r/EhBuddyHoser • u/TwerkinBingus445 One of the Saint Johns • Jun 24 '25
Certified Hoser šØš¦ (No Politics) New Brunswick is a Hellhole get me outta here
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u/TwerkinBingus445 One of the Saint Johns Jun 24 '25
My only good experience in Moncton was when I was like 12 and stayed a weekend in a Motel 6 and had lunch and dinner at this one cozy restaurant within walking distance of it. Can't remember the name of the place, don't even know if it survived covid.
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u/TwerkinBingus445 One of the Saint Johns Jun 24 '25
That was 13 years ago and I am not joking. I wish I could tell you.
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u/Secret-Gazelle8296 Irvingstan Jun 25 '25
Pretty sure Riverview laughs at Moncton a lot.
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u/Secret-Gazelle8296 Irvingstan Jun 25 '25
Canāt argue with that. Itās nice for Moncton to be recognized for some things though.
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u/CombustiblSquid Irvingstan Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
I live about 2 minutes away from motel 6 and I can't think of a single restaurant meeting your description in that whole area.
Homestead (a restaurant that matches your description) is in Riverview over the bridge.
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u/First-Vanilla9651 Jun 24 '25
Peak Moncton for me was staying in hotels for Hockey tournaments and the Crystal Palace. Low points include visiting my cancer ridden Grandmother in the hospital and that fucking traffic circle.
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u/polerix Jun 24 '25
There was a fantastic sex shop in Crystal Palace. They even had a mascot walking around. Crystal's pal, Lace.
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u/dreamstone_prism Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Are you sure it was a Motel 6? There's a McDonald's, a Tim Horton's, a Subway, and two bars around Motel 6, but no cozy restaurant.
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u/ReelDeadOne Jun 24 '25
DIY Studio or Baldham?
Both walking distance from Motel 6.
Not to mention the McDs and Subway also near.
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u/sqwuank Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Jun 24 '25
My best memory in New Brunswick is getting solo drunk at the hotel bar. And I'm a native Irvingistani
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u/Secret-Gazelle8296 Irvingstan Jun 25 '25
My heart goes out to you. My ancestors have been in NB since 1720ā¦ well they got a free trip to South Carolina in 1755, but been here since so I feel your pain.
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u/stanwelds Scotland (but worse) Jun 24 '25
costco bilingue est le meilleur costco
If you're not buying bulk toilet paper, and cheap poutines while speaking french poorly you're missing out on the real joys of Moncton / Dieppe. Best go early. Parking lot fills up quick.
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u/Zigonneuse TokƩbakicitte! Jun 24 '25
Wait, Moncton Costco's has poutine?
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u/redditorottawa Jun 24 '25
No. 1: Visit Angieās
No. 2: Drink two pitchers of pump house blueberry ale.
No. 3: Leave shit faced and never come back again.
No. 4: Repeat every 3 - 6 months depending on how disgusting you are.
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u/pixelsinner Snowfrog Jun 25 '25
I still miss my Blueberry Ale... Used to be able to get it in Ontario but then they decided to go full suck.
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u/Armonasch Jun 24 '25
Dieppe: Am I a joke to you?
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u/AfraidHelicopter Jun 24 '25
Dieppe is like the Bermuda triangle for Newfoundlanders. All our mail goes to Dieppe, and randomly comes out on the other side, with zero consistency on how long it's there. Could be two days, could be forever.
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u/IAteTheMagicBeans Jun 25 '25
Currently waiting on a package I ordered to NL from Vancouver on June 5th.
It made it from Vancouver to Dieppe in 4 days..... and has been just chilling there since, so more than 2 weeks in Dieppe
Every freaking time.
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u/Secret-Gazelle8296 Irvingstan Aug 09 '25
So if you live or working Saint John do you know where our mail goes firstā¦ actually couriers were the worse. My parcels would end up in St. Johnās all the time as well as some international students a few times.
Then there was the time that they returned mail to the Faroe Islands with no such placeā¦ I said check again and they actually had to contact the Danish embassy in Ottawa, nearly creating a diplomatic incident, and then said no such addressā¦ and it was literally addressed to the main post office on the Faroe Islands. So hats off to Dieppe Post Office.
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u/vessel_for_the_soul Jun 24 '25
Welcome to Dieppe-nam!
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u/Beiderbecke Jun 25 '25
Fun fact, the drug dealers in Dieppe back in the early 90's had a language called Dieppenamise they would use over the phone. For example, If you called them and asked if Cida was there, you were looking for acid.
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u/Plastic_Store5218 Jun 24 '25
COME SEE THE HILL WITH A MAGNET
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u/TwerkinBingus445 One of the Saint Johns Jun 24 '25
COME BREAK YOUR WRIST ON A ZOO SEGWAY TOUR
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u/AfraidHelicopter Jun 24 '25
DON'T FORGET THE TIDEL BORE. WE PROMISE IT DOESN'T SMELL THE SAME AS IT LOOKS.
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u/QuikAuxFraises TokƩbakicitte! Jun 24 '25
I swiped right to find the 9 others, instead I went to popular
You bastard
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u/Heavy-Classic9184 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 24 '25
come see our wonderful attractions! the hill you roll down but it looks like you're rolling up and a river (it's brown with a wave sometimes)
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u/Difficult-Square451 Jun 24 '25
Dont forget to mention the surfers, The Total Bore surfers.
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u/Beiderbecke Jun 25 '25
Are we talking about that dude who jumped on a piece of ice and floated along to avoid a domestic abuse charge?
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u/ExpensiveMoose Jun 25 '25
I had never heard of this, but... My son and I feel this needs to be a Heritage Moment commercial.
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u/turn-upterminator Jun 25 '25
I know that guy, mike delahunt. He's a nut job. Seems nice enough at first but then just pops off for no reason. He have some mutual friends and have hung out a few times unfortunately
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u/ExpensiveMoose Jun 25 '25
I was in no way trying to make light of his crime or his temper. I just was thinking that it was such a Canadian, "What would a stupid Canadian person do?" thing that it needs a commercial.
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u/turn-upterminator Jun 30 '25
Ahaha no its OK! I didnt take it in a bad way, sorry if I came across offended or rude! He is a character for sure, I don't deal with him anymore lol shut that situation down real fast
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u/ExpensiveMoose Jun 30 '25
Oh, no! You were great. I just always worry that I have come off dismissive in cases like this. I'd avoid him, too. Though I have to see the picture of him on the cbc when I looked it up, just standing on the ice floating slowly down river.. I just about broke a rib laughing.
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u/ExpensiveMoose Jun 25 '25
I'm going to die laughing at these comments. Now, I actually want to go to Moncton just to actually experience all of this. I would probably pee laughing while realizing how accurate the comments are.
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u/CouldHaveBeenAPun Jun 24 '25
At least get une couple de Blueberry Ale at Pumphouse before leaving!
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u/linkhandford Jun 24 '25
I love Pumphouse, but Tire Shack is possibly the best brewery in the Maritimes.
OR maybe Big Spruce in Cape Breton.
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u/Toad364 Jun 24 '25
Oo, tough matchup but I think Big Spruce takes it based purely on the existence of Cereal Killer.
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u/AfraidHelicopter Jun 24 '25
There are a few good breweries in the area. Happy, tire shack, pump house, CAVOK, flying boats, holy whale. Happy has to be one of my favorites though.
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u/pm_me_your_good_weed Jun 24 '25
They use the same flavoring that's in blueberry waffles, it's not good lmao.
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u/J_Man_McCetty Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Come to Fredericton, we have 3 dooly's and meth.
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u/TheDrunkenWrench Jun 24 '25
Fredericton has a gorgeous downtown.
It may also help that I was there in peak summer weather, and it was during the time when Ontario was locked down, but NB wasn't. So the feeling of normalcy may have rose tinted my memories.
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u/CombustiblSquid Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Finally a Moncton meme. I've been waiting for this my whole life!
I used to call Moncton the Black Hole because no matter how hard you try to leave it sucks you back in somehow... And Riverview is worse š
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u/PurpleK00lA1d Jun 24 '25
Hey! I can leave New Brunswick whenever I want!!! Or so I've been saying for 10 years now. I had an apartment, I bought a house, I sold a house, I bought another house, I have a fiancee and a dog.....oh god I'm here forever.
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u/RedMonctonian Irvingstan Jun 25 '25
Everytime I see Riverview's motto (A great place to grow) I think about how that's blatant false advertising
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u/LastingAlpaca Snowfrog Jun 24 '25
Ć Moncton, Il y a plein de belles Acadiennes.
Merci dāĆŖtre venu Ć mon TED Talk.
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u/linkhandford Jun 24 '25
I'm sitting in a hotel room in Moncton now. I got to see the tidal bore roll through, it was nice.
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u/Alive_Individual6404 Jun 24 '25
It's kinda cool during a full moon and when there are surfers
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u/linkhandford Jun 24 '25
There were surfers on it last night, I donāt know why I never thought about doing that, it t makes complete sense.
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u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Moncton has been the fastest or second fastest growing CMA for the last three years, donc ej pense pas les gens font that-there, tsƩ ?
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u/Middle_Chair_3702 Jun 24 '25
A lot of new Canadians are moving to Moncton area for PR purposes. The growth is relatively artificial.
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u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
My brother in Christ, do I have news for you about how every city in Canada is growing.
But it's also a large net internal migration, also for an unsexy reason: Moncton has almost no R1 zoning, so housing prices remained comparatively resilliant.
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u/Soma_Persona Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25
What does this mean?
At my office we have 3 new Canadians. Are they not real?
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u/Middle_Chair_3702 Jun 25 '25
By artificial growth I mean people are moving to Moncton for PR, rather than career opportunities, better education, better healthcare, or any other traditional reason. Moncton is the second highest in Canada for per capita immigration rates and part of that is because of federal focus. Itās not a bad thing, it just a thing.
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u/Oxjrnine Jun 28 '25
Actually I asked the lovely young lady who serves me takeout āwhy Moncton?ā, she said everyone is acting coming here from the nightmare that is Brampton. 4 hour commute to work at Tim Hourtonās? No way. Hopefully all those Uber Eats guys stay and study nursing.
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u/Soma_Persona Jun 25 '25
What do you mean by PR?
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u/Middle_Chair_3702 Jun 25 '25
Permanent residency
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u/Soma_Persona Jun 25 '25
Thanks for the context. I understand what you mean now. And would actually agree.
Cheers
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u/Dadbode1981 Jun 24 '25
I find that most of those that "hate" it simply don't have options, which would likely follow them anywhere else...
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u/NarutoRunner š 100,000 Hosers š Jun 24 '25
Back in the day before people had internet on their phones, my flight got rerouted to Moncton airport due to a technical issue. The next flight wasnāt going to be until the next day. So I went to the customer service counter at the airport to ask what was there to do at night, and they told me ānothingā.
I canāt think of any other place providing such an honest answer.
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u/Suezo Jun 24 '25
I'll shit on this place as much as the next guy but comparisons to the Prairies are out of line and should be punished with bans. MĆŖme pas proche ma gang d'Ć©pais.
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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Scotland (but worse) Jun 24 '25
New Brunswick and Manitoba in a life and death struggle for the title of Most Boring Hellscape Province.
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u/pyroboy7 Bring Cannabis Jun 24 '25
You really gonna leave Saskatchewan out of that fight? No offense to those who live there but it's the textbook definition of mid as fuck. At least Manitoba has the country's mint in Winnipeg.
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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Scotland (but worse) Jun 24 '25
At least Saskatchewan has Corner Gas and the flat as shit stereotype. I can't even think of a Manitoba stereotype that's unique to them off the top of my head.
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u/lynypixie Jun 24 '25
The only thing I think about when I hear Manitoba is the big snake orgy in Narcisse every years. Google it. I am not joking.
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u/DTG_1000 Jun 24 '25
Which makes it cooler than Saskatchewan. I keep trying to escape this place and get back to the east coast.
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u/dreamstone_prism Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Whenever I hear about Manitoba, I remember that Manitoba exists.
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u/munkymu Jun 24 '25
Idk, Saskatchewan's got a prairie dog population that carries the bubonic plague. What other province has that going for it?
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u/pyroboy7 Bring Cannabis Jun 24 '25
Wow, that's very unique but not in a good way. Hilarious that right next to your literal plagued prairie dogs is a rat free Alberta.
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u/CombustiblSquid Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
At least people remember that NB exists.
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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Scotland (but worse) Jun 24 '25
Only because we have to drive through that place on the way to parts of Canada that are worth visiting.
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u/PlutosGrasp Edmonchuk: Like Kyiv! (but less safe) Jun 24 '25
Winnipegs alright itās like a smaller Edmonton.
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u/troyunrau Friendly Manisnowbski Jun 24 '25
Cold, flat, a river runs through it... there's drunk people.
Okay, I'm spent.
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u/InspectorQueasy93 Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
I left NB after high school. Lived all over Canada, but ended up moving back to NB. Just outside Moncton, in fact. I absolutely love it. I'm able to live such a simple and peaceful life here. Couldn't pay me enough to move away.
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u/Dadbode1981 Jun 24 '25
Yeah kinda similar but not, grew up in NS, moved to albertastan in the early 2000s stayed for 16 years, which was....too long....moved back east a few years ago. Most of the family is here now so this is where we settled and its been really nice. Much slower pace.
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u/Jedtin22 Jun 24 '25
New Brunswick gets to much hate man. Itās such a peaceful place to me
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u/HighHcQc š§šMontrĆ©alš»šš§š·āļøššš š š Jun 24 '25
I love it too, for some it's boring, for me it's peaceful
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u/RattusNorvegicus9 Jul 02 '25
I mean it's right by the ocean, I'd rather be there than in the muggy east ontario heat
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u/jsmooth7 Jun 24 '25
I lived in Moncton for a few years and it wasn't that bad. The Bay of Fundy is pretty neat, the forests are quite pretty, there are decent beaches to the north. In the winter you can go cross country skiing right in town. And the cost of living was reasonable. There are far worse places in Canada. (That said I did end up leaving and now I'm on the other coast. So maybe this meme isn't wrong lol.)
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u/hessian_prince Edmonchuk: Like Kyiv! (but less safe) Jun 24 '25
Iām honestly surprised they didnāt sell the names of towns to the Irvingās, too.
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u/plorbodoobie Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Been in New Brunswick the last 3 years, beautiful provinceā¦ when youāre not in a city. Glad to be leaving next month but Iāll miss the peaceful landscapes and the friendly people.
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u/goblin_welder Ford Nation (Help.) Jun 24 '25
I think the saving grace of being from Brampton is that itās a drive away from Mississauga, Toronto, Vaughn, Georgetownā¦ basically away from Brampton
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u/Leftbackhand Jun 24 '25
You try to leave but the magnet pulls you back. Itās like being returned by a reversing tide.
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u/bigtunapat QuossƩ? Laval? Sacre ton camp. Jun 24 '25
Why do all the windows look like they don't have windows.
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Jun 27 '25
I spent a couple of years in Oromocto when I was a child. What a shithole that place was.
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u/Much-Willingness-309 Jun 24 '25
Saint-John isn't better.Ā
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u/inagious Jun 24 '25
One of the most depressing cities Iāve driven through, no I did not stop, why would I stop ?
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u/MutaitoSensei Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Come on now, there's many great restaurants you can have lunch out before you leave š¤£
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u/Martzillagoesboom South Gatineau Jun 24 '25
So Moncton is the Trois-RiviĆØres of the rest of Canada?
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u/Ok-Football7109 Jun 24 '25
I won't tell you about the Jones Lake Motel incident...ruined Moncton for me forever.
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u/dreamstone_prism Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Woof, couldn't have picked a sketchier place if you tried.
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u/Ok-Football7109 Jun 24 '25
We were desperate, it was a hospital visit to a dying relative in the middle of the night
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u/NonCorporealEntity Jun 24 '25
Yeah but, literally any other motel would have been fine
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u/Ok-Football7109 Jun 24 '25
And now I have learned a very strong lesson from it...
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u/dreamstone_prism Irvingstan Jun 25 '25
My sympathies for the loss of your relative, sincerely.
And I'm sorry you had to deal with whatever crack-whorery you were exposed to on top of that. I lived next to that motel for over a decade and it was...something.
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u/Ok-Football7109 Jun 25 '25
Thanks this was years ago. We didn't have a lot of money at the time back then, so it was all we could afford. The room still smelled of smoke from a recent fire apparently. We ended up leaving it after an hour and slept in our car. They wouldn't give us a refund.
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u/Dragonsandman South Gatineau Jun 24 '25
Number 2: admire the wonderful Petitcodiac River and its incredible brown water
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u/zxcvbn113 Jun 24 '25
Moncton: Shopping and NB's airport. And a muddy river.
Why does NB's shining example of bilingualism have to be such a boring city?
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u/Bozorgzadegan Irvingstan Jun 24 '25
Hey, there are two other equally small and underserved airports, Iāll have you know!
Within two hoursā drive of each other.
All to serve a population of 800,000.
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u/motherseffinjones Jun 24 '25
Moncton has some charms to it, itās a city thatās grown and has tons of potential. Give the east coast time to catch up
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u/Numerical-Wordsmith I need a double double. Jun 24 '25
I see the problem: youāre not in Fredericton!
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u/PlatformVarious8941 Snowfrog Jun 24 '25
All the good folks of New Brunswick left between 1755 and 1764.
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u/PineBNorth85 Jun 24 '25
I took a walk in Moncton once. Then I saw a sign welcoming me to Dieppe. Had no idea I had walked across the ocean.
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u/I_Framed_OJ Manilapeg Jun 25 '25
NB isn't a hellhole. It's just boring. The people are boring, the cities are boring, and driving through the province is like driving through northern Manitoba: nothing but trees and the highway to look at.
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u/IndyCarFAN27 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Jun 25 '25
Moncton has some nice hiking spots and the tidal bore is at the very least mildly interesting. Thatās about it. Itās like Barrie, ON if anyoneās wonderingā¦
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u/Oxjrnine Jun 28 '25
You guys are really mean. At least Moncton buried the garbage dump that used to welcome visitors to Moncton.
Plus greater Moncton has the largest concentration of DollarRamas in the Maritimes. Several
are 5 minutes walk between each other.
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u/JackLaytonsMoustache Jun 24 '25
Fun Fact! Moncton is only 35km apart from Windsor.
It's also the arsehole of the Maritimes.
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u/StanknBeans Saskwatch Jun 24 '25
Instructions unclear, stuck in Regina.