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Vancouver Pros: most beautiful city I've ever seen, the water and mountains are unbeatable, ski resorts nearby, nice beaches, good asian food, friendly strange
by willsmith72 3y ago
Vancouver
Pros: most beautiful city I've ever seen, the water and mountains are unbeatable, ski resorts nearby, nice beaches, good asian food, friendly strangers
Cons: some really surprisingly unsafe and uncomfortable parts of the city, everything's expensive, lots of rain, biking feels really unsafe in most parts (some good bike lanes)
- donkeysquid 3y agolol Vancouver is as safe a city as they come - try basically any large city in the us or in the developing world, you'll appreciate Vancouver.
- ipaddr 3y agoThe east side is like a third world wasteland.
- willsmith72 3y ago> the us or in the developing world Exactly, I expect Canada to be more like Australia, NZ, West/Northern Europe, not the US or developing world. And for the most part it is
- kredd 3y agoVancouver here as well, agreed about pros, I’ll add the best summer weather in a city environment (not humid, warm/hot). You don’t need a car to get around other than going for hikes and mountains either, which is neat. For cons — would consider it safer than any other “city” in North America once you exclude Hastings/surroundings. Safety issues are more concentrated in one zone compared to Toronto, NYC, SF, Seattle and etc. I’ll add another con — it gets very routine after a few years. You don’t feel like you’re living a city life compared to… basically any other city. It’s nowhere close to Toronto, NYC, London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Tokyo, Hong Kong and etc.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoIsn't it Canada? So cold among cons, no?
- axpy 3y agoNo, it’s PNW (think Seattle), mild and rainy(drizzly) winter; dry, sunny and very confortable summer.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoWow that’s not bad. Whenever a recruiter approached for a Canadian position I’ve always thought that would be just winter all year long and it will kill me both physically and emotionally. Guess I should at least see NA once :) Are there warmer places like Spain and Portugal in USA/CA?
- fragmede 3y agoThe problem, as you go south, is that places like Dallas are too warm, so even in the winter, it still rarely dips below a high of 14°C during the day.
- hollerith 3y agoCalifornia is the place in the US most like Spain in climate.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoCalifornia will be too costly for me. I am a work-life balance person and I don't think I want to get into something where it means employer owns my hind. And a lower salary in California, if at all I have to go by popular understanding, won't be enough to save and live. Because I want to come back, I don't want to settle abroad. Anyway that is too far in the future. Thanks for the tip. Have friends in that state so will definitely visit.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoVan is further north than Toronto (seriously, look it up) but gets the same Pacific weather fronts that also keep Seattle relatively warm. Like, it'll get cold and there will occasionally be real snow, but is mild compared to other Western Canadian cites. There is a lot of Dark and Bleak, though. Also like Seattle, once summer is over it turns gray and stays that way until April.
- i_am_a_peasant 3y agoI've been there twice, really love Stanley Park and may even consider moving there. But yeah some parts of the city are wtf, I've seen people injecting themselves in broad daylight a few meters away from police officers. The people living there seem super friendly though. I think I would prefer Vancouver over Toronto.