Mayor urges weary residents of Toronto, Vancouver to move to Saint John, N.B.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The mayor of Saint John, N.B., is getting a flood of responses after issuing a social media plea for people tired of long Toronto and Vancouver commutes to move east.
Don Darling posted his message last week after Statistics Canada released data showing New Brunswick commute times are much shorter than in most big cities.
“Hey Toronto and Vancouver, move to Saint John NB, we have jobs, you can buy a house for well under 200k and our commutes are measured in minutes. Contact me and I will share with you how much I love my city and how much we want you,” he posted.
Darling said he suddenly started getting calls and emails this week after the post jumped to the front page of Reddit with more than 100,000 views and nearly 1,000 comments by Thursday afternoon.