Originally Posted by Kiwilass (Post 9465906)

you had me at pasties.

Originally Posted by Kiwilass (Post 9465906)

you had me at pasties.

Originally Posted by JonboyE (Post 9465688)

I realize this isn't addressed to me but I'll answer in any case.



A couple of things. This is Canada. An immigrant is not necessarily Asian. Secondly, the terminology is different. An "Asian" in the UK usually means a brown person - someone who comes from (or family originated in) India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka. These people are generally called East Indian, South Asian or Indo-Canadian. An "Asian" here is someone from the Far East.

Canada Jimmy talked of Kingsway which has a lot of "Asian" (i.e. Far East) stores and restaurants. Primarily Vietnamese.



Once you have joined the provincial Medical Services Plan visits to the doctor, medical specialists and all hospital treatment is covered at no extra cost. However, you pay market price for prescription drugs. Many companies have extended health schemes that cover some or all of the cost but if your employer does not have this you have to pay.

There is a means tested benefit that means if you have very low income, or need catastrophically expensive drugs, the BC Government picks up some, or all, of the cost.

Medical costs are not crippling and are nothing like the US.

Originally Posted by julius smith (Post 9466467)

now the only thing bugging me is to get a job in BC....many cvs sent so far but not a single response....!

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9465191)

Well I'd live in cornwall over Edmonton. No amount of cash wads could get me to live there.

Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 9467234)

Vancouver wins because it is a city of 2 million people.

Originally Posted by jerry brewer (Post 9465758)

Hi
Where I work there are about 22 jamaicans,they are great guys to work with.
I think perhaps from conversations, weather and the cost of living here, are a main reason vancouver is not really a big option for many.
cheers
Jerry

Originally Posted by jerry brewer (Post 9465798)

Hi
It was about five years ago i was in Cornwall, and I would personally say from what i remember, Vancouver has way better chances for teenagers,We moved from Devon basically for the Kids.
For example my daughter has graduated from school and has decided to become a Heavy Duty/Commercial transport mechanic, Could she have done this in the UK ? I doubt very much if she would have been taken seriously or been given the chances at school by the teachers, to do three years automotives classes to reach the level to get her place at VCC this year, and a potential of eventually getting a post apprenticeship job paying currently about 36Cdn / hr.
As a bonus life for us as parents is better as well,my wife made a major career change, the new employer training her for the job, again something I doubt would have been possible in the UK.
Cheers
Jerry

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9467377)

You're about 1.3 million people too many ;)

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9467427)

Flysh*t, pepper. ;)

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9467509)

I'm afraid you'll have to enlighten me on that one Steve :o

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9467525)

Google rewarded this.

Picking the fly shit out of the pepper

1. The act of being nit-picky to a ridiculous degree.
2. To meticulously analyze minutia.

Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 9467234)

...because it is a city of 2 million people.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9467427)

Flysh*t, pepper. ;)

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9467592)

Ooooh cheers Oink





Hmmm, but the city of Vancouver has a population of around 600k or 700k ish, not 2M :confused: ;)

Originally Posted by brizzle (Post 9465440)

Vancouver's a perfectly nice city, but one who's reputation is a bit over-inflated and reliant on the lovely scenery.

For me, it is a relaxed city for it's size with great access to the outdoors, if you like skiing, sailing, walking etc. Generally it's clean, relatively safe and chav-free, with some good restaurants etc.

But housing is very expensive. Good jobs are scarce and hard to find. It does rain a lot. It is a very bland looking city. It's nice, but too plastic for me. Little culture and no sense of history. Fine if you're independently rich and like sailing/skiing, but everything just seems too much of struggle, just to live here. It also seems quite a remote, paraochial place at times. I miss going to other places on a regular basis. People are friendly on the surface, but hard to get to know in depth. Most people seem to be from elsewhere, a lot barely speak english.

I can certainly see why people do like it here. It is a nice place, but very over-rated IMO.