ExKiwilass

Get out of britain,

You're incredibly irate about DBD's and my latest comments. How dare we put down Victoria etc. etc. You're frothing at the mouth and have plenty to say. don't hold back, yo.

Steve_

Isn't that what I said. You've got to get to the ferry first so two and a half hours.

Steve_

Yes but you can't fit your car onto a seaplane.

Steve_

The job market seems pretty dim there, I did have a look into it because of all the guff I kept hearing about companies in the US putting IT people there but it was mostly hot air. And then I kept meeting people from Victoria here who told me it was hot air.

Being able to buy fresh Roger's chocolates every day isn't helpful if you haven't got anything to buy them with.

Plus it's also a microcosm of Vancouver. I.e. people wedged in along Hwy 17 whereas on the mainland they're crammed into the Fraser Valley. I'm sure a lot of immigrants look at a map of BC and think the place is gigantic. I really was surprised just how bad the traffic was on Hwy 17.

Okay it's a retirement spot but if you're in the Okanagan you haven't got to take the ferry to get anywhere.

james.mc

I'm not retired. I live in East Sooke... hardly 'wedged in'.... I feel you have a limited outlook on Vancouver Island.

It's may be a no go area for you, due to your career choice, but 800,000 people can't all be 'trapped' in abject poverty on an island that could become Canada's 11th province.

Shard

Is there talk of that...?

dbd33

Hey, I haven't put down Victoria. Not yet anyway, I haven't been yet. I'm ok with Eastbourne, for a couple of days, so I should think Victoria will be alright.

Martin the cdn expat

Only after 2 in the morning..

Shard

Ah ok. I was thinking of what VI as an 11th province might be called, perhaps PPI - Prince Phillip Island to make a Canadian symmetry (demographically adjusted) with PEI.

Lychee

Random trivia: Vancouver Island was originally a separate British colony from the mainland. It merged with British Columbia in 1866.

Aviator

Some you could, however I prefer landing on terra firma, so leave a car at the airport for when I get there. Then there are some places one lands where you could not use a car anyway, boat is the only useful form of transport.

Shard

That, I did not know. What was it called?

Lychee

The colony of Vancouver Island:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island

Shard

A rather apt name.

Thanks.

Largo

I find your never ending comments about 'old people' in Victoria demeaning and insulting