People are talking (and writing) about St. Andrews by-the-Sea New Brunswick.

Best Old-House Neighborhoods 2011
This Old House
Web Link: www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20466550_20918058,00.html
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"After researching hundreds of cities, towns and neighborhoods throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, we've decided St. Andrews deserves special recognition for its astonishing selection of great homes, and the community spirit that supports them.

Our goal was simple. We wanted to recognize cities, towns or individual neighborhoods that might not be on our readers' radar, but deserve to be; places overflowing with beautiful, architecturally significant, or even, historic houses with special appeal to old-house-loving buyers. We also looked for places where people are happy to lend a helping hand on a neighbor's home improvement project; where spur-of-the-moment porch parties are among residents' favorite summer activities; where amenities, such as restaurants, hardware stores, or hiking trails, are just a short walk or drive away, and where people come together for special events, whether it's a holiday festival or a house tour; a 4th of July parade or a chilly night outside watching a local college or high school's football game.

We're hoping this designation will help ensure your community�s continued success or revitalization by getting the word out to hundreds of thousands of old-house-enthusiasts nationwide."

~Scott Omelianuk
Editor
This Old House magazine

"If the tourist, after crossing the border at Calais, will follow New Brunswick`s Route One for twenty miles... he will discover one of the oldest and most interesting towns in the province."

"...one wonders not why people flocked here, but how they could ever leave."

"...a lovely coastal town."

"Just over the border from Maine, is the handsome little seaport of St. Andrews."

"St. Andrews is the doppelganger of many a quaint Yankee harbor town."

"Today the village is a beguiling blend of turn-of-the-last-century seaside resort - epitomized by the striking, Tudor-style Fairmont Algonquin - and working fishing village, where lobster boats and salmon tenders chug out each morning into misty Passamaquoddy Bay, an inlet from the Bay of Fundy."

"...the trip is worth it and, once here, you will want to stay."

"To pursuers of things historic, the country round and about the town of St. Andrews is a fertile field of exploration."