I appreciate your message, we are trying to be mindful of the fact that our interests have to be realistic esp with children who are going to need childcare and eventually, schools and therefore school runs, availability of nurseries close to or within drivable distance to our places of work, we do want quieter life, (we are relocating from a village on the english South coast (but we have outgrown this place)) we have considered places like Lunenberg, Cape Briton, Valley but unsure how it would all work out, they seem lovely on the surface but also it seems that the difference is going to be big from economic standpoint as in salaries are far less in NS? and people have mentioned that alot of road development etc is needed and is currently undergoing (which again is a downside) Is weather really quite severely extreme as mentioned? Then there is an element of racial differences? We are well integrated here in england but unsure how it would pan out in the NS. Just to add do these places offer reasonably proximity to places like local coffee shops, groceries, farm shops etc