What's Living in North Vancouver Like? -- Americans Living in Canada

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We love Canada's West Coast! We decided to revisit one of our favorite parts of the world, but in a slightly different city. A few of our favorite things about the city include:
- Riding the Seabus
- Lonsdale Quay
- Hiking
- Joey's Shipyards
- The Tap & Barrel
- Cheshire Cheese Restaurant and Bar
- Earnest Ice Cream
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@Msfracture 2 жыл бұрын

I've lived in Vancity as well have friends from every walk of life and profession that live there, North and West are def the high end of the price spectrum.

@lovey1973 2 жыл бұрын

I miss everything about Vancouver and North Van.

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

We do too!

@peterk3227 3 ай бұрын

you have to check out the Rusty gull kitchen & pub on east 1st. N. Van. , Wednesday is burger night and their burgers are great. For pizza I would try the 10 rich toppings from Andreas on 16th. St. off Lonsdale.

@riovox187 2 жыл бұрын

try the Victoria area. 😁

@JimmyCheng Жыл бұрын

love your contents. Me and my wife are about to move there and we both really enjoyed this video.

@chrisplusmelissa Жыл бұрын

We love Vancouver... and miss it often. Good luck on your move!

@kirstenl4315 2 жыл бұрын

North Vancouver is beautiful! It is pricey and the traffic can be horrendous, though. We live in South Delta and love it.

@daniellevandermolen350 2 жыл бұрын

I love you 2. You need to trip over to the comox valley on vancouver island you guys would love it its 10 different communities in one valley

@HonkyTonkHellraiser Жыл бұрын

The Seabus is always an adventure on New Year's Eve

@kirstenl4315 2 жыл бұрын

When you’re back at Lonsdale Quay, Cilantro & Jalapeño has amazing pico de Gallo - they sell it in to-go containers in the fridge in their grocery section. Good Mexican food is really hard to come by here, and their pico is great. I agree that Earnest Ice Cream makes fantastic cookies & creme. ❤️. They also have a few locations in Vancouver itself…definitely one of the better ice cream shops in our area.

@scholarlyanalyst7700 Жыл бұрын

Where in the USA are you from?

@warrenpeterson6065 2 жыл бұрын

Two thumbs up vlog .... !

@shirleyk7647 2 жыл бұрын

Your pizza looks so good. Love potatoes on top of pizza. I make my own 4 ingredient pizza with Flour, Bkg pdr, salt and Greek Yogurt, plus desired toppings. Ready in about 15 minutes. Tastes just like the ‘real’ thing, but getting from a pizza place is so nice too!

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds yummy Shirley! Thanks for watching!

@LabadaLaundry Жыл бұрын

I love North Vancouver. ❤

@davegoldhawke3117 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on reaching 500 subscribers but really should be 5000 and then some. Now I feel the need for pizza!

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's been a long road. :P

@richardbeachey1444 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really enjoy all your posts. the cost of housing in both Vancouver and Toronto have gotten out of control. My own house here in London, Ontario has tripled in value in the seven years since I bought it. Due to the Toronto effect and that is insanity. It appears you have already gone east to your next destination. If you are ever through or staying near Sarnia, Ontario you have to stop at Alberts Rolling Lunch under the Bluewater Bridge for the world's best fries!

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info... you have a nice problem with the house tripling in value! And Darn it... we went to Sarnia and had lunch at Milanos (the staff (owners we're thinking) were super awesome and the food good and quite inexpensive)

@richardbeachey1444 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisplusmelissa. Hey! Milano's is just about my favorite pizza place in Sarnia. Yup, probably the owners. Glad you enjoyed! That and Enzo's a few blocks north. Enzo's was a favorite when I was growing up near the lake.

@nualapower9323 2 жыл бұрын

I owned a 3 bedroom, 2 bath townhouse in North Van down near the Seabus. Bought it in 1998 for $210,000. Sold it in 2006 for $400,000. Thought I did well at the time.... turns out it was the worst financial move I ever made.

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

That's no fun. However, I've heard that the Canadian housing market is a big bubble. Not sure if it is... that's what I've heard. FYI...I've made countless poor financial moves. :D

@martinhughes1342 2 жыл бұрын

The cost of living comparison was so cute, we’ve got a 700 square foot apartment in LOLO you can have for $825

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! But will it meet our very stringent checklist? ;)

@SchnuffiJames Жыл бұрын

As a home sick Canadian living abroad thanks

@chrisplusmelissa Жыл бұрын

No probs! Where about are you living now?

@SchnuffiJames Жыл бұрын

@@chrisplusmelissa During the cold war I was posted to Germany met my wife and stayed.

@hikingontario 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this wonderful footage! Greetings from Canada, and wish you have a wonderful day!

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

@nickgooderham2389 2 жыл бұрын

Love Vancouver! Unfortunately, can't afford to live there. If you are in eastern Canada and have the time you should check out Ottawa. Its a quiet government city of just over a million people with lots of outdoor stuff to do. There's no mountains, but they do have the Gatineau hills. It is famous in the rest of Canada as the "place that fun forgot" which isn't true unless you're a twenty something looking for a place to party.

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

We're out east now... more on that coming in future vids.

@the.r32 Жыл бұрын

Melissa has really good sound. Would like to hear it in a podcast

@chrisplusmelissa Жыл бұрын

She's quite the amazing woman methinks. :)

@gottacos 2 жыл бұрын

A taco pizza might make things more exciting

@sp4263 Ай бұрын

Ok. So where did you end up settling down? Fargo ND? Just kiddng

@chrisplusmelissa Ай бұрын

We intend to do a video with an update soon.

@dalenicol1027 2 жыл бұрын

Ok you have to be rich to live in west or north van but if you look other places youll find affordable places ,for instance New Westminster 20 mins. by car to North van west van or out into maple ridge golden eats park, basically New west is centre of lower mainline .housings prices portside brand new townhouses by Fraser river 649000 k or my building 17th floor concrete building 1300 sq ft 799000. I guess my point is you can always visit van from central N.W.and there a lot of restaurants you two would love ,still mountain views but river instead of ocean

@dalenicol1027 2 жыл бұрын

Ps New west first capital of B. C. , highest concentration of 18 hundreds houses in North America, worth a look at houses just for fun and like I said some great restaurants , look on internet for your choices

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

You make some excellent points.

@dalenicol1027 2 жыл бұрын

Thks for your comments back ,since I've lived whole life here pls let me enlighten you as to what other places you'd love to see and hike in summer ski in winter . First Bunsen lake , golden ears ,manning park ,Harrison lake ,Chehalis river ( watch out for saskwatches known to be seen here ) so you might not miss north van Cyprus mins grouse mtn. trails so much . B C licence says beautiful for great reasons. Lastly chiliwack Hope area where water is so pure they only started processing water in last couple years, Nestle gets it water you've probably drank from there. Hope this helps you in your quest. Ps if you want to see heritage house go from 6th street N W go along Queens ave to start heading towards queens park. Once finished turn up or down any streets between . It would make a great episode for you an you'd see houses you couldn't build anymore and one's that have been in movies and tv shows you've probably seen or walk the quay boardwalk about three miles ( new condos and townhouses there also ,good luck on your quest

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips... we're no longer in the area... :( but good to know when we come back.

@mathematicaleconomist4943 2 жыл бұрын

Random Trivia: What is the most popular (played) sport in Canada?

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling this is s trick question. One would assume Hockey, but it's probably something like Curling?

@mathematicaleconomist4943 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisplusmelissa BY FAR GOLF! There are 6 million golfers in Canada (versus only 1.3 million hockey players). In fact - Canada has more golfers in proportion to its total population than anywhere else, making it the most popular golf country in the world!

@destructivemind3372 7 ай бұрын

Ok its not about the Vancouver it's about them

@dalenicol1027 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry last I'll tell you about ( for Chris especially Gums donuts in east Columbia street sapperton area New West he will love them)

@LetzBeaFranque 2 жыл бұрын

Dude: You pay for what you look at. Attractive wife :You pay for what you look at?

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

@lanceb7556 2 жыл бұрын

Unless you inherited property in the Vancouver area, the average Canadian could never afford to live there. Unfortunately.

@chrisplusmelissa 2 жыл бұрын

Yep... it's a tough reality.

@dashernorthvan 2 ай бұрын

horrible place now...over saturated...too many towers being built...too many people which creates traffic. City council could not care less except letting developers build more and more towers. Been here for 60 years so I know what i''m talking about.. Millions was spent on hyway1 which resulted in zero solution to the daily 20 min wait from westview to second narrows bridge. disgusting...DO NOT MOVE HERE

@chrisplusmelissa 2 ай бұрын

Change is constant and not always good for everyone. I think a lot of cities in a lot of countries are feeling what Vancouver is feeling.