As many have you read in my previous post Tractors on the Highway I had a windshield with two minor nicks and one real bad crack.

My father, who works in the glass industry, recommended Apple Auto Glass on Topsail Rd. Now I’m recommending them to you.

There service was great and they had my vehicle road-worthy in only a couple of hours.

To top it off, they left me with a nice little Apple air freshener for my car as well as an Apple notepad. Such a small gesture made me feel appreciated and like I came out on the winning side of that deal.

And the worksmenship was flawless. I couldn’t even tell it wasn’t my old windshield.

When I got to my car, however, there was a gift left on my windshield from some of my sea gull friends in the area. Not as new and pristine as I was hoping for, but I can hardly blame Apple for that.

Service Apple Auto Glass, Mount Pearl

Well despite all my defending Mount Pearl to my St. John’s counterparts as a man who grew up in this city, it seems I was wrong, in a sense.

I know a few people who ought to enjoy this post.

If you compare the indices below you can see that Mount Pearl is virtually only ever average or below (though it should be known St. John’s in much in the same boat). Part of this can be accredited to our education system, part of it can be accredited to our dependencies of St. John’s.

For instance, everyone assumes Mount Pearl has no arts scene because there are never any events held in the city. Well that can almost single-handedly be attributed to the fact that there is no infrastructure to handle it. Consequently Mount Pearl artists show off their wares and talents in St. John’s. The Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl is trying to combat that.

I am sure there are other factors that Mount Pearl’s averageness as well.

In the same census, St. John’s is ranked as the single highest improver in a 5 year span, skyrocketing from a total score of 65 to 80. Yes, better than Mount Pearl. I said it.

From Yahoo News: St. John’s impresses in Maclean’s magazine’s ranking of Canada’s smartest cities

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