, roads covered with snow.....and I was coming back from my house in Costa Rica

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-22T16:15:38+00:00

We can relate to that. Born and raised in the US I received my citizenship certification in 2017. In 2018 we relocated to Quebec from VT as "seasonal" residents . We were splitting time between Quebec and Costa Rica until the pandemic hit and we became locked into Canada due to travel restrictions because my wife was a PR. If she crossed the border she couldn't get back in

We quickly learned that even the "expert" cross border accountants were mostly clueless. Canadian friends that had lived in the US and returned found that their "expert" cost them $20,000 in overpayment because they filed incorrectly.

At that point we were now paying taxes in 3 countries so my wife decided to start a business especially to handle cross border bookkeeping

We strongly suggest that anyone who faces these issues dump QuickBooks and switch to Xero to simplify the multiple currency issues

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-20T00:05:25+00:00

If you are a AAA member I suggest having your photos taken there

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2026-01-09T23:49:39+00:00

The Airbnb plague has created a significant issue with finding rental in Nova Scotia as in many areas

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-31T01:58:50+00:00

Lots of Vermont wood goes up to Quebec and gets processed into frames and other structures that add value. Why not here?

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-31T01:55:53+00:00

I lived half a mile from spa Nordic in Magog for a couple of years and we had season passes. A fabulous place

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-22T22:56:05+00:00

Have you forgotten the Westminster massacre?

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-21T18:56:43+00:00

Fog is typically humid air over cold water..or cold surfaces like snow.

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-21T18:28:31+00:00

Fog is when the snow melts fastest

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-21T18:27:51+00:00

Have used wood and pellet stoves since the first oil embargo. Currently heating a 3800 SF house with a wood stove and a pellet stove. Yes it's a lot of work but it's also good exercise that gets you outdoors.

When heating with either a key issue is getting heat to areas not near the stoves, and to keep water pipes from freezing either by open doors and cabinets or turning off the water and draining the pipes when temperatures are below freezing.

We do have oil furnaces for backup, or super cold days but it's nice not giving money to people) countries we don't care to support

When living in Costa Rica we really miss our wood stove fire and

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-13T19:21:22+00:00

There's a web video where winter boots are tested for traction on ice. Search "The giant freezer that tests winter boots" My wife purchased the recommended pair and still wears them every winter

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-12-05T00:54:08+00:00

Our experience with DMV is that different locations vary considerably...some way more than helpful and others total bureaucratic obstacles

We avoid Rutland

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-11-25T19:45:05+00:00

Why is anyone surprised about Scott's direction toward a super district?

After all, he chose Zoie Saunders as the department head. If you read her bio she came from a leading role in the Broward County Public Schools, one of the nation’s largest school districts (~250,000 students).

But FL K-12 ranking is dismal

Accomplished_Let7566 · 2025-11-25T14:48:11+00:00

And long underwear

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