Great place to live; horrible place to start a tech company. No-one here as any idea what you're talking about if you start talking consumer web startups. Tha

Great place to live; horrible place to start a tech company. No-one here as any idea what you're talking about if you start talking consumer web startups. That includes the VCs/angels in the city. Forget about finding employees with relevant experience. There are positively scads of game studios here, though. One of the best places in north america for that. Also: enterprise software. It is very bike friendly except for the downtown peninsula (which isn't a big negative, actually: most of the action in Vancouver is not downtown). It has the best japanese and indian food in north america (both high- and low-end), and possibly chinese as well (I wouldn't know as I'm not a fan). Foodies praise Vancouver for its snobby restaurants being not quite as good as nyc et al. but significantly cheaper.