CBC's Don Connolly talks about his home city. #1980s #80s #retrocommercial #retrocommercials #betamaxking Channel contact email: thebetamaxking@gmail.com
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@BetamaxKing5 ай бұрын
This tape was actually in terrible condition but this is the first copy of this that I've ever come across so I fought with it for an hour. The damage is the worst for around the first 3 to 4 minutes and then it gets better for the rest of the video. Please give it a watch, it's worth it, and enjoy this grainy look at Halifax Nova Scotia through the eyes of local CBC personality Don Connolly. Don retired in 2018 after 42 years in the business.
@truebrowncanadian
27 күн бұрын
I appreciate you capturing this timeless gem before Trudeau's Canada ruined it, thank you and I apologize for attacking trolls on your video. I can't help myself sometimes and really wish karma would get them.
@barryrhyno3190
10 күн бұрын
Do you have a website? I have lots of 80s vhs from hfx that need to be transferred to digital
@BetamaxKing
10 күн бұрын
@@barryrhyno3190 email me thebetamaxking@gmail.com
@noteveryoneiscutout5 ай бұрын
I think shit like this is extremely important to preserve. Thanks for the efforts.
@BetamaxKing
5 ай бұрын
I agree completely. I save as much as one man can, the hours I invest in this archive are staggering but I believe in it. You're welcome!
@mistermystery1999Ай бұрын
40 years ago is only half of a lifetime but the city has changed so much in that time
@KyleReese-vt8bo
19 күн бұрын
Halifax lost it's soul.
@darksidetize5183
5 күн бұрын
Yup… and not for the better, unfortunately.
@KyleReese-vt8bo
5 күн бұрын
@@darksidetize5183 Halifax lost its soul in 2006. Its just Apartmentown now.
@UltrafineDeluxe5 ай бұрын
Cool to see 1801 Hollis & Purdy's Wharf under construction.
@BetamaxKing
5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@LANGI90227 күн бұрын
It's a totally different city now. Even when I moved here in 2006, it has changed so much. This video is a trip!
@KyleReese-vt8bo
19 күн бұрын
Halifax lost it's soul about 2007
@seksehfox3 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! ❤
@BetamaxKing
3 күн бұрын
You're so welcome 😁
@ricosuave8123Ай бұрын
Seeing the old clubs downtown brings back memories. The Palace, Misty Moon, Secretary’s … good times. The Crazy Horse over in Dartmouth. 👍
@10angrytigersАй бұрын
I miss this Halifax. Thanks for posting!!
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
You're welcome! Hang around, I'll keep it coming as I find it.
@lindawilliams6909
Ай бұрын
I do too. I moved to Halifax from Truro in 1979. Lots and lots of changes since then!
@MrPaul187227 күн бұрын
This is an extreme treat! Some years ago (probably mid-2000s?), I remember seeing part of this footage integrated into a retrospective/then-and-now look at Halifax by modern-day Don Connolly.
@BetamaxKing
27 күн бұрын
Wow. I'd love to see that!
@RandyGrover8 күн бұрын
This was great. I really enjoyed that.
@BetamaxKing
8 күн бұрын
Thanks. I'm glad
@Armyvet902Ай бұрын
It’s crazy to hear the metro population was less than 300,000 in 1985. With the population now approaching half a million, that small to mid city feel is quickly leaving. I’ve lived in Dartmouth all my life - up to 10 years ago, you could go just about anywhere in the city in 15/20 minutes. I now can get to Truro from Mic Mac Mall in less time than I can get to Bayern Lake.
@costcoexecutivemember
Ай бұрын
Idk what way you’re going but you’re doing it wrong if it’s taking you that long. unless you mean rush hour
@hrh-xj4fh
8 күн бұрын
Hes not wrong ..a direct drive to truro is less time then buzy traffic to bsyers lake
@herbjergens6350
5 күн бұрын
I 100%agree!!
@ninjaa5427 күн бұрын
Back when Halifax was still recognizable.
@garyfrancis6193
26 күн бұрын
I’m from BC. I never knew what it looked like. I thought it was like the fishing village where Popeye lived when he was ashore to see Olive.
@joelo352721 күн бұрын
Thanks for this, and thank you beautiful Nova Scotia
@RatchetSlyАй бұрын
It's really weird to see the downtown from 40ish years ago. I walked past a lot of the locations in this on Saturday.
@ricosuave8123Ай бұрын
My grandfather was a member of the Dartmouth Police Force for 31 years, before the HRM amalgamation. He retired in 1979 as an Inspector.
@Reptiliomorph10 күн бұрын
This was fun to watch!
@TheReviewRanger3 күн бұрын
I was 4 when this video was aired and I am happy to see so much progress in the city. For decades, Halifax stood still as other cities grew up. Now we are seeing the boom for better or worse, this city is leaving behind the stigma of a dead city. Sure, many people don't like the change or the locations picked for the new towers being built, but in another 50 years, those people will be dead and a new city will be in its place. Why complain about progress?
@MsJeffreyFАй бұрын
An then 30 years we stagnated and now 40 years later we're unable to handle any amount of growth
@Armyvet902
Ай бұрын
100%.
@HabsolutelyАй бұрын
lived in Halifax from 2007-08. Monastary Lane off Quinpool road. Good times.
@astroblast2325
25 күн бұрын
Moved out of Monestary in '07, maybe you took over the apartment, lol! Quinpool always brings back a lot of nostalgia despite it being so different, now.
@Habsolutely
21 күн бұрын
@@astroblast2325 I feel like everyone I talk to who has lived in Halifax has lined in those apartment buildings on Monastery. Yes I can't believe Video Difference is gone. Is Friedman's still there?
@KyleReese-vt8bo
19 күн бұрын
@@Habsolutely No. Also halifax lost its soul.
@candanceutube5 ай бұрын
This was wonderful!
@BetamaxKing
5 ай бұрын
A fun little adventure isn't it?
@HooberTube5 ай бұрын
Thins is incredible - so much hasn't changed at all!
@HooberTube5 ай бұрын
Shot of Don Connolly's place at 12:24! close to corner of South Park / Young Ave. and Inglis.
@renlessard4 ай бұрын
lol a kick seeing my old boss Rob McKelvie make a cameo at the end. Fun video. Brings back a lot of memories for this expat Bluenoser.
@jeil56768 күн бұрын
Betamax rules!! I probably have some old vid cassettes around somewhere.
@calumryan63287 күн бұрын
I can relate, I hate most seafood except for fish and chips
@ConsuMediaEmpireАй бұрын
I'm still fairly new to living in Halifax, and it is very cool to see how much has changed! Thank you for this
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
You're welcome!! The real treat are some of the little things that haven't changed or changed much. You'd still be able to find many of the places in this video and visit them in their current incarnations. Welcome to the channel! if you're new here too. But welcome to Halifax! 😊
@hrh-xj4fh
8 күн бұрын
Youll never no how cool and fun halifax was...walking down spring garden on a friday night to the smell of ck 1...all the coffee shopps..street entertainers...walk down to the vjbrant bars....no u got scuzzy macdonalds..pan handlers..and alot of boarded up bars....cant go downtown whwn halifax has no rent control and 65% of your pay goes on rent😊
@bb66404 күн бұрын
Still paying for those bridges.
@stevebornais10553 ай бұрын
Two Aces!
@buckodonnghaile4309Ай бұрын
No cell phones, no backing tracks, no half nekked dancers, just true talent. Sorry, i see that comment on every 70s/ 80s/90s video video.
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
Too right!... On both points 😉
@truebrowncanadian
27 күн бұрын
No covered up people looking suspect and dividing themselves against the actual citizens of the cities/countries
@liamr6672Ай бұрын
Nice to see something thats not "This is called a DoNaIr!!!!"
@BrendanRileyАй бұрын
The highrises ruined the city back then and even worse now.
@Armyvet902
Ай бұрын
It’s this kind of thinking that has retarded it’s progress till now. Halifax is on a peninsula-the only place to expand is up.
@tim_the_travelerАй бұрын
Some brain rot part of me almost thought this was going to be Analog Horror of some kind. but no, it's literally a good ol' clip of a time period I never existed in. Fascinating in all honesty.
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
What brought you here? Where was it posted or did you just stumble upon it on KZread
@tim_the_traveler
Ай бұрын
@@BetamaxKing oh just stumbled upon it lol.
@grandevizier26 күн бұрын
When I was a baby.
@ivorypoacherplaysАй бұрын
the good old days before all the homelessness and drugs
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
Right, the 80s a time of double digits unemployment in the province (almost twice as high as it is today). Can't see much through the rose tinted glasses eh.
@Slam-
29 күн бұрын
@@SLDimarcoyea it’s much better now with tent cities and crack heads everywhere
@zeemotionalsloth
24 күн бұрын
Checks notes: Oh yes I see drugs and homelessness were invented after 1985.....
@JasonD77264 күн бұрын
And here I thought my hometown of Saint John New Brunswick what's the founding city of Canada where it all started... oh wait yes it is... I do live in Halifax but my hometown is great and has a lot of history but people tend to ignore it because it's not big like Toronto the thing is we don't tear down trees we don't tear down historic properties we don't tear down anything to put new things there of course we tore down the old hospital because that was decaying over the years and a lot has been built up but nothing is taken away the history is still there when you look at Halifax today compared to the video shown here it's making it look like the history of Halifax is hidden with glorified touch ups it's all right for today but if you wanted to see the history of the city you have to go a couple streets away from the Waterfront and the boardwalk and find the historic properties you can't even see Citadel Hill from the water anymore that's how pathetic things have gotten for Halifax where you can't see one of the landmarks in my hometown you see pretty much every landmark and of course just like Halifax in the Halifax back in the day with the Halifax Explosion my hometown went to the same thing with the great Saint John fire in the downtown area a lot was gone but well restored but of course the Waterfront now is being decorated with today's what they say is needed outdoor atmosphere and what they should have kept was the volleyball court and the Coast Guard base because now they have nothing to direct the traffic coming in and out of the harbor on ship but I think the ships know how to say all these days with today's technology but the history is still there and again I'm not saying how fast is a bad place just hides a lot of the history with new construction and demolition of a lot of old property
@JasonD77264 күн бұрын
He's wrong about one thing the Halifax Harbour is not guarded by mcnabb's island or Georges Island at the opening of the Harbor there is Devil's Island and I don't know why people don't put that on the map it is a haunted island and very few investigated but the ones that I find that say they investigated Devil's Island they were not on the actual Island they were on mcnabs Island and they described the island with mcnabb's Island history and Georges Island history all-in-one which has no history at all with Devil's Island so anybody investigating Devil's Island do your research first before coming to Halifax
@kirk3916Ай бұрын
thanks justin we love what you've done with the place
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
Blaming the PM for whatever issues you have in a municipality over the provinicial gov and municipal government is wild.
@kirk3916
Ай бұрын
Everything is fine, nothing to see here folks. Just progress thats all... if you don't agree with the super positive outcomes we have created since 2016 you are wild. Move along folks, don't believe your lying eyes. Not the federal government at all, nope.. just umm progress yeah..progress.
@hrh-xj4fh8 күн бұрын
Halifax...the fun ..the vibrancey died around 2007....it was soooo fun...i moved here in 95!! God thiz city was vibrant and fun...mardi gras...bath houses...gay bars ..tons of straight bars...tons of coffee shopz...crusing areas for gay and straight...reasonable rent...and now in 2024?? ..no coffee shops ..no gay bars..boring night clubs..no saunas...beyond xpensive rent...and i dont mean to sound bitter because in 2024 im just as vibrant xciting and alive as 1995...but halifax isnt........
@moogfoogerАй бұрын
It's not a city anymore. It is some kind of horrible amalgamation of all the worst qualities. Too bad that no one even notices now. Too bad for the residents. It had a lot of promise in 1985, Then it was sold out by greedy politicians and business people. Someone made a lot of money and the taxpayers are still paying the price!
@CocosIslandicEmpire6677
Ай бұрын
As someone who lives in Halifax (not the city part) I honestly understand what your thinking about. There are multiple things Halifax can improve on.
@moogfooger
Ай бұрын
@@CocosIslandicEmpire6677 They call it a city still but it is not, They killed any autonomy that the citizens once had. no representation and less for all.
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
Carefully though. "We can improve on that" is how we ruined a few things in this city.
@moogfooger
Ай бұрын
@@BetamaxKing It's not a city anymore. Neither is Dartmouth, Or Bedford. Remember them? They all used to be proud cities with proud citizens until the 1996 takeover!
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
The biggest issue I find in the wake of amalgamation is distribution of resources. Each community was number one to itself, they had identity. I miss that.
@Armyvet902Ай бұрын
I’ve lived in my apartment in high field park for just 4 years now. My floor of 25 apartments, there was 19 whites, 4 black & 2 natives. Today, it’s 6 whites, 3 black & the other other 16 apartments are new immigrants - mainly Indian & East African. You hold a door or elevator for them - nothing. Say hi to them- nothing. Their kids are loud, rarely supervised & rude. The super tells me their rents are heavily subsidized by the government. Ive worked , volunteered coached, for 33 years in this city & qualify for zero subsidization. Makes me sick.
@thestonecanoe3159
Ай бұрын
I didn't see any tent cities in this video either.
@PhilosoFeed
Ай бұрын
Agree. Living in Halifax has been spoiled by immigrants. I love immigrants, love Indian people especially.. but jeeeeeesus dude it's way, way, waaaaay too much. Like 100x too much.
@PP-po6gu
Ай бұрын
ok no one asked
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
Uh huh, yea sure, it's bigots like you who are ruining this country. It are so insanely ignorant.
@Slam-
29 күн бұрын
There’s way to many foreigners in Halifax now, they’re extremely rude and love bringing trouble
@Otis_symbol26 күн бұрын
Halifax is boooo now.
@binedstudiostotalgame787Ай бұрын
a time before trudeau man what a differant time
@Trigger200284
Ай бұрын
1985, a time after Trudeau as well...
@jordil6152
Ай бұрын
A time before poutines too.
@binedstudiostotalgame787
Ай бұрын
@@Trigger200284 at least Justin father was at least 1% less authoritarian
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
The 80s? Brother the 80s was when Reagan, Thatcher and Mulroney sold out the middle class and privatized state assets. Loom at income inequality and you'll notice a fun trend accelerating at this time. It's nostalgia. NS, and a lot of the Maritimes had awful unemployment and folks left in droves for the west.
@Trigger200284
Ай бұрын
@@binedstudiostotalgame787 if you think Justin Trudeau is authoritarian, you have been wildly misinformed lol. I think it’s funny that conservatives get their panties in a bunch because he’s been in office for 9 years (or less depending on when the argument came up) but Steven Harper had control for 10… 10 years where he embarrassed us in NATO and the UN with braindead policies that lost us seats and a voice on the world stage and complete lack of communication between G20 and G7 nations because he was too good for liberal countries in Europe. He made smoking pot or carrying it a mandatory 2 years in prison under the law… I wonder who sounds more authoritarian? Hmmm…
@ev304Ай бұрын
needs more India/Pakistan people that would make this place better and cause no issues in the future lol what a shit ole this place became sad tbh
@nothanks5846
19 күн бұрын
Oh, what? You don’t like Delhifax?? 😢
@xentrix896 күн бұрын
our poor cites looked like they had so much to them i know there were still homeless and such but look at the cites now we have barbarians running around!
@RascalKyngАй бұрын
The demographics look like they need more diversity...
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
There's all kinds of diversity here.
@RascalKyng
Ай бұрын
@@BetamaxKing Yeah, all European Canadian...
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
@@RascalKyng Indeed the population is predominantly of English, Scottish, Irish, and French decent, as well as German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Ukranian. While the culture tends to present more with the Scottish and Irish aspects, the blend of these dominant cultures make for a great people, truthfully, some of the nicest you'll ever meet and I'm not just being biased because I'm from here haha. It also makes for a true culinary adventure! Halifax is home to indigenous peoples of the area and also has a small Chinese community and well established Black and Lebanese communities. And you'll find little bits and pieces of just about everything else if you look around.
@twinsonic
Ай бұрын
Diversity is the downfall of every civilization
@brando3342
Ай бұрын
@@RascalKyng Diversity is not our strength, bud. It's our destruction. Unity is a strength, not isolation. If everyone has different culture, tradition, language etc. You get isolation, not unity. Try walking down the streets today and hearing everyone speaking in languages you don't understand. It makes you feel utterly alone, despite being around lots of people.
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This tape was actually in terrible condition but this is the first copy of this that I've ever come across so I fought with it for an hour. The damage is the worst for around the first 3 to 4 minutes and then it gets better for the rest of the video. Please give it a watch, it's worth it, and enjoy this grainy look at Halifax Nova Scotia through the eyes of local CBC personality Don Connolly. Don retired in 2018 after 42 years in the business.
@truebrowncanadian
27 күн бұрын
I appreciate you capturing this timeless gem before Trudeau's Canada ruined it, thank you and I apologize for attacking trolls on your video. I can't help myself sometimes and really wish karma would get them.
@barryrhyno3190
10 күн бұрын
Do you have a website? I have lots of 80s vhs from hfx that need to be transferred to digital
@BetamaxKing
10 күн бұрын
@@barryrhyno3190 email me thebetamaxking@gmail.com
I think shit like this is extremely important to preserve. Thanks for the efforts.
@BetamaxKing
5 ай бұрын
I agree completely. I save as much as one man can, the hours I invest in this archive are staggering but I believe in it. You're welcome!
40 years ago is only half of a lifetime but the city has changed so much in that time
@KyleReese-vt8bo
19 күн бұрын
Halifax lost it's soul.
@darksidetize5183
5 күн бұрын
Yup… and not for the better, unfortunately.
@KyleReese-vt8bo
5 күн бұрын
@@darksidetize5183 Halifax lost its soul in 2006. Its just Apartmentown now.
Cool to see 1801 Hollis & Purdy's Wharf under construction.
@BetamaxKing
5 ай бұрын
Agreed
It's a totally different city now. Even when I moved here in 2006, it has changed so much. This video is a trip!
@KyleReese-vt8bo
19 күн бұрын
Halifax lost it's soul about 2007
Thank you so much! ❤
@BetamaxKing
3 күн бұрын
You're so welcome 😁
Seeing the old clubs downtown brings back memories. The Palace, Misty Moon, Secretary’s … good times. The Crazy Horse over in Dartmouth. 👍
I miss this Halifax. Thanks for posting!!
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
You're welcome! Hang around, I'll keep it coming as I find it.
@lindawilliams6909
Ай бұрын
I do too. I moved to Halifax from Truro in 1979. Lots and lots of changes since then!
This is an extreme treat! Some years ago (probably mid-2000s?), I remember seeing part of this footage integrated into a retrospective/then-and-now look at Halifax by modern-day Don Connolly.
@BetamaxKing
27 күн бұрын
Wow. I'd love to see that!
This was great. I really enjoyed that.
@BetamaxKing
8 күн бұрын
Thanks. I'm glad
It’s crazy to hear the metro population was less than 300,000 in 1985. With the population now approaching half a million, that small to mid city feel is quickly leaving. I’ve lived in Dartmouth all my life - up to 10 years ago, you could go just about anywhere in the city in 15/20 minutes. I now can get to Truro from Mic Mac Mall in less time than I can get to Bayern Lake.
@costcoexecutivemember
Ай бұрын
Idk what way you’re going but you’re doing it wrong if it’s taking you that long. unless you mean rush hour
@hrh-xj4fh
8 күн бұрын
Hes not wrong ..a direct drive to truro is less time then buzy traffic to bsyers lake
@herbjergens6350
5 күн бұрын
I 100%agree!!
Back when Halifax was still recognizable.
@garyfrancis6193
26 күн бұрын
I’m from BC. I never knew what it looked like. I thought it was like the fishing village where Popeye lived when he was ashore to see Olive.
Thanks for this, and thank you beautiful Nova Scotia
It's really weird to see the downtown from 40ish years ago. I walked past a lot of the locations in this on Saturday.
My grandfather was a member of the Dartmouth Police Force for 31 years, before the HRM amalgamation. He retired in 1979 as an Inspector.
This was fun to watch!
I was 4 when this video was aired and I am happy to see so much progress in the city. For decades, Halifax stood still as other cities grew up. Now we are seeing the boom for better or worse, this city is leaving behind the stigma of a dead city. Sure, many people don't like the change or the locations picked for the new towers being built, but in another 50 years, those people will be dead and a new city will be in its place. Why complain about progress?
An then 30 years we stagnated and now 40 years later we're unable to handle any amount of growth
@Armyvet902
Ай бұрын
100%.
lived in Halifax from 2007-08. Monastary Lane off Quinpool road. Good times.
@astroblast2325
25 күн бұрын
Moved out of Monestary in '07, maybe you took over the apartment, lol! Quinpool always brings back a lot of nostalgia despite it being so different, now.
@Habsolutely
21 күн бұрын
@@astroblast2325 I feel like everyone I talk to who has lived in Halifax has lined in those apartment buildings on Monastery. Yes I can't believe Video Difference is gone. Is Friedman's still there?
@KyleReese-vt8bo
19 күн бұрын
@@Habsolutely No. Also halifax lost its soul.
This was wonderful!
@BetamaxKing
5 ай бұрын
A fun little adventure isn't it?
Thins is incredible - so much hasn't changed at all!
Shot of Don Connolly's place at 12:24! close to corner of South Park / Young Ave. and Inglis.
lol a kick seeing my old boss Rob McKelvie make a cameo at the end. Fun video. Brings back a lot of memories for this expat Bluenoser.
Betamax rules!! I probably have some old vid cassettes around somewhere.
I can relate, I hate most seafood except for fish and chips
I'm still fairly new to living in Halifax, and it is very cool to see how much has changed! Thank you for this
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
You're welcome!! The real treat are some of the little things that haven't changed or changed much. You'd still be able to find many of the places in this video and visit them in their current incarnations. Welcome to the channel! if you're new here too. But welcome to Halifax! 😊
@hrh-xj4fh
8 күн бұрын
Youll never no how cool and fun halifax was...walking down spring garden on a friday night to the smell of ck 1...all the coffee shopps..street entertainers...walk down to the vjbrant bars....no u got scuzzy macdonalds..pan handlers..and alot of boarded up bars....cant go downtown whwn halifax has no rent control and 65% of your pay goes on rent😊
Still paying for those bridges.
Two Aces!
No cell phones, no backing tracks, no half nekked dancers, just true talent. Sorry, i see that comment on every 70s/ 80s/90s video video.
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
Too right!... On both points 😉
@truebrowncanadian
27 күн бұрын
No covered up people looking suspect and dividing themselves against the actual citizens of the cities/countries
Nice to see something thats not "This is called a DoNaIr!!!!"
The highrises ruined the city back then and even worse now.
@Armyvet902
Ай бұрын
It’s this kind of thinking that has retarded it’s progress till now. Halifax is on a peninsula-the only place to expand is up.
Some brain rot part of me almost thought this was going to be Analog Horror of some kind. but no, it's literally a good ol' clip of a time period I never existed in. Fascinating in all honesty.
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
What brought you here? Where was it posted or did you just stumble upon it on KZread
@tim_the_traveler
Ай бұрын
@@BetamaxKing oh just stumbled upon it lol.
When I was a baby.
the good old days before all the homelessness and drugs
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
Right, the 80s a time of double digits unemployment in the province (almost twice as high as it is today). Can't see much through the rose tinted glasses eh.
@Slam-
29 күн бұрын
@@SLDimarcoyea it’s much better now with tent cities and crack heads everywhere
@zeemotionalsloth
24 күн бұрын
Checks notes: Oh yes I see drugs and homelessness were invented after 1985.....
And here I thought my hometown of Saint John New Brunswick what's the founding city of Canada where it all started... oh wait yes it is... I do live in Halifax but my hometown is great and has a lot of history but people tend to ignore it because it's not big like Toronto the thing is we don't tear down trees we don't tear down historic properties we don't tear down anything to put new things there of course we tore down the old hospital because that was decaying over the years and a lot has been built up but nothing is taken away the history is still there when you look at Halifax today compared to the video shown here it's making it look like the history of Halifax is hidden with glorified touch ups it's all right for today but if you wanted to see the history of the city you have to go a couple streets away from the Waterfront and the boardwalk and find the historic properties you can't even see Citadel Hill from the water anymore that's how pathetic things have gotten for Halifax where you can't see one of the landmarks in my hometown you see pretty much every landmark and of course just like Halifax in the Halifax back in the day with the Halifax Explosion my hometown went to the same thing with the great Saint John fire in the downtown area a lot was gone but well restored but of course the Waterfront now is being decorated with today's what they say is needed outdoor atmosphere and what they should have kept was the volleyball court and the Coast Guard base because now they have nothing to direct the traffic coming in and out of the harbor on ship but I think the ships know how to say all these days with today's technology but the history is still there and again I'm not saying how fast is a bad place just hides a lot of the history with new construction and demolition of a lot of old property
He's wrong about one thing the Halifax Harbour is not guarded by mcnabb's island or Georges Island at the opening of the Harbor there is Devil's Island and I don't know why people don't put that on the map it is a haunted island and very few investigated but the ones that I find that say they investigated Devil's Island they were not on the actual Island they were on mcnabs Island and they described the island with mcnabb's Island history and Georges Island history all-in-one which has no history at all with Devil's Island so anybody investigating Devil's Island do your research first before coming to Halifax
thanks justin we love what you've done with the place
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
Blaming the PM for whatever issues you have in a municipality over the provinicial gov and municipal government is wild.
@kirk3916
Ай бұрын
Everything is fine, nothing to see here folks. Just progress thats all... if you don't agree with the super positive outcomes we have created since 2016 you are wild. Move along folks, don't believe your lying eyes. Not the federal government at all, nope.. just umm progress yeah..progress.
Halifax...the fun ..the vibrancey died around 2007....it was soooo fun...i moved here in 95!! God thiz city was vibrant and fun...mardi gras...bath houses...gay bars ..tons of straight bars...tons of coffee shopz...crusing areas for gay and straight...reasonable rent...and now in 2024?? ..no coffee shops ..no gay bars..boring night clubs..no saunas...beyond xpensive rent...and i dont mean to sound bitter because in 2024 im just as vibrant xciting and alive as 1995...but halifax isnt........
It's not a city anymore. It is some kind of horrible amalgamation of all the worst qualities. Too bad that no one even notices now. Too bad for the residents. It had a lot of promise in 1985, Then it was sold out by greedy politicians and business people. Someone made a lot of money and the taxpayers are still paying the price!
@CocosIslandicEmpire6677
Ай бұрын
As someone who lives in Halifax (not the city part) I honestly understand what your thinking about. There are multiple things Halifax can improve on.
@moogfooger
Ай бұрын
@@CocosIslandicEmpire6677 They call it a city still but it is not, They killed any autonomy that the citizens once had. no representation and less for all.
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
Carefully though. "We can improve on that" is how we ruined a few things in this city.
@moogfooger
Ай бұрын
@@BetamaxKing It's not a city anymore. Neither is Dartmouth, Or Bedford. Remember them? They all used to be proud cities with proud citizens until the 1996 takeover!
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
The biggest issue I find in the wake of amalgamation is distribution of resources. Each community was number one to itself, they had identity. I miss that.
I’ve lived in my apartment in high field park for just 4 years now. My floor of 25 apartments, there was 19 whites, 4 black & 2 natives. Today, it’s 6 whites, 3 black & the other other 16 apartments are new immigrants - mainly Indian & East African. You hold a door or elevator for them - nothing. Say hi to them- nothing. Their kids are loud, rarely supervised & rude. The super tells me their rents are heavily subsidized by the government. Ive worked , volunteered coached, for 33 years in this city & qualify for zero subsidization. Makes me sick.
@thestonecanoe3159
Ай бұрын
I didn't see any tent cities in this video either.
@PhilosoFeed
Ай бұрын
Agree. Living in Halifax has been spoiled by immigrants. I love immigrants, love Indian people especially.. but jeeeeeesus dude it's way, way, waaaaay too much. Like 100x too much.
@PP-po6gu
Ай бұрын
ok no one asked
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
Uh huh, yea sure, it's bigots like you who are ruining this country. It are so insanely ignorant.
@Slam-
29 күн бұрын
There’s way to many foreigners in Halifax now, they’re extremely rude and love bringing trouble
Halifax is boooo now.
a time before trudeau man what a differant time
@Trigger200284
Ай бұрын
1985, a time after Trudeau as well...
@jordil6152
Ай бұрын
A time before poutines too.
@binedstudiostotalgame787
Ай бұрын
@@Trigger200284 at least Justin father was at least 1% less authoritarian
@SLDimarco
Ай бұрын
The 80s? Brother the 80s was when Reagan, Thatcher and Mulroney sold out the middle class and privatized state assets. Loom at income inequality and you'll notice a fun trend accelerating at this time. It's nostalgia. NS, and a lot of the Maritimes had awful unemployment and folks left in droves for the west.
@Trigger200284
Ай бұрын
@@binedstudiostotalgame787 if you think Justin Trudeau is authoritarian, you have been wildly misinformed lol. I think it’s funny that conservatives get their panties in a bunch because he’s been in office for 9 years (or less depending on when the argument came up) but Steven Harper had control for 10… 10 years where he embarrassed us in NATO and the UN with braindead policies that lost us seats and a voice on the world stage and complete lack of communication between G20 and G7 nations because he was too good for liberal countries in Europe. He made smoking pot or carrying it a mandatory 2 years in prison under the law… I wonder who sounds more authoritarian? Hmmm…
needs more India/Pakistan people that would make this place better and cause no issues in the future lol what a shit ole this place became sad tbh
@nothanks5846
19 күн бұрын
Oh, what? You don’t like Delhifax?? 😢
our poor cites looked like they had so much to them i know there were still homeless and such but look at the cites now we have barbarians running around!
The demographics look like they need more diversity...
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
There's all kinds of diversity here.
@RascalKyng
Ай бұрын
@@BetamaxKing Yeah, all European Canadian...
@BetamaxKing
Ай бұрын
@@RascalKyng Indeed the population is predominantly of English, Scottish, Irish, and French decent, as well as German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Ukranian. While the culture tends to present more with the Scottish and Irish aspects, the blend of these dominant cultures make for a great people, truthfully, some of the nicest you'll ever meet and I'm not just being biased because I'm from here haha. It also makes for a true culinary adventure! Halifax is home to indigenous peoples of the area and also has a small Chinese community and well established Black and Lebanese communities. And you'll find little bits and pieces of just about everything else if you look around.
@twinsonic
Ай бұрын
Diversity is the downfall of every civilization
@brando3342
Ай бұрын
@@RascalKyng Diversity is not our strength, bud. It's our destruction. Unity is a strength, not isolation. If everyone has different culture, tradition, language etc. You get isolation, not unity. Try walking down the streets today and hearing everyone speaking in languages you don't understand. It makes you feel utterly alone, despite being around lots of people.
Bathurst N.B.'s finest - Don Connolly!
@Hanakowasright
Ай бұрын
pretty cool guy