Whew, no offence, but you truly need to get out more often. Check out: Bugaboos, Gardner Canal, Haida Gwaii, etc,. and that's just scratching the surface in BC! PEI: red, barren coastline, and potato fields...
@@dominicgreen4538 Did you read the initial comment, or does your selective interpretation not allow you to absorb context? I live on PEI. In comparison to many other places, it doesn't compare favourably, particularly to BC. Another fact regarding PEI: most people are leaving it, and most people are going to BC. What does that tell you about how wonderful it is on PEI? Yikes!
I'm just loving your content, and what you're taking us too during your trip across Canada - that rotating house is now a firm "must visit" for me; and I'm really looking forward to you showing us your home province (and the only one I've visited) next week.
True that. I will say I find it odd that when I read about PEI on social media everyone seems to love and adore it but all their admiration couldn't be further from the truth. It's just too easy to get stuck in this hellhole and it's certainly not the 'paradise' that all these old birds describe it as.
@@fiftycalibertim9364 Because people travel to PEI during the couple of months when the weather is nice and they think it's paradise. When you are on vacation, everything seems better. But, with that said, some love it after moving to PEI, some absolutely hate it after moving to PEI. One persons paradise, is another persons Hell. And visa versa.
@@shaykespeeer7040 It's usually only the gormless who love PEI. For us, it's like being on Devils Island in the film Papillon: staring over to the mainland, and dreaming of escaping.
My cottage is located about 20 minutes away from souris and I absolutely love it there. Every summer for my whole life (except 2020) I have been visiting and I honestly enjoy the no electronics rule that we have because it gives me the true feeling that it’s not just a place where you want to sit around and do nothing. It makes you want to go out and enjoy the nice fields around you
Also for a future trip...wanna do something that again hardly anyone knows about...look up St. Pierre and Miquelon. It's a French territory like 20 km south of the southern tip of Newfoundland. Never been but it's on the bucket list.
It is so crazy seeing someone come to P.E.I. Especially Summerside, my home! It's great to see you guys visiting some of my favourite spots. Glad you enjoyed!
I live in Souris. The town near the national park beach you visited towards the end of the video. Fun to see people appreciate what you take for granted sometimes. That mackerel you caught at the beginning really was massive also lol
Hey man, thanks for making this video! There's a lot more to PEI than I thought. Not always top of mind for a vacation, but I think it should be. I need to see the Maritime provinces, never been east of Québec. I'm from la belle province aussi, I'm an ex-Montrealer, living in the Okanagan Valley in BC now.
I've lived in the GTA my entire life but I'm moving down east in a couple of months. I've never ventured further then Nova Scotia, but I can't wait to explore PEI and NFLD. Thanks for the video, looking forward to new adventures.
Love 'Da Mama's Kitchen', awesome food! Worked at Prince Edward Aqua Farms for 5 years, great employees, like a big family extension. Nice to see them in the video.
as an islander, I've seen 99% of what is shown in this video which literally proves how small this place is. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful though.
Dude this brings me back! I lived for a few years in Prince Edward Island. The people and the island are amazing! Hope you got to try Cow's Ice Cream! Keep up the amazing content brother!!!!
If you are ever in PEI, stop into our music venue. We are 10 minutes from the Confederation. We are known as the little room with big sound and wicked talent. :) Cheers! @reddirtgirlmusicroom
Don’t usually comment on vids but this was not good video on PEI. I’m a Newfoundlander and spend part of my summers in PEI. This was like a bad tourism video. Sorry but there are soooooo many things you left out. Just my opinion.
It seems as though all the media regarding PEI paints it as if it's heaven. PEI is far from it. If anything it's like a Venus Fly Trap. It's looks real nice until you fly too close to the center.
Yeah, they focus on Lobster Rolls, those mindlessly sterile beaches, and a few comically lacklustre tourist traps. Everything that PEI has to offer can easily be tackled in a few hours. What can be said for a place whose chief claims to fame are potatoes, and a fictional character in a children's novel. Newfoundland is a far more impressive location out of all the Atlantic provinces, with Nova Scotia second. PEI is as exciting as an evening with an insurance salesman.
I live in North Rustico too. For those not in the know, North Rustico has: a grocery store, a gas station, a Lion's Club, and not much else. Everything else consists of sub-par tourist venues that are closed for most of the year, and lots of summer cottages that are empty the majority of the year. It's not anywhere that you'd want to spend any amount of time, unless you were buying gas so that you could keep driving.
Finally getting around to catching up on these. Great video! I'm stuck at home for a bit, so I am happy I still had these to watch. Now I can travel a bit from my living room haha
great vid glad you liked are island you never even nothing yet a little bit of it so many hidden gems here i fish out of victoria pei a great hidden gem
Just noticed you're at 9.99k! It's been so awesome watching this channel grow! Such underrated, incredible content. Hope you're feeling better too. Have a great new year!
i live in Vancouver and I always wanted to visit PEI and see the Green Gables, but the pandemic restricted me from going, now I met someone from PEI and for aure someday I will go and visit this beautiful province of Canada
You want to travel 5700 km to see a completely unassuming house that is surrounded by several awful amusement parks? Seriously, it's surrounded by roller coasters, and other crappy tourist traps. It's just down the road from me. Let me spare you the trouble and expense: it's not worth seeing. If you're coming from BC expecting a lot of beauty here, you're going to be disappointed. On a graduated scale from 1 to 10 (10 being fantastic) if BC is a 9, than PEI is definitely a1.
Canada's forgotten province? We are literally one of the top tourist locations in the world with beaches that cannot be beat... Thanks for visiting our little town though...
Cannot be beat? Huh?! They're f-ing grim on PEI. Zero marine wildlife, apart from the very occasional seabird. In comparison to most beaches on BC, there's just as much life on the moon as there is on a beach on PEI.
@@mangore623 yeah I agree I went to pei on a trip before and it was nothing like the photos, I am very convinced that the photos are photoshoped, there was no wildlife there expect these little black bugs that bite you at the beach
Pensacola,FL beaches, according to some, squeak. To me it sounded more like the noise that sometimes happen when you're walking in 2 inches of wet snow.🤷♀️
I'm amazed that pei is less known the the other provenances it's where Canada became Canada Oh I I would recommend going to Rick's fish and chips some day one of my favorite place to go eat
Great video! Been contemplating moving to PEI for some time and you make the island seem like a really idyllic place with a great community! Would you say that was your experience?
It isn't idyllic. Far from it, in fact. This video is the equivalent of visiting Disneyland, and then thinking that you know everything about Anaheim. We moved to PEI from BC, and within a day of our arrival, knew that we had made a massive mistake. "Come from away" If you are a CFA, they're not exactly queuing up at your front door to greet you, and this is unquestionably the least friendly province I have ever lived in. The other CFAs say the same thing, have been here for 15-20 years, and still haven't been entirely accepted within their respective communities. Last weekend was two continuous days of 90km/m winds, and driving snow. All the major roads were unusable within a few hours, and guess when the plows started rolling? After the blizzard when the snow removal problem was almost insurmountable. In BC, the snowfall is worse, and they still manage to keep all the major roads going. Most businesses are closed 1/2-3/4 of the year, and guess who keeps all of these people afloat? The rest of Canada with massive federal handouts. Without the federal government constantly bailing, the Island would sink overnight. Oh, yes, and there's corruption on a grand scale in most governmental agencies on the island...by extension of all that lovely money pouring in. Health care? Seeing a doctor is a day-long process. Nature? None. All of the animals you'd find elsewhere in Canada are extinct here, and over a century of poor farming practices means that the soil is poisoned, and little of the natural habitat remains. Highest cancer rates in the country, and the highest population density in Canada.
Also a BC transplant who has been here since 2016. We moved here because of the cheap house prices like most people from other provinces. I have also lived in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario and the native Islanders are indeed only friendly to tourists because they depend on the tourism dollars. They have no use for "outsiders" as they call all non native islanders. Also a fact they have two weather seasons here winter and not winter. The health care system here needs a major overhaul to get yourself a family doctor be prepared to sit on a 2-3 year waiting list. G P's here make the lowest salary in the country not much incentive to practice here. If we had the chance to o it over would we move to PEI I can honestly say no.
I forgot to mention that no one should rush over here for the inexpensive real estate, and a "simpler" lifestyle. There's a reason why the real estate is so inexpensive: most of it is very old, very poorly maintained, and mostly dilapidated. Imagine just how well-preserved, functional, and insurable a wood house will be that was constructed around the same time that the Charge of the Light Brigade took place. The rest of the housing consists of post war ranchers in various states of (dis)repair. Most of the housing suffers from foundational issues, parameter drainage issues due to foundation issues, structural issues, and roofing issues, and don't forget that most homes draw their water from wells, and sewage networks only exist in the larger urbanized settings. I'm sure living in parts of Africa will yield a simpler lifestyle too, but it shouldn't be the sole motivating factor to relocate somewhere. I've lived a simple, rural, life in northern BC. It's nothing like that over here. Imagine if Mexico was populated by Canadians, and you're getting close to the feeling of simplicity over here. There's "simple" and then there's "backwards/out-of-step". When you combine all this with extremely poor wages relative to expenses (Yes, the cost of living is noticeably more expensive here relative to other provinces), zero opportunities, you can see all the major attractions on PEI in a few hours (most of them will leave you wondering why you made the effort), the awful weather (Huge wind/No wind), and the fact that if you're an outsider, you will remain an outsider, it's not a great place to be.
@@mangore623 Everything you mentioned is fact. The main reason the older houses are so poorly built is because this province doesn't believe in permits(real estate agent shared that) and god help you if you need legal representation as every native islander is related somehow better to go off island for an unbiaed lawyer. When we purchased our current home I asked the seller(native islander) why it's so important for an islander to know your last name and he said we want to know if your from the island or not. Anyways thanks for the feedback and stay healthy
Alright someone who’s actually born and raised in PEI here and it’s definitely not how they described it. It’s a beautiful island and I have yet to meet someone who has talked poorly about new comers, (not saying that it hasn’t happened, I’m sure it has unfortunately) so I’m very sorry to anyone who’s experienced that type of treatment. We’re also constantly building new houses to keep up with the demand of new comers. And yes, you will have to deal with bad roads. Although I don’t understand why they were so upset about the plows. A lot of these people aren’t actually getting paid for plowing the roads so I’m just thankful for they’re willing to do it. PEI is a perfect option if you’re looking for a quiet place to settle for a while, might not be so great if you’re looking for action or don’t think you’ll be able to comfortably adjust to the country life
I live on PEI and have been to Kool Breeze Farm a million times. They've never had that amount of good looking fresh produce at one time when I've been there. They obviously knew you were coming....lol.
13:23 YES Îles de la madeleines!!! I’m so glad you chose to visit it-I think the name is fairly known but people really underestimate it’s beauty-and I’ve only seen it through google maps and RUclips😂
Get ready to be disappointed. I live on PEI, and its most exciting feature is the exit. We moved here from BC, and have hated every single single that we have been here. Yes, we are moving soon. Here's what this video left out: if you Come From Away, the locals will avoid you..unless you're a tourist, then they'll overcharge you; away from the tourist zones, most of the Island is slum-like; most businesses are closed 3/4 of the year; it's expensive to live here; zero wildlife (most of it is extinct); zero nature (it's all farmland that has been poisoned by over a century of poor farming practices); highest cancer rates in Canada; massive drug problem; zero healthcare, as doctors don't want to come to the Island; only exists due to massive transfer payments; a notoriously corrupt civil service and government. It bears utterly no resemblance to anything depicted in these cheery tourist videos.
1. I can see my cottages in the back of the cold dip scene so that’s pretty rad 2. There’s a 99% chance my best friend and I were smoking in the parking lot like right behind yas in that scene😂
You'll change your mind within a microsecond of moving here. The locals are only Wonderful if you're a tourist with a fat wallet. If you move here, then you "Come from away" and will never be accepted by the locals.
@@danielhernandez9905 Yup, it is. Just scroll through the comments on this video, paying particular attention to the negative comments, for your answer. I've added more than my fair share of comments here too.
@@mangore623 you are the one with all the negative comments here lol? If you hate pei so much then just forget about it? Most of my family and many of my friends are from away and they were all welcomed here with open arms. just because you had a bad experience doesn’t mean that pei as a whole is terrible.
Growing up in souris my entire life is amazing everyone helps everyone and we value trust loyalty and honesty which is why we have so many self paying stands they are everywhere lol you should definitely check out the home of Anne of green gables if you ever go back
Yeah, visiting Green Gables is right up there with the Taj Mahal. I noticed that you didn't recommend all the amusement park rides, and a visit to the haunted house, that are just minutes away. Who can forget the 1:1 scale space shuttle just down from Cavendish too. Really first class fare for any visitor.
Hi Will, A year ago you left a comment on my video, I remember checking your content out when you done that and can't believe i forgot to subscribe to you! your videos are amazing! keep it up!
as an islander, i love seeing a video about my home for once! there is truly no other place as beautiful and unique
Agreed. Love PEI!
Whew, no offence, but you truly need to get out more often. Check out: Bugaboos, Gardner Canal, Haida Gwaii, etc,. and that's just scratching the surface in BC! PEI: red, barren coastline, and potato fields...
yea its weird seeing my home
@@mangore623 yep that’s obviously what the video showed, that’s all it is 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@@dominicgreen4538 Did you read the initial comment, or does your selective interpretation not allow you to absorb context? I live on PEI. In comparison to many other places, it doesn't compare favourably, particularly to BC. Another fact regarding PEI: most people are leaving it, and most people are going to BC. What does that tell you about how wonderful it is on PEI? Yikes!
I’ve lived here for the past 7 years and it’s super cool to watch someone experience the island like this and see all the familiar places 😄
ive lived here my whole live and imj ust now finding out we have a potato museam lmao
Great that you showed the potato farm. Since I was born in PEI and now have a cottage there…..of course I’ve never been to the potato museum!
Another video that adds more points to the Canada bucket list. You’re doing some serious ambassador stuff for all the provinces. ✌🏻
Thanks Roman! I appreciate that
I'm just loving your content, and what you're taking us too during your trip across Canada - that rotating house is now a firm "must visit" for me; and I'm really looking forward to you showing us your home province (and the only one I've visited) next week.
Thanks Tom! Quebec is sure to be shown in a way that even I had never previously experienced!
Would love to have you Tom! ;) Great video guys - glad you enjoyed your trip!
PEI - nice place to visit. Just don't get stuck there. LOL
True that. I will say I find it odd that when I read about PEI on social media everyone seems to love and adore it but all their admiration couldn't be further from the truth. It's just too easy to get stuck in this hellhole and it's certainly not the 'paradise' that all these old birds describe it as.
@@fiftycalibertim9364 One persons paradise.... is another persons Hell.
@@fiftycalibertim9364 Because people travel to PEI during the couple of months when the weather is nice and they think it's paradise. When you are on vacation, everything seems better. But, with that said, some love it after moving to PEI, some absolutely hate it after moving to PEI. One persons paradise, is another persons Hell. And visa versa.
@@shaykespeeer7040 It's usually only the gormless who love PEI. For us, it's like being on Devils Island in the film Papillon: staring over to the mainland, and dreaming of escaping.
I'm glad you loved PEI Will! Come back anytime!
I moved to Georgetown from Ontario 13 years ago, it’s such a wonderful, peaceful place. Perry is such a nice guy too. Glad you did this vid!
Thanks so much!
Great video bro, keep it up and a million subscribers is in the future
Thanks buddy!
It’s nice to see more videos about Prince Edward Island I live on the island and we took it for granted
My cottage is located about 20 minutes away from souris and I absolutely love it there. Every summer for my whole life (except 2020) I have been visiting and I honestly enjoy the no electronics rule that we have because it gives me the true feeling that it’s not just a place where you want to sit around and do nothing. It makes you want to go out and enjoy the nice fields around you
Visiting doesn't equal Living. Living on PEI is a foul experience.
Hello, I'm an Islander and I grew up here on Pei, hope you liked it
Also for a future trip...wanna do something that again hardly anyone knows about...look up St. Pierre and Miquelon. It's a French territory like 20 km south of the southern tip of Newfoundland. Never been but it's on the bucket list.
Totally. We didn't have enough time for it but it was on my list.
Sings sands in Basin Head. Great place. Just outside my wife's hometown of Souris :)
Went to Souris, great town!
Awesome video. Just watched this and one of your montreal videos. Doing a trip to both areas this summer, can't wait!
It is so crazy seeing someone come to P.E.I. Especially Summerside, my home! It's great to see you guys visiting some of my favourite spots. Glad you enjoyed!
The first time I was robbed in my entire life: Summerside, PEI.
@@mangore623 you have some bad luck .
@@thewizardoftech5075 No, mate, Summerside has a bad reputation that is well-earned.
Summerside is trash. Was there today hasn't changed
@@brandonbernard4171 too bad you had a bad experience. Was it the homeless or the gangs that were the problem ?.
I live in Souris. The town near the national park beach you visited towards the end of the video. Fun to see people appreciate what you take for granted sometimes. That mackerel you caught at the beginning really was massive also lol
Love Souris!
Glad to see PEI getting the spotlight for once! My fav place is Victoria by the Sea, you’ll have to check it out in the summer.
It deserves it! I've been to Victoria - lovely spot.
i fish out of victoria
Yeah, great place. You can almost catch a microsecond glimpse of the sea through the hordes of tourists from time to time.
Hey man, thanks for making this video! There's a lot more to PEI than I thought. Not always top of mind for a vacation, but I think it should be. I need to see the Maritime provinces, never been east of Québec. I'm from la belle province aussi, I'm an ex-Montrealer, living in the Okanagan Valley in BC now.
You have lots to see out there my friend!
I'm born and raise there and currently living in pei I seen the lighthouse in your video I go running on that trail lol
@@Sprouht Nice! Thanks bro!
I've lived in the GTA my entire life but I'm moving down east in a couple of months. I've never ventured further then Nova Scotia, but I can't wait to explore PEI and NFLD. Thanks for the video, looking forward to new adventures.
Since watching Anne of Green Gables in the 80's, I have had an interest in PEI.
the PEI encyclopedia video about tourists pretty much sums up my feelings about this video 🙄
Love 'Da Mama's Kitchen', awesome food! Worked at Prince Edward Aqua Farms for 5 years, great employees, like a big family extension. Nice to see them in the video.
Nice!
as an islander, I've seen 99% of what is shown in this video which literally proves how small this place is. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful though.
A great travelog of my home province! Excellent video...thank you, guys.
Thanks Don!
Dude this brings me back! I lived for a few years in Prince Edward Island. The people and the island are amazing! Hope you got to try Cow's Ice Cream! Keep up the amazing content brother!!!!
I’ve had it in a few places across Canada, didn’t know it was from PEI though! Thanks Phil!
whenever my family goes to pei from alberta we always get cows. best ice cream in the world
Holmans homemade ice cream is the best.
That is a very cool rotating house that appears to confuse Mike.
He is still confused to this day, so I hear.
If you are ever in PEI, stop into our music venue. We are 10 minutes from the Confederation. We are known as the little room with big sound and wicked talent. :) Cheers! @reddirtgirlmusicroom
I’m going to try to go this way with my channel in 2022 looking forward to what comes out of that 😊
Man...I spent a few days at 12:38 at that very spot in late August 2019...that brings back memories!
Great spot!
Awesome Cross-Canada journey & Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
I was born in pei and I’m in pei right now for x-mas
Writing from Charlottetown! -9 degrees now. Loved your ocean content.
Thanks Rebecca!
Don’t usually comment on vids but this was not good video on PEI. I’m a Newfoundlander and spend part of my summers in PEI. This was like a bad tourism video. Sorry but there are soooooo many things you left out. Just my opinion.
It seems as though all the media regarding PEI paints it as if it's heaven. PEI is far from it. If anything it's like a Venus Fly Trap. It's looks real nice until you fly too close to the center.
Yeah, they focus on Lobster Rolls, those mindlessly sterile beaches, and a few comically lacklustre tourist traps. Everything that PEI has to offer can easily be tackled in a few hours. What can be said for a place whose chief claims to fame are potatoes, and a fictional character in a children's novel. Newfoundland is a far more impressive location out of all the Atlantic provinces, with Nova Scotia second. PEI is as exciting as an evening with an insurance salesman.
My in-laws live in North Rustico, PE. The wife and I visited in October, such an amazing place, amazing people ❤️
I live in North Rustico too. For those not in the know, North Rustico has: a grocery store, a gas station, a Lion's Club, and not much else. Everything else consists of sub-par tourist venues that are closed for most of the year, and lots of summer cottages that are empty the majority of the year. It's not anywhere that you'd want to spend any amount of time, unless you were buying gas so that you could keep driving.
Great video. You two complement each other. Safe travels and Merry Christmas from Bakersfield California USA.
Thanks Katherine 🙌🏻 Merry Christmas!
MJ looks different in this video. Love it great video.
Ohhhh yeaaaah
Great video my Son help build the rotating house 👏👏
Im from PEI, the locals are so welcoming. and its a bit underrated.
Love these videos man! Excited to explore those beautiful country with ya
You’re the man!!! Keep videos rolling and you’ll be the most popular RUclips channel!
so nice for people to see my home island
Love the rotating house.
Finally getting around to catching up on these. Great video! I'm stuck at home for a bit, so I am happy I still had these to watch. Now I can travel a bit from my living room haha
Glad to have you here in PEI lol!
Enjoyed seeing the Rotating House, very unusual.
My fave place on earth
Amazing spot!
Its forgotten for a reason (:
A good reason.
I never knew PEI had a rotating house!
But then again, how could I have known? I was born on Vancouver Island and have never been east of Alberta.
I lived there for almost 5 years always wanted to move back .
Sorry to spoil, but I love les iles de la madelaine, great video, Im from NB just started watching recently
No spoil Jack. No spoil!
great vid glad you liked are island you never even nothing yet a little bit of it so many hidden gems here i fish out of victoria pei a great hidden gem
Another great video Will. Always love watching you and Mike, Merry Christmas ! Cheers
Thanks Bill! Merry Christmas!
Just noticed you're at 9.99k! It's been so awesome watching this channel grow! Such underrated, incredible content. Hope you're feeling better too. Have a great new year!
Thanks so much Rosie!!
living here right now for college, charlottetown, this place is amazing, i'm a nova scotia boy.
Great video guys! At what time of the year did u visit? Planning for first week en September which is known to be a bit cool. Thx in advance
Hello! I’m from Pei! How you had fun!
I hate it here it's cold and windy
i live in Vancouver and I always wanted to visit PEI and see the Green Gables, but the pandemic restricted me from going, now I met someone from PEI and for aure someday I will go and visit this beautiful province of Canada
You want to travel 5700 km to see a completely unassuming house that is surrounded by several awful amusement parks? Seriously, it's surrounded by roller coasters, and other crappy tourist traps. It's just down the road from me. Let me spare you the trouble and expense: it's not worth seeing. If you're coming from BC expecting a lot of beauty here, you're going to be disappointed. On a graduated scale from 1 to 10 (10 being fantastic) if BC is a 9, than PEI is definitely a1.
Canada's forgotten province? We are literally one of the top tourist locations in the world with beaches that cannot be beat... Thanks for visiting our little town though...
Cannot be beat? Huh?! They're f-ing grim on PEI. Zero marine wildlife, apart from the very occasional seabird. In comparison to most beaches on BC, there's just as much life on the moon as there is on a beach on PEI.
@@mangore623 yeah I agree I went to pei on a trip before and it was nothing like the photos, I am very convinced that the photos are photoshoped, there was no wildlife there expect these little black bugs that bite you at the beach
Pensacola,FL beaches, according to some, squeak. To me it sounded more like the noise that sometimes happen when you're walking in 2 inches of wet snow.🤷♀️
Nobody forgot about pei.
The best place in the world. I love this little piece of land!!
Huh? I really have to ask you, what is your basis of comparison? I live on PEI, and the best part of it is the exit.
Congratulations on over 10000 subscribers! Celebrate how much you've grown! I love it 😀 keep going!
I'm amazed that pei is less known the the other provenances it's where Canada became Canada
Oh I I would recommend going to Rick's fish and chips some day one of my favorite place to go eat
Swimming in North Rustico in October you guys are brave I live near there and it can be cold in the dead of summer !!!
Great vid. Wishing you a speedy recovery from covid.
Wait!... Will has Covid? Oh no! I didn't know that, all the best for a speedy recovery bro!
Thanks Andrew. The recovery was Formula 1 speed
Claiming to be there soon🥰🥰🥰
You’re parked on my and my husband’s land at 3:25! Glad you stopped to enjoy the view 🥰
Oh man! Sorry Kelsey! Happy holidays 🙌🏻
@@Sprouht come back any time! Happy holidays to you and yours.
Hey! How’s it going? Great progress bro with your channel 👌
its not forgotten I live right near there.
glad you had fun
It’s not forgotten to locals of course 🥲
Aside from our unimaginably large opioid crisis, our island isn't too bad.
Great video! Been contemplating moving to PEI for some time and you make the island seem like a really idyllic place with a great community! Would you say that was your experience?
It isn't idyllic. Far from it, in fact. This video is the equivalent of visiting Disneyland, and then thinking that you know everything about Anaheim. We moved to PEI from BC, and within a day of our arrival, knew that we had made a massive mistake. "Come from away" If you are a CFA, they're not exactly queuing up at your front door to greet you, and this is unquestionably the least friendly province I have ever lived in. The other CFAs say the same thing, have been here for 15-20 years, and still haven't been entirely accepted within their respective communities. Last weekend was two continuous days of 90km/m winds, and driving snow. All the major roads were unusable within a few hours, and guess when the plows started rolling? After the blizzard when the snow removal problem was almost insurmountable. In BC, the snowfall is worse, and they still manage to keep all the major roads going. Most businesses are closed 1/2-3/4 of the year, and guess who keeps all of these people afloat? The rest of Canada with massive federal handouts. Without the federal government constantly bailing, the Island would sink overnight. Oh, yes, and there's corruption on a grand scale in most governmental agencies on the island...by extension of all that lovely money pouring in. Health care? Seeing a doctor is a day-long process. Nature? None. All of the animals you'd find elsewhere in Canada are extinct here, and over a century of poor farming practices means that the soil is poisoned, and little of the natural habitat remains. Highest cancer rates in the country, and the highest population density in Canada.
Also a BC transplant who has been here since 2016. We moved here because of the cheap house prices like most people from other provinces. I have also lived in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario and the native Islanders are indeed only friendly to tourists because they depend on the tourism dollars. They have no use for "outsiders" as they call all non native islanders. Also a fact they have two weather seasons here winter and not winter. The health care system here needs a major overhaul to get yourself a family doctor be prepared to sit on a 2-3 year waiting list. G P's here make the lowest salary in the country not much incentive to practice here. If we had the chance to o it over would we move to PEI I can honestly say no.
I forgot to mention that no one should rush over here for the inexpensive real estate, and a "simpler" lifestyle. There's a reason why the real estate is so inexpensive: most of it is very old, very poorly maintained, and mostly dilapidated. Imagine just how well-preserved, functional, and insurable a wood house will be that was constructed around the same time that the Charge of the Light Brigade took place. The rest of the housing consists of post war ranchers in various states of (dis)repair. Most of the housing suffers from foundational issues, parameter drainage issues due to foundation issues, structural issues, and roofing issues, and don't forget that most homes draw their water from wells, and sewage networks only exist in the larger urbanized settings. I'm sure living in parts of Africa will yield a simpler lifestyle too, but it shouldn't be the sole motivating factor to relocate somewhere. I've lived a simple, rural, life in northern BC. It's nothing like that over here. Imagine if Mexico was populated by Canadians, and you're getting close to the feeling of simplicity over here. There's "simple" and then there's "backwards/out-of-step". When you combine all this with extremely poor wages relative to expenses (Yes, the cost of living is noticeably more expensive here relative to other provinces), zero opportunities, you can see all the major attractions on PEI in a few hours (most of them will leave you wondering why you made the effort), the awful weather (Huge wind/No wind), and the fact that if you're an outsider, you will remain an outsider, it's not a great place to be.
@@mangore623 Everything you mentioned is fact. The main reason the older houses are so poorly built is because this province doesn't believe in permits(real estate agent shared that) and god help you if you need legal representation as every native islander is related somehow better to go off island for an unbiaed lawyer. When we purchased our current home I asked the seller(native islander) why it's so important for an islander to know your last name and he said we want to know if your from the island or not. Anyways thanks for the feedback and stay healthy
Alright someone who’s actually born and raised in PEI here and it’s definitely not how they described it. It’s a beautiful island and I have yet to meet someone who has talked poorly about new comers, (not saying that it hasn’t happened, I’m sure it has unfortunately) so I’m very sorry to anyone who’s experienced that type of treatment. We’re also constantly building new houses to keep up with the demand of new comers. And yes, you will have to deal with bad roads. Although I don’t understand why they were so upset about the plows. A lot of these people aren’t actually getting paid for plowing the roads so I’m just thankful for they’re willing to do it. PEI is a perfect option if you’re looking for a quiet place to settle for a while, might not be so great if you’re looking for action or don’t think you’ll be able to comfortably adjust to the country life
basin head is probably the nicest beach on pei and you have to kinda drag your feet for the sand to sing
Can’t wait to head out that way in September … not sure if it’s been asked but what’s the name of the hotel shown in the video?
Damn Will, look at those Lebanese legs haha.You should a video on St Pierre and Miquelon one day.
Oh yeah those good leg hair genes! And maybe one day
The singing sands are on the right side of basin head and are also at Greenwich
I live on PEI and have been to Kool Breeze Farm a million times. They've never had that amount of good looking fresh produce at one time when I've been there. They obviously knew you were coming....lol.
We lucked out!
lived here almost all my life, this is so cool !!
Wow! It’s a unturned map!
Great bro great video 👌
Thanks bud!
13:23 YES Îles de la madeleines!!! I’m so glad you chose to visit it-I think the name is fairly known but people really underestimate it’s beauty-and I’ve only seen it through google maps and RUclips😂
Heck yeah 😁
Get ready to be disappointed. I live on PEI, and its most exciting feature is the exit. We moved here from BC, and have hated every single single that we have been here. Yes, we are moving soon. Here's what this video left out: if you Come From Away, the locals will avoid you..unless you're a tourist, then they'll overcharge you; away from the tourist zones, most of the Island is slum-like; most businesses are closed 3/4 of the year; it's expensive to live here; zero wildlife (most of it is extinct); zero nature (it's all farmland that has been poisoned by over a century of poor farming practices); highest cancer rates in Canada; massive drug problem; zero healthcare, as doctors don't want to come to the Island; only exists due to massive transfer payments; a notoriously corrupt civil service and government. It bears utterly no resemblance to anything depicted in these cheery tourist videos.
@@mangore623 What? I was talking about îles de la madeleine not PEI😂
@@theroadnottakentravel How unfortunate for you.
Head there every summer. Awesome place.
Lucky you no snow ❄️ and not cold in Calgary is -41 🥶 yeah
the singing sands happen if you shuffle your feet if I remember correctly it's because of a high silica content.
...you left out the part where you get to breathe all that stuff in 24-hours a day, and that the stuff gets everywhere.
Who else has played on this island in unturned and never realized it was actually a real thing
I have left PEI for only 6 month, already missing the garden island
1. I can see my cottages in the back of the cold dip scene so that’s pretty rad
2. There’s a 99% chance my best friend and I were smoking in the parking lot like right behind yas in that scene😂
Great job Sprouht, Merry Christmas and Happy new year🎄🎄❤❤🎈🎈
Merry Christmas buddy!
The opposite of "insignificant" and "forgotten" -- PEI is also my favourite province in Canada, by far!!
You'll change your mind within a microsecond of moving here. The locals are only Wonderful if you're a tourist with a fat wallet. If you move here, then you "Come from away" and will never be accepted by the locals.
@@mangore623 Is that really so?
@@danielhernandez9905 Yup, it is. Just scroll through the comments on this video, paying particular attention to the negative comments, for your answer. I've added more than my fair share of comments here too.
@@mangore623 you are the one with all the negative comments here lol? If you hate pei so much then just forget about it? Most of my family and many of my friends are from away and they were all welcomed here with open arms. just because you had a bad experience doesn’t mean that pei as a whole is terrible.
Quality content mate! Really enjoying your videos. Hope to see you gain more subs and explore new places :)
Thanks man!
Growing up in souris my entire life is amazing everyone helps everyone and we value trust loyalty and honesty which is why we have so many self paying stands they are everywhere lol you should definitely check out the home of Anne of green gables if you ever go back
Yeah, visiting Green Gables is right up there with the Taj Mahal. I noticed that you didn't recommend all the amusement park rides, and a visit to the haunted house, that are just minutes away. Who can forget the 1:1 scale space shuttle just down from Cavendish too. Really first class fare for any visitor.
I live in PEI iTS pretty nice and they always forget about us tho :(
as an island myself i love this
Great video! What was the name of the hotel you checked into at the end? I don’t recognize it!
Thanks Michael! The Great George Charlottetown I believe
Hi Will, A year ago you left a comment on my video, I remember checking your content out when you done that and can't believe i forgot to subscribe to you! your videos are amazing! keep it up!
Thanks so much!
Iles des madelines has gotta be next
Pffffffffttttt
I saw the title and was like: damn...I live there.
It takes longer then three and a half hours to go tip to tip probably closer to seven to eight hours.
Yeah it's small but did you go to Charlottetown or Summerside
Asking the locals for directions needs an episode by itself. 😜
It almost was...!