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It’s like living in a 3 star hotel but paying for a 5 star 😅

This IMHO is one of the most insightful narratives about Vancouver I've seen. After close to seven years of looking at hundreds of videos, pretty much all of your commentary is reflected in the various videos I've seen depicting Vancouver life. (mostly in the numerous walk-through-the-city KZfaq format). Of course, when dealing with these topics, one has to speak in what my Senior Comp teacher called, "Glittering Generalities." That is to be expected, I think. But from the videos I've seen, I've drawn many of the same conclusions that you've highlighted. Then again, I've never lived in Vancouver, so what do I know. Still, you deserve credit for covering these topics, and IMHO covering them accurately. One of the topics I'd take issue with is the lack of architectural history. You just have to walk downtown to be amazed by the quality, artistry, and engineering skill of the various high-rise structures, not to mention the Skytrain projects. One could do a book just covering those. Sure, the native structures of the past are perhaps under-represented, but that seems to be the case in many metropolitan cities. My wife always says that I'm one of those folks who think the grass is always greener elsewhere, and perhaps I am. Yet, I live in L.A., and the driving, congestion, crime, and political upheaval seem always to be right in your face all the time. In fact, the political circus that is American Politics is the main reason I started considering a move to Vancouver. Congratulations. This is one of your best.

What a Great video! We're from Vancouver but moved to the East Coast of Canada and you are right on! Makes us miss Van!

You should visit United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 (Dubai, Abu Dhabi) to see how the diverse ethnic. UAE is the true melting pot of cultures. I found Vancouver has ethnic diversity but they are not infuse with each other. Like Vancouver splits to many areas and each dominant led by a certain ethnicity.

The biggest shock is that the city is devoid of any sense of community, personality or soul. Toronto has become the same.

I remember visiting Vancouver and driving during rush hour. I was confused and stressed 😅 because the drivers were so chill and laid back. I say this as a compliment. I had to adjust my driving to blend in and not out myself as from the Greater Toronto Area.

I just moved to Vancouver from Toronto. I would love to hang out. It’s difficult to meet authentic people here.

Sorry, but your narrative is way too pretentious and does not reflect reality in Vancouver. Maybe it used to be like that, to some degree, but not anymore. Lot of poverty in Vancouver, that is called unaffordability, corruption, gangs, not to mention homelessness and no future whatsoever for most of people unless they move out.

Funny. Ethnic diversity is why I’m moving out of Vancouver. Born here 55 years ago and it is not the same place anymore.

Great video, I am an immigrant now ready to retire. I am quite disheartened how so many became homeless and then addiction took over. I think unable to afford a roof over your head created lot of the addiction and mental illness. The government should have provided affordable housing. People should have the option, a chance to buy a house under the special affordable program, where house is for living not like a stack market. Every Canadian should be provided a place or a house where prices remains the same meaning low, owner can live it but can’t sell it for profit. The second system exists already where market sets the price but there should be second and more reasonable option. We need to provide affordable housing to our people. Thanks

Interesting. I never hear anyone talking about architecture when they talk about Vancouver. To me, it was very noticeable couple months in and was kind of a deal-breaker for me. I understand the appeal of nature as the priority for people living in Vancouver, however I'd just rather move to smaller town with nature around because if I choose a big city for living, I really need to be able to like the city visually. And I just had a hard time in Vancouver, coming from Europe. And I'm not a snob, I actually love classic North American architecture, but you won't find it in Vancouver, or as you said, in the East side, where you can't really enjoy walking around.. What I found really frustrating was the downtown area, with mostly generic high rises, even Soviet style buildings that looked something like I grew up in, in former communist country. I just didn't expect that in modern North American city. Ironically, one of the few buildings I enjoyed looking at was Trump tower. It's not like I enjoy being a Vancouver hater here, I think Canada should have a real beautiful west coast city. I love San Francisco visually, it has its own distinct architecture and it's visually pleasing. And I just didn't have this experience in Vancouver. It felt like nobody cared about what kind of buildings were approved in the very core of the city. It felt very socialist-minded approach to me. It made it more welcoming to all classes of people (not anymore though, because it's not affordable to live downtown as lower class), but I guess the idea before was to make downtown for everyone. But the sacrifice was a beauty of the city and personally I think it was a big sacrifice. You can't make a real beautiful city with so many uninspiring buildings in the very core. That's just logical. I hope people will eventually demand better from what is built in downtown. Maybe it's already happening, I don't know, I haven't been there since 2018.

Great video!!! Throughly enjoyed it! Thank you ❤

The video was interesting because it talked about aspects that I didn't know yet, such as politics, driving and healthy living. But there is a specific topic that I still don't know much about. Speaking of healthy living, is it common for people to do martial arts? I'm a Capoeira teacher and I do karate too.

Yep, the laid back lifestyle really appealed to me. Looking forward to retirement where I just work 3-4 hours every morning and then have the day to relax, walk by the seawall, go to the shops or even the local camera store. That appeals to me a lot. I don't need stores open at 8 or 9AM. Three weeks and we will be having a chat. My only question this week, should we sell our car out here or drive it out there when we move? I hope it's a moot point: I'd rather not have a car. The more I look at places, the more I prefer a detached home. It's not that I hate condos, but they are just too small - two bedrooms just isn't enough. I find myself going back and forth. One question, you say that Vancouver is very open minded. Are people open to Canon shooters or do you get stink eye when walking down the street with a Canon ;) I jest, but you'd be surprised at how people align with camera brands out here ;)

All the people I know who came here from elsewhere realize this place is not a “real city” and head right back to Europe etc. the only ones who stay do so because they are refugees from wartorn places. Even those have popped back to accessible places like Dubai versus Lebanon Syria and Iraq. Think about that. The Middle East ranks higher than here. You will pay the highest taxes on everything for the least amount of services. Canadians aim low and think small and backwards. Vancouver used to be nice but that all got destroyed in the past 20-30 yr. Hamstrung by special Interest groups there is so little modern developments here. The road system is from the 1930s and the train is a commuter train. No real transit and the subway has three stops in the core. They are expanding the “subway” to 6 more blocks. Thinking small again

Hmm. I found the claim that Vancouver drivers are friendly to be contrary to my experiences. Perhaps on a global scale Vancouver drivers are friendly but I’ve found them to be the least considerate and most aggressive in Western Canada. Note: I’ve not been to Manitoba so perhaps Winnipeg drivers deserve that title, not Vancouverites. Overall though Vancouver is a great city to visit. If you’re very highly paid or otherwise wealthy it would be a great place to live. For people with more normal Canadian incomes, you can get better value elsewhere.

crazy that you did not include indigenous people in your 'slew' of other ethnic minorities... especially when you consider you are living on native land

Way too positive opinions

You spoke about the driving in vancouver, what about the transit? Does one need a vehicle to live comfortably in Vancouver?

Huge generalizations.

Make Vancouver more expensive so we can keep the unwanted faraway ,

One of the most shocking things about moving from Vancouver to Salt Spring Island was the lack of diversity. If. Were to guess I’d say the island is 85% Caucasian not to mention the fact that is primarily retirees

Way to cold my good man

Diversity in Vancouver is like this . 49% indian. %49 chinese 1% canadian born 1% everyone else.

I love the fact that 56% of population are visible minorities. Somebody was bad at math. 44% of population is minority 😅

Not sure why you are even bringing this up. We have a large cosmopolitan city. It’s open and usually very tolerant. I’d be shocked if people haven’t researched that when coming here. Many places in the world are like this! Open minded, open to people of different sexual orientations, diverse. Everyone I know in Vancouver work very hard and manage families and such. I never see the city as being like no one is working. Hmm sounds like we are in different Vancouvers. Culture shock? Seems like an odd way to describe it here. Scrambling is happening everywhere.

Beach and Mountain Climbing all in one day, no car required.

Too many Indian

is there a Night club there

I noticed some scornful looks when walking in Kits with a Pilipino date.

www.youtube.com/@vancouversworstdrivers We have some of the worst driver's in the world. "...Vancouver's drivers are incredibly courteous and law abiding..."? You must be smoking that weed we're so famous for.