OP, sounds like you already made your decision.
You're really here just to try to convince the rest of us that
Calgary and Edmonton is a better city... :rolleyes:

BEST PLACE TO LIVE ON EARTH , BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA.

There's only a couple things that really factor in for me since I don't have a family. 1. Can I get a job and be finacially stabel because i am right now. 2. I own a condo in Richmond right now which I bought for 178k. It's only 650 square feet. I watch shows like property virgins and see these places all over the united states for 200k and their mansions that I would love to have. But do I wanna live in the US? Is the economy stable enough? Will I be safe there? I wouldn't mind moving but I guess I'm just scared.
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In most parts of Kelowna, the pricing is closer to BBY/East Van status..

I think the guy is just looking for assurance man. No need to get offended that he doesn't think that Van is the greatest city on the planet

Ithink people are failing him for the other parts of his post.

Food, weather, sports, lots to do within 6 hour drive.

I am working my ass off just to stay in Vancouver. Lived in Ontario last summer and hell no I won't go back unless I HAVE TO.
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I went to Edmonton 4 weeks ago and all i can say is i am happy to be back in Vancouver!

While i was there, i thought about living in Edmonton but quickly brushed it off. The pros to stay in Vancouver out way the cons in my opinion. Edmonton and Calgary is a good place to get away for a week in the summer, but to live...nah.

Maybe you should go back there and stay for the winters, then make up your mind.

I don't really get why you got fail bombed for this post... I thought you made some pretty good points. The weather in Van was one of the main reasons I left 5 years ago. Sure it is AWESOME - like the best weather on the planet - for 2 months a year. But aside from another 2 months of "okay" weather, you have 8 months of shitty weather. Don't you love getting up in the morning when it's dark, then going home and it's dark already?

^ haha i agree, i thought his post was pretty valid.

I have been to Edmonton and Calgary a few times for pleasure. I love the girls in Calgary. They are way nicer and a lot easier to approach. When you come back to Van you realize that a huge majority of the girls you find in night clubs are total snobs and think they are the absolute shit. Calgary ppl in general are down to earth and easygoing.

I love it here but it is expensive. I would consider moving to the GTA tho.

I was looking at foreclosure homes in Detroit. You can buy a 7 bedroom 4000 sqft home 5 mins from dt detroit for 199k. It's totally ridiculous.

^ sure beats blistering cold winters, and 40deg + summers w/ 99% humidity, as per other parts of the world.

I know he didn't present it in the best way but the weather really isn't so great here. It is cloudy 10 months a year. I've only lived in Calgary and Toronto and I know it's cold as fuck but it's sunny. And people elsewhere do seem friendlier.

The only other areas I've considered going is Montreal in Canada or moving to Germany for a while and see how I like it. My family is originally from Germany and I wouldn't mind trying out the EU thing for a while. The culture seems fantastic, great roads, TONS of tracks, friendly people, but the living expenses are quite a bit more.

At least it's breathable in the Summer compared to Hong Kong :lol

True! It's 34 here today, and "feels like" 40. But I'll take Hong Kong's 2 months of extreme heat, 2 months of bearable heat, and 8 months of AWESOMENESS over Vancouver's weather any time :)

Find me 8 months of awesomeness in HKG please...

Sure.

October - hot weather ends, becomes like Vancouver summer
November - starts to get dry, cool down a bit
December - gets very cool and dry - you'll have to start wearing pants
January - more cool, dry weather
February - more cool, dry weather
March - more cool, dry weather. By this time, it hasn't rained a single time in 4 months
April - starts to warm up, but still dry. a lot like Vancouver spring but without the rain
May - warms up some more, starts shifting into hot weather. this is the most like vancouver's summer, but without the 10 degree nights.

There you go :thumbsup:

To be fair, I'll describe the remaining for months

June - gets quite hot, but not unbearable. You won't even need to use AC yet until later this month
July - This is when it gets really hot. Days like today, where it's 40 degrees "with humidity". There are a few breaks when storms come in (and thunderstorms are AWESOME)
August - same as July
September - early september is the most frustrating, because it has been 8 or 12 weeks of extremely hot weather. It is usually this time where I say I am going back to Canada for the summer "for sure" each year.

They do call it blue sky country

What did you find expensive in Calgary? I remember booze was way cheaper and on every corner. There's no PST. Gas is cheaper. Housing is cheaper. I heard the only thing that is more expensive in Calgary is parking, cause everybody can afford to buy and gas up a car there.
Calgary loses Game 7 of Stanley Cup finals = Red Mile, girls flashing everywhere.
Vancouver loses Game 7 of Stanley Cup finals = riot and girls steal tuxedo pants and Gucci purses

Still born and raised though and it's hard to leave for good. What industry are you in?

The climate we have in Vancouver is one of the prevailing reasons it's a great region to live in. Rain does't dictate the climatic livability in Vancouver. We're not talking about monsoons or the constant threat of devastating floods and mudslides.
Granted, I'm no climatologist, but honestly, a little rain has never killed anybody.

Most other parts of the world have climatic/natural extremes, whether you live in Northern Europe, the Caribbeans, in Asia or in Oceania. If living expenses weren't so high, I would never second thought living in anywhere but in Vancouver/Sydney.

I will agree with getting to work and it's dark, and leaving work and it's dark in the winter. That does suck. But I can't think of anywhere else I can be within an hour's drive of great hiking in the summer, and snowboarding within 30 minutes in the winter. And I'm not talking about the Grouse Grind for hiking.

Once I get a career going i'm not staying in vancouver, but im not going to open a thread on revscene talking about how easy sloots are in other cities.

Have you looked into Florida, heard the prices aren't as low but you'll be in Miami, on a beach overlooking the Caribbean.

Gonna keep it to yourself eh? Selfish!

how is cost of living, and finding a job in victoria?

at least alberta teams have won the cup, and will again.

can't say that for vancouver.