There seems to be a segment of the population in Saint John that is resentful of success and who delights in seeing people fail. Ignore them Shane and concentrate on moving forward.
Why are some folks so negative and seemingly instinctive to want to see others fail? I don' get it. I was headlined in a couple of articles in our local newspaper today regarding my brewery expansion. Both my Mom and my wife were approached by people that they know, who obviously read the articles, that expressed an unbelievable amount of negativity. As in, "are you sure he can afford it", "what waste of tax payers dollars", "must be nice to be given a government handout", and "are you sure he knows what he's doing?" Why the fcck to people have to be so negative? Personally, I applaud folks that try and give it a go on their own. But nope, some folks just love to talk sh!t about anything positive that some folks are trying to do. Needed to vent as some people truly me off!
Moncton struck me as trying hard to develop. Kind of a small city trying to be a metropolis. Fredericton was a small city trying to be a village. Of the two years I lived in the Saint John area, I found a general attitude of negativity.
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on April 26, 2017, 11:37:08 amMoncton struck me as trying hard to develop. Kind of a small city trying to be a metropolis. Fredericton was a small city trying to be a village. Of the two years I lived in the Saint John area, I found a general attitude of negativity.I distinctly recall common council here in Saint John a few years ago, they said that if they extended the water main to a new part of Millidgeville, then developers would just build big expensive houses, and what would be the point in that? There is a huge segment of the population in this city that does not want any change of any kind.
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on April 26, 2017, 11:37:08 amMoncton struck me as trying hard to develop. Kind of a small city trying to be a metropolis. Fredericton was a small city trying to be a village. Of the two years I lived in the Saint John area, I found a general attitude of negativity.Fredericton is better these days, I think. There are of course still those people trying to retain the status quo though.
Quote from: sailor723 on April 25, 2017, 11:35:43 pmThere seems to be a segment of the population in Saint John that is resentful of success and who delights in seeing people fail. Ignore them Shane and concentrate on moving forward.This definitely isn't specific to Saint John. New Brunswick in general has this defeatist attitude that makes me sick. I can't tell you the number of times I've heard something like, "that's just the way it is here." Very few people seem to be interested in improving this province or themselves. Even more ridiculous is the sentiment that people here shouldn't have high expectations for their lives.We need more people like Shane to build businesses that not only employ people but export their products outside of NB.
Quote from: OliverD on April 26, 2017, 11:32:34 amQuote from: sailor723 on April 25, 2017, 11:35:43 pmThere seems to be a segment of the population in Saint John that is resentful of success and who delights in seeing people fail. Ignore them Shane and concentrate on moving forward.This definitely isn't specific to Saint John. New Brunswick in general has this defeatist attitude that makes me sick. I can't tell you the number of times I've heard something like, "that's just the way it is here." Very few people seem to be interested in improving this province or themselves. Even more ridiculous is the sentiment that people here shouldn't have high expectations for their lives.We need more people like Shane to build businesses that not only employ people but export their products outside of NB.No kidding, I see that all the time as well. It's those same people that tell me how "lucky" I am to own a brewery.
We need more people like Shane to build businesses that not only employ people but export their products outside of NB.
Quote from: tenpenny on April 26, 2017, 12:01:50 pmQuote from: Sir Osis of Liver on April 26, 2017, 11:37:08 amMoncton struck me as trying hard to develop. Kind of a small city trying to be a metropolis. Fredericton was a small city trying to be a village. Of the two years I lived in the Saint John area, I found a general attitude of negativity.I distinctly recall common council here in Saint John a few years ago, they said that if they extended the water main to a new part of Millidgeville, then developers would just build big expensive houses, and what would be the point in that? There is a huge segment of the population in this city that does not want any change of any kind.Brilliant.
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on April 26, 2017, 12:53:15 pmQuote from: tenpenny on April 26, 2017, 12:01:50 pmQuote from: Sir Osis of Liver on April 26, 2017, 11:37:08 amMoncton struck me as trying hard to develop. Kind of a small city trying to be a metropolis. Fredericton was a small city trying to be a village. Of the two years I lived in the Saint John area, I found a general attitude of negativity.I distinctly recall common council here in Saint John a few years ago, they said that if they extended the water main to a new part of Millidgeville, then developers would just build big expensive houses, and what would be the point in that? There is a huge segment of the population in this city that does not want any change of any kind.Brilliant.Shouldn't the rich pay for their own water pipes? And their own roads for that matter.
Shouldn't the rich pay for their own water pipes? And their own roads for that matter.
Define "rich".....and shouldn't the ones that pay the most taxes get some benefits now and again??