Nova Scotia is (mostly, except for short stints in B.C. and England) where I grew up and went to public school and university. My father was in the navy, so it was either there or Esquimalt, B.C. We mostly stayed in the Halifax area. I wasn't really a Nova Scotian, though, you aren't unless your family roots there go back at least 4 or 5 generations. I miss it, but the economic opportunities down there just aren't great. Now I live in Hamilton, Ontario (Steel town).
A fifth-generation Nova Scotian is a newcomer ;-)