Crombie has ruined most of the properties they've been involved with - they have no interest in anything that will keep consumers shopping for extended periods of time - just in and out, mass produced crap that appeals to kids who can't look up from their iPhones long enough to see what is around them. They'll drive out all of the stores that appeal to the adults who are funding the shopping trips and fill it with crap for the <18 crowd with nothing but high visibility, high recognition franchises. They'd rather operate a mall that looks dead because no one stays in the building for more than 10 minutes beyond their purchase unless they work there. The longer people stay - the high their cost to operate (security, maintenance, cleaners, administrative staff).
The statistics listed above are flawed. The majority of the outward migration was and still is being caused by the centralization of services in Halifax. If you look at movement within the province, there are far more people moving out of the urban areas into rural Nova Scotia. The key issue is the sheer lack of government support or interest in anything rural - once people leave the city, there is nothing left for them and any hope of success hinges on relocating to an area that is interested in cultivating services for young families.
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