Move to Saint John, New Brunswick In 2024? Still Worth It? An Honest Rant 

Would love to hear your thoughts! Does New Brunswick offer you and your family a better way of life?

I'm a born and breed saint johnner and I take no issue to your opinions and criticism of Saint John...I have the same issues you have..I'm sorry you've been abused for your thoughts and opinions ..I thank you for the time you've spent giving an honest review of the city and I hope you continue to love the best parts of the city and surrounding areas.

Im really glad you mentioned Irving.....good on your for your honesty about the situation that the citizens are aware of and powerless to stop.

I must admit, the people and community have been so amazing and overall feels like a warm hug coming from Toronto. Grateful to have been embraced by the locals here.

Thanks so much for the shoutout Jordan!!! Amazing video and I always appreciate the support man. I can’t wait for our next collaboration!

Great video ❤. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me at the Canadian Tire East side of Saint John last week . Was the one that assisted you in getting your order into your car.😊

Very raw, honest video, thank you.

Hey Jordan! Great video and congratulations on your company taking off! 🎉 Great job with staying unbiased but really hitting on the personal experience with your review. As a fellow Ontario transfer, I love it here! I was definitely enticed by home prices but for me, the lifestyle was a hugggee factor in choosing New Brunswick (I'm in Quispamsis). I would say for my current situation, New Brunswick was exactly what I needed ❤

Thank you for the nice video. I was born and raised in Saint John but left in 2003. I just returned for my mother funeral. Being back home was wonderful, seeing cousins and friends, going for relaxing walks. My watch recorded the constant lowest heart rate in a long time. So I am asking the question, should I move back? The lack of traffic was very nice. The only frustrating thing was flying into Saint John, 3 flights and cancellations. I travel for work, so not sure if it would be feasible. But I didn’t miss the traffic of NYC, the bay area or now Austin

Hi ! I had the pleasure to see you at Costco last Thursday! I was eating lunch,looked up and there you were walking from the cashier at Costco! You looked at me at the same time,and I smiled and said Hi! I did not want to embarrass you,but I wanted to acknowledge you,and I follow you on utube! I enjoy your content! Also your voice is so calming ! Love your family also! Debbie R

My motto is "buy nice or buy twice" when it comes to things I like + want!

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Absolutely it does. We moved from Shelburne Ontario to Dalhousie NB in 2022 and we absolutely love it. Houses here on the North Shore are so much cheaper than the rest of NB. We are only 15 minutes away from Walmart, Canadian Tire etc. Our daughter opened her own Tattoo shop ( Seabound Tattoo)here, she wouldn't have been able to afford to do that in Ontario . There's houses for sale here for under $100K, that will never be the case anywhere in Ontario now.

Thanks for the video. You weren't kidding about property tax, from a CBC news article: Saint John are limited by provincial rules to paying a municipal property tax rate to the city of $2,686 per $100,000 of assessed value. That's alot!

After having spent two weeks vacationing in crowded and noisy Bangkok, the realtor's photos of Sand Cove Road and your anecdotes about Saint John are quite refreshing. There is something to be said for quiet streets, big back yards, affordable living (at least, compared to where I live in Ontario), etc. Funny, when you drive only a few hours to Maine or Nova Scotia, everything seems so pristine compared to Saint John. However, maybe as more people move to Saint John, it will, through more property tax revenues, become less of a broke city and it will be able to polish itself up more. In fairness, it is a much, much nicer city than when I moved out in 1997. I was so impressed with the Uptown when I visited my mom last December.

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A lot of info packed into this video - pro tip - increase the playback speed :P Anyone reading this - can you create chapter markings? I will be forever grateful lol

I am deciding whether or not to go do my MBA in finance at UNB saint. Johns. I am about 30 and I would go with my fiancée from South America. I can’t really find much info about how is the job market for business professionals and also how suitable is for young couples. Any info would be helpful !!!

One thing that has not been mentioned is , for the children, when comes the time from them to work. Would they find something in their field or would they have to move ?

We moved to this city having lived in the US & it still doesn’t feel like home. This city has so many people but its got no soul.

It is called Canada’s only company province for a reason ; ) The reality is political decisions made in New Brunswick about its tax regime are made in Bermuda and on a lodge on the Restigouche River.

I’d love to connect and ask some questions man! Do you

Please tell me you guys know about Guy’s Frenchy’s on the lower west side for clothes! You want quality? I’ve found luxury goods, all for under $10 per piece. Perfect for kids too. The other day I found a gorgeous wool work shirt for my nephew in fall colours. Looked it up online and it was from a brand in Massachusetts specializing in handmade clothing made from their own wool/sheep. It was still for sale on their website and cost $300 US. I’ve also found Barbour, Ralph Lauren purple label, Chanel, Burberry, Gucci, etc. The kids clothing is so good! Anyway, the Maritimes is great for Guy’s Frenchy’s!

I find that the Ontario transplants that moved here to NB and complain about the costs here are the ones who made good money on the sale of their homes in Ontario and then spent the majority of their profit on a bigger more expensive home here. They didn't do their due diligence and research it properly. We paid $90K here, no mortgage, then bought a 2nd home for the same amount for our daughter to live in, also mortgage free. Our property taxes are under $1200 per year. Life here is so much more affordable

If I can weigh in, I haven't lived there but I have visited SJ NB with the intention of potentially move there. I think the low population should definitely be a consideration because there are a lot of issues/things that are a result of that low population. So I think that's the main thing people moving there need to consider

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I moved away from NB 27 years ago this month due to limited economic and career opportunities and now live in Ontario. I still go back once or twice a year and will probably retire there once the time comes. One thing that I noticed is that a lot of the people who came from Ontario and other places and bought cheap homes in rural NB the last 3-4 years are trying to sell those same houses now, and the market is not as hot as it once was. The meth problem is getting worse as there are people constantly wandering around day and night looking for stuff to steal. If you're a city person from southern Ontario, it is quite a culture shock to transition to those areas (it's 'too quiet' as my spouse describes), but lesser so if you moved to one of the three major urban areas where you have a lot of services, activities and amenities. BTW, is a run for city council in the works based on a platform of 'cleaning up' Saint John? Lol!

I see you and your family walking around the neighborhood often, maybe someday I'll say hi, but I've erred on not disturbing your walk with some random guy. It's getting more and more expensive here but relatively speaking at any given income you are better off here than many other places in Canada.

I need a job in saint Jhon. But no job . Anybody help me ?

Your from toronto and named your kid axel - sounds right

Why saint John? Why not Moncton ?

Love your videos, at least your not trying to sell us a house, lol

It's one thing to ean two thousand, it's a whole other trip to save two thousand.

A big issue people seem to neglect is the situation for those who are already in New Brunswick. Yes, houses are cheaper than most provinces but the average salary in New Brunswick is much lower as well. The pandemic + remote work skewed the whole alignment. You say yourself that since you explored the market to the latest realtor video 220K > 310K (nearly 50% increase). People on pensions, low income can no longer afford their homes or apartment (which is a whole other subject). People in New Brunswick don't have the luxury of moving to somewhere cheaper unless you want to force them out of Canada. The people have been struggling and are frustrated. I have seen the change in peoples attitude/friendliness last few years. When you have a 900K average house in Ontario, you don't think twice to overbid by 50K on a 300K house, pricing locals out.

Irving pays low taxes but has 3000 people working for him paying high taxes evin steven

Walking the north end, yeah, there's garbage issues , there's crime and infrastructure collapse issues, the roads are cracked, the police are overworked and called for stupid and waste-of-time situations by goofs who just want to be nasty. People are tired, and just want to be comfortable...but it's hard.

In regards to the refinery, you make it sound like Irving itself is responsible for the lower taxes it pays compared to its peers. Fact is in NB the government does not tax “equipment” within these plants, resulting in significantly lower assessments. It will take political willpower to change the tax system PROVINCIALLY to make it fairer. Irving operates within the framework of our tax system, so if they are paying less that’s on the province to get it fixed and make them pay more. One could argue Irving pressures the government to keep taxes lower, but it probably lands somewhere between myth and truth, we’ll never really know as mere commoners. In regards to garbage, it’s important not to overgeneralize. Yes some areas have garbage along main thoroughfares (for which I’ll pick up and bag for city to pick up), but the region also includes Kennebecasis Valley, Grand Bay, Hampton and other SJ neighborhoods that are mostly pristine. Ironically, Irving organizes garbage cleanup in the areas around the refinery. When all the garbage is picked up along McDonald St from Mt Pleasant to Loch Lomand, that’s Irving employees, not the city.

You really should visit the UK cities for dirt and rubbish on the roads. Saint John was nothing in comparison.