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Wow, was surprised to see the place I live in, in the 8th place (Nova Scotia's South Shore). The rating was done out of 99 world places, by merits of "In excellent shape, relatively unspoiled, and likely to remain so." I knew the place was beautiful (and unknown, therefore unspoiled), - but to see that we are above some beautiful islands and places like Africa and Italy, - just wow.
4 Canadian places are in the top 10, and 3 of them in Atlantic Canada - great!
The west coast is great with the mountains and all, but I went on a trip through the maritimes in the summer of 2009 and was absolutely blown away by Newfoundland.
I'm surprised to see NL on the top. It's beautiful but isn't the west coast more spectacular.
It all depends what you want. In my experience, people seem most attracted to landscapes that differ significantly from the ones with which they are most familiar.
Having grown up around glacial scour, black spruce and bog, I don't find Newfoundland to be all that attractive. The Lower Mainland of British Columbia, on the other hand, blows me away every time I see it. Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder.
Really? The water at New Brunswick beaches is warmer than the water at most east coast US beaches. Read up on the Gulf Stream
Really? I had no idea. I figured it would be as cold as Maine. I find Cape Cod warm and all points south. The Pacific I find was cold. Only around Santa Barbara it started getting tolerable.
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