Why I recommend this place to visitors — 1 year ago
Y’know, I recommend the island to anyone. I was born there, put up with the tourists (the population during the summer swells as big as 4 times that of the winter), dealt with the snow (I remember snowdrifts ten feet high in the middle of the road and weeks of no school), and handled the lack of “outside” influence. I moved across the country to British Columbia about six years ago and I’ve been kicking myself ever since.
Prince Edward Island is all about the laid back. It’s the kind of place where people stop in the middle of a highway to let you cross. Doors aren’t always locked at night. There is nothing natural that could or would kill you (short of a tree falling on you, of course). In short, the pace of life is much slower, much easier, and much more relaxed.
But I’m no tourist trap. Just telling it like it is.
One last thing: the notion of a unified nation north of the Colonies was first conceived in PEI - birthplace of Confederation. There would be no Canada without Prince Edward Island.
