It doesn't take a high IQ to know that the WHOLE idea of forums with location based sections is for those people who live in that location to communicate with each other, ALL the other areas are general areas in which you can comment on. It is just stupid to comment on NS if you live in the USA or BC and never lived here.
I do not go to the LA or NY section and start talking about things that do not apply to those areas, nor should you if you don't live there.
Why is PapaBearPaw asking about winter preps in the Nova Scotia section? BECAUSE he wants to hear from others in his area about their winter preps. IF he wanted to know how people in Cali or the Artic prep for winter then he would have posted in the general non-location specific areas. See how simple that is to understand?