Vancouver, don't get it.
#106
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
Ok, thanks. Just wondered if we missed the intense rainbow of people because we were not in the right neighbourhood.
Forgive me, but aren't those places suburbs of Vancouver, or cities in their own right, or something? Just asking, I'm not bothered to look it up or anything. I did not have time to head to the outer reaches to find the cosmopolis, maybe next time. Incidentally, I had dinner with someone who works for the City of Richmond. She's white but was an overt lesbian so there's a point for diversity.
Forgive me, but aren't those places suburbs of Vancouver, or cities in their own right, or something? Just asking, I'm not bothered to look it up or anything. I did not have time to head to the outer reaches to find the cosmopolis, maybe next time. Incidentally, I had dinner with someone who works for the City of Richmond. She's white but was an overt lesbian so there's a point for diversity.
#107
Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
I suppose we'd just come from Seattle, Seattle has a genuinely mixed population so Vancouver seemed even less diverse than it otherwise would. Still, Vancouver has whites and Asians but most places in North America have whites and Asians. Toronto has other groups too. It just doesn't seem diverse to have a city with, for example, few visible black or Arab people.
As for the rest. I think the weather is lovely here. I was talking to some colleagues yesterday who are in NYC and they were all huddled around their air conditioning, scared to go out for a sandwich in case they sweat to death. I'll take cloudy and drizzly over that.
#109
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
In answer to this one it is yes and no. There are areas where certain ethnicities are more predominant: Persian in North Vancouver, Punjabi in the Newton district of Surrey, Korean in North Road in Coquitlam. You probably saw the old Chinatown and there is a new Chinatown in north west Richmond. However, non of them are ghettos. The population is not exclusively one ethnicity and people of all ethnicities live all over the place.
Last edited by JonboyE; May 29th 2012 at 5:41 pm.
#110
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
In answer to this one it is yes and no. There are areas where certain ethnicities are more predominant: Persian in North Vancouver, Punjabi in the Newton district of Surrey, Korean in North Road in Coquitlam. You probably saw the old Chinatown and there is a new Chinatown in north west Richmond. However, non of them are ghettos. The population is not exclusively one ethnicity and people all ethnicities live all over the place.
#113
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
I don't see why its weird, Toronto is nearer to Africa and the Middle East and usually immigrant groups stay at their first stop for a few generations. As for Seattle I fear the amount of black people there has a lot less to do with voluntary immigration. As for the rest. I think the weather is lovely here. I was talking to some colleagues yesterday who are in NYC and they were all huddled around their air conditioning, scared to go out for a sandwich in case they sweat to death. I'll take cloudy and drizzly over that.
#114
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
Eh? Backed into a corner? Maybe I am not taking this all seriously enough, although that was a genuine question about the burbs. Wow, internet chat has become hard work!
It seems that expressing a view on the differences between two Canadian cites is somewhat of a touchy subject.
It seems that expressing a view on the differences between two Canadian cites is somewhat of a touchy subject.
#115
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
Eh? Backed into a corner? Maybe I am not taking this all seriously enough, although that was a genuine question about the burbs. Wow, internet chat has become hard work!
It seems that expressing a view on the differences between two Canadian cites is somewhat of a touchy subject.
It seems that expressing a view on the differences between two Canadian cites is somewhat of a touchy subject.
#117
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
In answer to this one it is yes and no. There are areas where certain ethnicities are more predominant: Persian in North Vancouver, Punjabi in the Newton district of Surrey, Korean in North Road in Coquitlam. You probably saw the old Chinatown and there is a new Chinatown in north west Richmond. However, non of them are ghettos. The population is not exclusively one ethnicity and people of all ethnicities live all over the place.
Incidentally, we trundled past White Rock on the train. My immediate thought was "It looks like Hastings!"
#120
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Re: Vancouver, don't get it.
Are you sure? it's a lot easier to see them when they're all grouped together