Vancouver
#46
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Joined: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Ridge BC
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Re: Vancouver
What is this? Everybody get at Claireblou day! This forum used to be full of really good information, helpful hints and humour. Now it is just political correctness gone mad and if your opinion differs from certain others on here then you get slated for it. I'm with Claireblou, I wouldn't want to live next door to 4000 Syrian refugees either, and I'm not really a huge fan of cultural diversity come to think of it!
#47
Re: Vancouver
They don't make it so obvious from what I have found. They seem to embrace it much more then the UK do - maybe it is because the country is bigger, who knows
#48
Re: Vancouver
Try reading the comments sections on any Canadian article that touches on immigration, house prices, etc.
Canada is no different to the UK at all in this regard.
#49
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Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 214
Re: Vancouver
Tbh I think she'd fit right in with the NIMBY attitude that is firmly entrenched in BC culture.
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#50
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 36
Re: Vancouver
You only have to read between the lines regarding house prices to see that's not true. That's just an example.
Try reading the comments sections on any Canadian article that touches on immigration, house prices, etc.
Canada is no different to the UK at all in this regard.
Try reading the comments sections on any Canadian article that touches on immigration, house prices, etc.
Canada is no different to the UK at all in this regard.
In all honesty Canada isn't *multi* cultural, it's like living in Britain back in the 70s in a lot of respects here. Not in a nostalgic feel good way either.
#51
Re: Vancouver
Toronto is as multi-cultural as London or NYC. That is, as multi-cultural as anywhere. Vancouver, maybe not so much.
#52
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 36
Re: Vancouver
It is my favourite place in Canada though.
Fascinating fact, there are more black people in western Chicago than there are in the whole of Canada. Multi cultural eh???
#53
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Joined: Jul 2007
Location: White Rock BC
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Re: Vancouver
Does there need to be a certain percentage of black people in a population for it to count as multi-cultural these days? Surely it just needs more than one culture. And, do black people necessarily have a different culture to everyone else?
Last edited by JonboyE; Sep 17th 2015 at 12:51 am.
#54
Re: Vancouver
I don't know that I need the census, I can look at the office directory; more nationalities than people (and I'm not counting "Canadian", many people are something and Canadian).
#55
Re: Vancouver
[QUOTE=el_richo;11749346]You'll struggle to find places such as Harpenden, etc in and around Vancouver. Mountains are nice but at sea level the areas aren't comparable at all i'm afraid. Strip malls are so ugly for one. If i had to choose with the outskirts of Vancouver / Fraser Valley or Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire would be a no brainer.
We moved from Harpenden to Coquitlam two years ago. They are very different, but you will not find Harpenden anywhere than Harpenden, mind you you will never find another Coquitlam either. We are/were happy living in both place. It is what you make it.
Happy to chat about life in Coquitlam, its certainly far more multicultural than much of Hertfordshire but fascinating in its mix!
We moved from Harpenden to Coquitlam two years ago. They are very different, but you will not find Harpenden anywhere than Harpenden, mind you you will never find another Coquitlam either. We are/were happy living in both place. It is what you make it.
Happy to chat about life in Coquitlam, its certainly far more multicultural than much of Hertfordshire but fascinating in its mix!