scilly

I was told that you have to have an F150 or F250 pickup truck to really fit in up country BC

Certainly they were always the most common vehicles we saw whenever we went "beyond Hope".

Danny B

Nice find

dbd33

They are the most common vehicles around here. They're not well suited to winter though as the power is applied through, usually, unladen rear wheels. They're at a disadvantage to the Mustang in terms of traction and transmission but do have better ground clearance. Either will do here (gravel roads, serious snowfall) though a small FWD car, say a VW Beetle, would be better than either. The OP seems to have such a car.

Aviator

Any larger greenhouse range can end up as a marijuana facility now. Lots of veggie and flower greenhouses are being converted and new ones being built, especially in the Lower Mainland. https://www.bclocalnews.com/business...ggies-flowers/

Phaedru5

"choice of locations in BC (about 75% working from home, 25% site visits within BC, travel expenses paid) so pretty much anywhere with decent travel connections would be fine, though Prince George, Nanaimo and Fraser Valley are places we think we'd like from initial short listing."

Speaking from experience with a home based job requiring travel around BC, I would think Nanaimo, or anywhere on the island for that matter, not a particularly good option. I was in PG recently and while it seems ok its very flat and doesnt seem to have much character - surely you come to BC for the mountains and scenery! Personally, I positioned myself relatively central (albeit south) for easy access to most of BC for site visits, and for all the out-of-work activities that the surrounding mountains and lakes have to offer.

Oh, and a GMC Sierra will fare you much better than a Ford F-150 - let the vehicular preference bickering commence haha

Phaedru5

True - not just greenhouses but even other business units, even a carpentry business, as is currently in build in Falkland right now! They really are everywhere and more popping up each month.

CanadaJimmy

Interesting choices of areas. Have you also considered the Okanagan area of BC? It's really nice there. Great climate, very artsy culture, bit of a Mediterranean flair to it due to all the wineries.

Personally I love city-living so I don't really want to leave Metro Vancouver, but if I had to choose somewhere else in BC I'd definitely look to somewhere like Penticton in the Okanagan before I considered the other areas you mentioned.

Fraser Valley isn't bad but depends where in the valley you are looking. I live in Langley which is technically in the valley and is nice, but it's very different here compared to say Chilliwack where you will have a miserable commute if you work in Vancouver.

Aviator

Tundra

dbd33

Why, unless you're in the manure business, would you want a vehicle in which the luggage goes outside in the rain and snow?

scrubbedexpat091

Yep, Can take a little over an hour one day and 2 more or another, 1 accident along highway 1 and your screwed, summer months the traffic between Chilliwack and Langley can be a nightmare as well.

In winter if there is a little snow the highway becomes a cluster in part because they do a poor job clearing it, and people don;t drive for conditions so you end up with what happened yesterday out near Whatcom in Abbotsford.

When we lived in Chilliwack we had to go into Vancouver usually 1-2 times a week, some days it was good, some days it took over an hour just to get to Abbotsford.

The only time that drive is not a pain is late at night or very early in the morning when there is no traffic.

Right now according to google estimated drive from my house in East Vancouver to where we lived in Chilliwack is 1hr 25 mins.

Only 75 minutes going west.

scilly

Yesterday's pile-up on the highway was because there was a white-out due to snow .......... and people just ran slap bang into not being able to see.

Not driving for the conditions certainly, but white-outs are common on that stretch of highway when it snows, and enough warnings are given re bad conditions and possibility of whiteout.

It is possible to avoid the huge back-ups on the highway in the tourist season ............ drop down towards the border, then wend your way along the road close to the border, coming into Vancouver from the south. It looks longer, but we've done it faster than by staying on the highway even when hold=ups were minor.

Hanky

Just watched the video, can't believe the number of attempted vehicle thefts - quite an eventful street. The CCTV has paid for itself!

Too much for me, feeling pretty good about NL this morning.

raindropsandroses

the strangest burglers award goes too...

We've lived in some very remote places, and I'm never sure whether I feel safer being isolated, or with neighbours, different reasons for both though. There is definitely a feeling of security having neighbours, even if they aren't close.

raindropsandroses

Nope, I was thinking of an autogyro. It would present the problem if needing to clear a landing strip though. Decisions, decisions.

raindropsandroses

That video, crikey!!

The problem with the greenhouses etc is that they could pop up everywhere, but you can only go with what you know and can find out at the time. I wouldn't intentionally want to live close to one.

I had been hoping to avoid a truck really, both our cars have pretty good ground clearance.