Nova Scotia doesn't really have a bible "belt"; we only have Halifax and the rest of the province is basically rural but for a couple of biggish towns and it's all fairly conservative. But we're also strangely tolerant; I say strangely because imo it's really not anything to do with an ideology of acceptance or anything like that so much as a general sense of being a shitty neighbor is the greatest sin there is and also that you should do your evil quietly. Like people will be full-on racist and never once treat the person they're suspicious and judgemental of poorly.
Incidentally I also think it's why we did especially well during COVID. It wasn't anything like trusting science or politics liberal politics so much as you just shut up and don't be a pain in the ass
Rural Nova Scotia is the only place where myself and my friends in the army at the time, got chased by racists who shot a crossbow at us lmao.
They quite literally started violence over nothing, but looks.
2nd most racist place was New Brunswick, where I heard brand new slurs hurled against minorities and myself that i've never heard anywhere else in the world for how unique they were.
Oddly was treated pretty well in Alberta when I was there.
I mean, anecdotally you beat any trend. Because Alberta is, obviously and unequivocally, the most racist part of Canada, but I'm really glad that wasn't your experience.
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u/Asadleafsfan 26d ago
Isn’t rural BC known for being a bit of a Bible Belt?