Hi,

i was wondering if anyone could tell me a few things about living in Moncton. My husband and i are thinking of relocating to moncton with our young son and are really curious how it feels to live there. so i was wondering if anyone would mind sharing good or bad things. it would really help make this huge decision!!

thank you

Kimmy

Moncton is a great place to live. Big enough to not be bored but not large enough to have the troubles of a big city (although it's starting). We're 15 minutes away from the ocean (Shediac) if you ant to get away from the city. Property is a good price, the people are friendly and the food is good :D

Downfalls

Depending on where you're coming from you're bound to see, long hospital waits, horrible roads, decent amount of snowfall in the winter and large class sizes in school. Our public transportation also sucks :(

Overall I would consider it a GREAT place to raise a family. :)

I have lived in ontario, nova scotia and moncton, and i prefere moncton over anywhere else.

If you have a young son, then he will have lots to do. We have open public pools indoor and out, park groups, boys and girls clubs a large YMCA centenial park ( man made beach, childrens pool, walking trails, boating, and several diffrent parks inside the park itself. tennis courts, andmuch more) Thats justa few things for your son.

I would choose a residence just outside of Moncton, I live just outside and it is a lot safer. We have  Champlian Mall, which compared to the malls in the east coast, it is enormous. We have great night life, and the people here are generally friendly. Our school system is great ( I am currently in it so don???t listen to anyone who tells you different) That???s a little of the positive.

Now a little of the bad. Do not walk the streets later than 1 am in greater Moncton. Ever. High teen and young adult drug use. Our roads suck.  And buses are slow

Thanks for the info!!

We currently live in Montreal so im sure there is a huge difference in crime level. im just glad you were honest in letting us know. that is a big factor in choosing this path. we're tired of big city. but are not necessarily looking for small town. so moncton felt good..

where is a good place to look for a house.. safety, price, location wise..

Thanks

 

Well i live out in iristown ( outside of moncton) very quiet and private. Good prices. THen there is pine tree mini homes. What are you looking for?

http://www.mls.ca/communityResults.aspx?keyword=moncton

hello,

we're looking for a quiet area thats easy enough to get to work. and somewhere we can get a nice family home .. hopefully near parks or schools. our son is still very young (15 months) but parks are definatly handy :P

thanks for your advice/help :)

Riverview would be good. I grew up there...lots and lots of parks pools, an elementary school..2 of them..quiet..larger houses, not bad prices, stores, and not far from moncton

Riverview, definitely, or any of the areas out by magnetic hill are nice as well. Stay away from downtown..

I grew up there..ages 4-10 and i loved it --> riverview

Moncton is great for raising a family, getting an education, or to retire to. But job/career wise it sucks. Unless you think food service/call center is a career. :-/

I am currently living in Riverview and its very nice, very layed back, fairly quiet and its very close to the city.

I wouldn't consider Moncton a bad place career wise. You need an education though.

u should chose from 3 places A)Dieppe its right next to Moncton its a city but smaller than moncton Dieppe is pretty much the suburbs of Moncton traffic though is bad B)Riverview its right across the Petitcodiac River and its a nice medium size town but traffic thier is bad thier is only one major road thier C)North West of Moncton the magnetic hill area is a very good place.

http://www.google.ca/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q=Moncton 

thiers a link of a map of the city to get a really good view of the whole area press the satielte button

www.mls.ca     We  just   purchased a house  we used Royal a Page  and they  were great!

The_Boiz wrote:

www.mls.ca     We  just   purchased a house  we used Royal a Page  and they  were great!

Here! Here! I agree...RLP is pretty much the choice of champions!

Yeah    they were very  nice and helped us in  any way they could.  They were honest and    for a  mother  and daughter team  was  very impressed  honest  to the point.  I only  delat with RLP  no one  else I was told  that EXIT   is  known  for their  "screw ups"    but  RLP I give them 10/10  very  professional

The_Boiz wrote:

Yeah    they were very  nice and helped us in  any way they could.  They were honest and    for a  mother  and daughter team  was  very impressed  honest  to the point.  I only  delat with RLP  no one  else I was told  that EXIT   is  known  for their  "screw ups"    but  RLP I give them 10/10  very  professional

I have to answer that. We used Exit. Maybe it was just their guy (Phil Albert) but he was brilliant. We were so impressed we used him a 2nd time to buy our duplex for renting out.

YOU will love it here.

Moncton is a great place to live but it needs more imagionation when it comes to stores and business, etc. A couple of examples are we get a Tim Hortons, and all of a sudden (over a few years) we have about 60 of them. We get a call center then the city is full of them. You see a do it yourself car wash then there are 10 of them almost overnight. It's almost as if anybody is scared to try something new until they see other people doing it then it's bandwagon time. Oops, I'm turning into a 1958 Rambler again. Please excuse me.

awesome everyone thanks for the info!! we're coming down for a visit next week.. anything goin on in town we should check out or know about?

We moved here from Longueuil. No regrets at all. We're near Rinzlers of Mountain Road (the best shop in Canada). None of the family drives and despite what people say, the buses are cheap and reliable; serving shopping centres and cinemas. For a 'big shop' we bus to the store and taxi back. Taxis are cheap. We have 3 huge stores for groceries etc within 15 minutes by cycle; you'd be surprised what can be carried by backpack and handlebars.

The biggest problem with buses is going out of town. Either you're not left with much time wherever you visit or an overnight stay is involved. Parlee Beach is good and while it may seem a lot to get there by taxi, it is less for a family than the bus and there's no 'parking' fee, so that offsets part of the cost. What we spend on taxis is a fraction of running a car...although I recognise there are some disadvantages in not driving.

Property is cheap and attractive. Crime is seemingly non existent. People leave their cars unlocked everywhere, windows open and even keys in the ignition. We've lived here a year and I have read of only one street mugging in all that time.

The road surfaces are far better than Montreal's and snow clearance is fantastic.

Downsides? Just one garbage collection weekly. No nearby 'big city'. No cheap flights to Europe from the airport.

 

Oh yes...mosquitoes.

BristolUK wrote:

 We're near Rinzlers of Mountain Road (the best shop in Canada).

Glad you like Rinzlers. The owner once lost his hat. I found it and returned it to him and he gave me 2 of the tastiest steaks you can imagine. Since then I've always liked the place and have had many a happy barbeque as a result of Rinzlers. As an added bonus it's conveniently located on the way to the Mountain Road Beverage Store.

My mom buys hundreds of dollars of meat there every month

I love Riverview.. I grew up in Moncton but enjoy Riverview more.. Its more of a small town feel.. I just bought a house over here they have great schools and lots of programms for children. If your looking for a house. I just bought one.. Here is my real estate agents website. She was extremely helpful and really worked to find me what I was looking for. I highly recomend her..

http://www.movinggreatermoncton.com/

Good luck on your quest..

What ever happened to Gunningsville...?
Was it swallowed up in the latest opinion poll....?

Look here, "Thinking of moving to Moncton" Move NOW!

I thrice visited Moncton. Once in 73, again in 80, and once again (work related) in 2001.

I have found that over the decades (that I have been around), Moncton is a very generous city. It's suburbs are, needless to say somewhat sprawling and disjointed, but the peiple who live there, are true salts of the earth. Yes it has it;s malls and drive-by, drive-in, bad areas...what city in north america can you find a "bad area," that asks you, if you are from "up-along?"

Dear "THinking of moving", do it now. If you need cowbell, call Bulert. If you need directions, call Willie. If you need salvation call WWJD. If you need a walk on the wild side, call OneandOnly.

Moncton is a place of very fine people.

Seek them out when you find your plot of ground and have set up your home. The salt air will do you good.

My two point seven cents.

Moncton is a wonderful place to live.  I came down 5 yrs ago to visit  and i ended up moveing here!  I have no regrets. Moncton is  full of nice people and is not  fast paced at all   Hope  you  move to The Maritimes  esp Moncton you'll love it!

I'm thinking of leaving Moncton...!