| Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum. |
 | | 
07-06-2011, 09:49 PM
|
#26 | | Banned (ABWS)?
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 19,432
Thanked 4,099 Times in 1,760 Posts
Failed 434 Times in 211 Posts
|
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...  | 
|  | |
07-06-2011, 09:51 PM
|
#27 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ♠
Posts: 4,847
Thanked 693 Times in 249 Posts
Failed 339 Times in 75 Posts
|
BEST PLACE TO LIVE ON EARTH , BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Outreach  Fuck your Mother, chump. | | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 09:56 PM
|
#28 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Richmond BC
Posts: 611
Thanked 133 Times in 52 Posts
Failed 41 Times in 13 Posts
|
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. Posted via RS Mobile | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:01 PM
|
#29 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,963
Thanked 362 Times in 161 Posts
Failed 68 Times in 49 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by nns Interesting topic. I'm kind of thinking about the same thing now.
The field I'm in, I can find a job that's in demand in smaller cities like Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna, etc. The property (as i've been told) is a lot cheaper to own than in Vancouver.
A few things that make me hesitant on the idea:
-learning the streets all over again
-knowing nobody
-possibly hotter/colder summers/winters | In most parts of Kelowna, the pricing is closer to BBY/East Van status..
__________________
2011 VW Tiguan Highline 4Motion (Canada)
2013 Lexus IS350 F-Sport (Melbourne) | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:04 PM
|
#30 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: VAncouver
Posts: 994
Thanked 865 Times in 180 Posts
Failed 98 Times in 44 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by AzNightmare 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... | 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
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:20 PM
|
#31 | | Banned By Establishment
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Richmond
Posts: 12,484
Thanked 2,091 Times in 773 Posts
Failed 765 Times in 247 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by minoru_tanaka 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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:21 PM
|
#32 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: V
Posts: 7,849
Thanked 656 Times in 326 Posts
Failed 190 Times in 91 Posts
|
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. Posted via RS Mobile | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:27 PM
|
#33 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: vancouver
Posts: 10,849
Thanked 291 Times in 122 Posts
Failed 20 Times in 8 Posts
|
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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:36 PM
|
#34 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 54,431
Thanked 25,310 Times in 8,856 Posts
Failed 1,559 Times in 707 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SFUguy what, you mean the rain?
i didn't realize how blue the skies are until I was in Alberta. Even with clouds in the sky, the skies are really blue.
Sky in Vancouver? What the fuck is that? haha.
Calgary is an expensive ass place. Its boring as heck. But the good thing is that there aren't no kids frontin wearing gucci murses or gucci caps or whatever the fuck. i see right through their fronts like the muthafukcin matrix.
its also easier to get laid in calgary than vancouver. at least from my experience. women are mad approachable. the women have a small-town kinda feel to them. more down to earth. from what i've seen they aren't as fashionable as vancouver girls though.
bottom line: calgary has really cool peeps. but boring and expensive place. | 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?
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:44 PM
|
#35 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: far from u
Posts: 294
Thanked 56 Times in 27 Posts
Failed 24 Times in 11 Posts
|
^ 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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:44 PM
|
#36 | | resident Oil Guru
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 7,716
Thanked 10,457 Times in 1,794 Posts
Failed 1,065 Times in 267 Posts
|
^ sure beats blistering cold winters, and 40deg + summers w/ 99% humidity, as per other parts of the world.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:46 PM
|
#37 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: VAncouver
Posts: 994
Thanked 865 Times in 180 Posts
Failed 98 Times in 44 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by MajinHurricane Ithink people are failing him for the other parts of his post. | 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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:47 PM
|
#38 | | My homepage has been set to RS
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Deutschland
Posts: 2,402
Thanked 900 Times in 387 Posts
Failed 395 Times in 107 Posts
|
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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:48 PM
|
#39 | | They let me be a moderator. LOL
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 9,221
Thanked 3,674 Times in 869 Posts
Failed 1,062 Times in 190 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp 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? | At least it's breathable in the Summer compared to Hong Kong  | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:50 PM
|
#40 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 54,431
Thanked 25,310 Times in 8,856 Posts
Failed 1,559 Times in 707 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SpuGen At least it's breathable in the Summer compared to Hong Kong | 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  | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:52 PM
|
#41 | | Ubereem Mod
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Richmond
Posts: 3,070
Thanked 120 Times in 63 Posts
Failed 24 Times in 10 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp 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...
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Culture_Vulture sometimes I like to use kindergarten art class scissors to cut my pubes | | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:57 PM
|
#42 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 54,431
Thanked 25,310 Times in 8,856 Posts
Failed 1,559 Times in 707 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Gt-R R34 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 
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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:58 PM
|
#43 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: VAncouver
Posts: 994
Thanked 865 Times in 180 Posts
Failed 98 Times in 44 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SFUguy what, you mean the rain?
i didn't realize how blue the skies are until I was in Alberta. Even with clouds in the sky, the skies are really blue.
Sky in Vancouver? What the fuck is that? haha. | They do call it blue sky country Quote:
Originally Posted by SFUguy Calgary is an expensive ass place. Its boring as heck. But the good thing is that there aren't no kids frontin wearing gucci murses or gucci caps or whatever the fuck. i see right through their fronts like the muthafukcin matrix. | 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. Quote:
Originally Posted by SFUguy its also easier to get laid in calgary than vancouver. at least from my experience. women are mad approachable. the women have a small-town kinda feel to them. more down to earth. from what i've seen they aren't as fashionable as vancouver girls though. | 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?
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 10:59 PM
|
#44 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 11,037
Thanked 2,572 Times in 690 Posts
Failed 578 Times in 161 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp 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? | 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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 11:00 PM
|
#45 | This title intentionally left blank MOD
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Above Sea Level
Posts: 8,549
Thanked 484 Times in 211 Posts
Failed 76 Times in 14 Posts
|
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.
__________________
Classifieds Head Moderator
Automotive Service Technician
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 11:12 PM
|
#46 | | Banned By Establishment
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Richmond
Posts: 12,484
Thanked 2,091 Times in 773 Posts
Failed 765 Times in 247 Posts
|
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.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 11:15 PM
|
#47 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: VAncouver
Posts: 994
Thanked 865 Times in 180 Posts
Failed 98 Times in 44 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by lol ^ haha i agree, i thought his post was pretty valid.
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. | Have you looked into Florida, heard the prices aren't as low but you'll be in Miami, on a beach overlooking the Caribbean.
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 11:18 PM
|
#48 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: VAncouver
Posts: 994
Thanked 865 Times in 180 Posts
Failed 98 Times in 44 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by MajinHurricane 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. | Gonna keep it to yourself eh? Selfish!
| |
| | |
07-06-2011, 11:21 PM
|
#49 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Burnaby/Bavaria
Posts: 1,033
Thanked 140 Times in 79 Posts
Failed 48 Times in 22 Posts
|
how is cost of living, and finding a job in victoria?
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Jun Kitami sounds like a buncha faggot noobs to me...
then again, what do I know... i've only been here since 2000 | /// E46 328i | |
| | |
07-06-2011, 11:37 PM
|
#50 | | straight from the fields of squamton
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Grande Prairie
Posts: 11,286
Thanked 576 Times in 201 Posts
Failed 305 Times in 63 Posts
|
at least alberta teams have won the cup, and will again.
can't say that for vancouver.
__________________
2013 Mazdaspeed 3
| |
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:26 PM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
