do you hate vancouver this much?
Jun 27th 2011 | 12:14 pm
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Re: do you hate vancouver this much?
http://www.altapop.ca/urban.htm
Jun 27th 2011 | 5:49 pm
#47
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Re: do you hate vancouver this much?
Vancouver is a very varied City if you include the suburbs. I used to really want to live downtown but the novelty has worn off and I'm happy out in the burbs, and despite Surrey's bad rap I think it's a fairly acceptable City and has all the facilities you come to expect, and many new housing developments at affordable prices.
I can understand the reasons people dislike the place, nowhere is perfect after all, but there is just some things here I really enjoy, like the selection of restaurants, the laid back west-coast culture, the style of government (ignoring BCRail and the HST). I think my main gripe is that I wish things were a bit neat and tidier, it seems like many immigrants set up very cheap and shabby looking stores down roads like Hastings and Kingsway. In terms of that and classiness, Seattle blows Vancouver out the water.
Vancouver is definitely a city which won't just be awesome for you automatically, you have to make an effort and keep focussed on what you want to achieve. You might have to start small but I still think it's worth it.
I can understand the reasons people dislike the place, nowhere is perfect after all, but there is just some things here I really enjoy, like the selection of restaurants, the laid back west-coast culture, the style of government (ignoring BCRail and the HST). I think my main gripe is that I wish things were a bit neat and tidier, it seems like many immigrants set up very cheap and shabby looking stores down roads like Hastings and Kingsway. In terms of that and classiness, Seattle blows Vancouver out the water.
Vancouver is definitely a city which won't just be awesome for you automatically, you have to make an effort and keep focussed on what you want to achieve. You might have to start small but I still think it's worth it.
I like Hastings
Jun 27th 2011 | 6:00 pm
#49
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Jun 28th 2011 | 1:30 am
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Re: do you hate vancouver this much?
According to Section 82 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a city is an area that has a population of 10,000 or more persons and has the majority of its buildings on parcels of lands smaller than 1,850 m? See Alberta’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs website for a further description of a city.
http://www.altapop.ca/urban.htm
http://www.altapop.ca/urban.htm
Jun 28th 2011 | 3:05 am
#52
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Jun 28th 2011 | 3:37 am
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Re: do you hate vancouver this much?
No I meant if you flashed you high beams on and off.
I ask because a number of years ago I was to pick up Mrs_P in downtown Calgary. As I approached the location I could see her standing back against a store front, so I flashed my high beams on and off to get her attention. However one of the ladies of the night also saw my signal and started heading toward my car at the same time as my wife. She wasn't at all happy when Mrs_P got in ahead of her.
I ask because a number of years ago I was to pick up Mrs_P in downtown Calgary. As I approached the location I could see her standing back against a store front, so I flashed my high beams on and off to get her attention. However one of the ladies of the night also saw my signal and started heading toward my car at the same time as my wife. She wasn't at all happy when Mrs_P got in ahead of her.
Jun 28th 2011 | 6:14 am
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Re: do you hate vancouver this much?
No it doesn't.
Edited to add: It does get tiresome to keep having to repeat this, but taken from Environment Canada's website (the weather station at UBC):
# of days with measurable precipitation - 178.
# of days with bright sunshine - 285.
# of annual hours of bright sunshine - 1,838.
38.5 % of annual daylight hours are bright sunshine.
No one is trying to deny it rains a bit in Vancouver, and sometimes it can rain a lot, but to say it rains all the time is just rubbish. Why do you feel the need to post it?
Edited to add: It does get tiresome to keep having to repeat this, but taken from Environment Canada's website (the weather station at UBC):
# of days with measurable precipitation - 178.
# of days with bright sunshine - 285.
# of annual hours of bright sunshine - 1,838.
38.5 % of annual daylight hours are bright sunshine.
No one is trying to deny it rains a bit in Vancouver, and sometimes it can rain a lot, but to say it rains all the time is just rubbish. Why do you feel the need to post it?
Jun 28th 2011 | 6:17 am
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From: Was Calgary back in Edmonton again !!
Jun 28th 2011 | 6:20 am
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