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The problem is that Vancouver is boxed in on all sides by a combination of mountains, ocean and international border. Much like SF, there is literally no where
by mthoms 11y ago
The problem is that Vancouver is boxed in on all sides by a combination of mountains, ocean and international border. Much like SF, there is literally no where left to expand. Young people will soon be leaving the city in droves.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoInternational border? I mean, isn't Vancouver like 2 hours north of the border?
- techsupporter 11y agoNot quite. It is approximately 30 miles from the northern city limits of Blaine, Washington (which also happens to be the international border between Canada and the United States) to Waterfront Station/Canada Line on the northern part of the Vancouver proper, facing Burrard Inlet. It takes me about 2.5 hours to drive from Seattle to the middle of Vancouver.
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- seanmcdirmid 11y agoI guess I just remembered it wrong, or I'm including traffic.
- mthoms 11y agoThe Greater Vancouver Metro area includes the municipalities of Delta, Surrey and Langley. All of which border WA. The "city" of Vancouver technically lies about 20 minutes north of the border.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI guess I'm not a "young person" any more (27). I really like Vancouver and I was asking around about opportunities for work there. It seems to be reasonably easy to get a Canadian work visa as an Australian, at least while I'm under 30. The rent/mortgage prices pretty much killed that idea - salaries seem about the same as where I am now (Canberra) but living expenses seem much higher. Which is really sad. I'd put the city on par (or better than) Melbourne, Australia for "culture" (Melbourne still beats most of the world for coffee shops, though!). Yaletown and Gastown are impressive, and also extremely expensive. One of the other articles on Van said that people were leaving to Victoria - which is nice, but has the issue of being on an island, plus still very much feeling like a small town.
- jacalata 11y agoSomeone says young people will soon be leaving in droves and you say this doesn't apply to you because...you don't think it's worth even moving there in the first place?
- voltagex_ 11y agoNah, I probably added my comment in the wrong place. I'd love to live in Vancouver, but it's so expensive that it's not really worth it.