Nova Scotia is truly lovely...but perhaps people want to check out prices as compared to say Boston area...from several locations, such as California, various parts of Canada (probably cheaper) and England, Germany etc. I don't know the difference but it might be considerable, except for Canadians..and of course that is good....also there is another border crossing...(sorry, except also for Canadians) also the ferry isn't free and takes another night..just factors...I would love to come to NS though.mg