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reading the forum is pretty interesting on people's opinion here is a quote from seattle vs vancouver thread Quote:
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Vancouver is awesome. Sorry to hear you didn't commit suicide. |
You could be living in a shithole and you could say its the best place ever. It's the things around you that keep you happy like friends and family. This guy probably came here for work, so there was less likely anyone he knew here. |
was expecting to hear some crazy conspiracy.. all i read was a bunch of bitching. I don't live in vancouver but your points could be valid for any big city.. |
I work at NCIX, drive an STI, live in Vancouver and give 0 fucks :awwyeah: |
Retarded thread is retarded |
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If you want to be paid a good wage you go elsewhere. |
OP is usually failed for his anti rich Chinese immigrant posts, but he is absolutely correct. I was born and bred in Richmond, and had the chance to go away for school. I also have lots of close friends in other cities and it's true -- if you find a high paying career job in a big city elsewhere, you won't look back at Vancouver at all. Two weeks back in summer and winter every year for skiing/fishing/kayaking etc are more than enough. |
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^I think the trades here pay well only because of the housing and construction conditions locally, it's probably not booming everywhere in North America and my guess is the pay may fluctuate greatly depending on region. I think if it weren't for the mad dash of wealthy immigrants wanting to move here, Vancouver probably would not have changed much if at all and things would have been kinda dead. Seems like all the builders (even some international ones) moved in once there was money to be made and we got all these nice towers and hotels (i.e. Shangri-la, Fairmont) that went up. Vancouver would have been like Victoria, where not a damn thing seems to have changed. That's pretty awesome pay. What jobs did your friends land? I'm guessing finance. They must be REALLY talented though b/c I have a cousin from an Ivy (UPenn) who got referred by her prof and offered jobs at JP Morgan and Houlihan Loki was only paid 200k starting as a FA (at Houlihan, JP offered a bit more). It's too bad we aren't a financial or tech hub but I guess that won't ever happen, many people here don't seem to understand business and they voted out the HST lol. I agree, Vancouver is just a nice place to live and enjoy your wealth once you've made your $ abroad. |
if the guy who wrote that job prospects are bad here, I wonder how much better it would be for him in the States. Apparently, 88 million in the country do not work according to the San Francisco Chronicle and the latest unemployment statistics are skewed by those dropping out of the search. I would say that's a pretty huge number for a country that has just over 300 million citizens. 88 million out of work and not looking for a job |
People need to figure out what makes them happy. Is it financial success? Is it working a job that you're passionate about, or is it trying to create your own company and be your own boss? Is it surrounding yourself with the best friends? Is it going skiing every weekend? Is it smoking up everyday and living your life high? Is it starting a family and pumping out miniature versions of yourself? Is it getting a corner office in DT Manhatten? Personally, I'm making enough money to be happy here. I have lived abroad in the UK for 2 years and traveled around, etc - but Vancouver is MY home. There were aspects to London I loved, but it wasn't my home. I might not be pulling in 100k a year, but my job pays for my bills and keeps a roof over my head. I have plenty of friends who have moved abroad, either to Eastern Canada, or into the states. Either it was family, or to get away from family - to search for a career they can't have here, or to move to their dream city (NY, or whatever), or trying to make enough money so maybe one day they'll be featured in Cribs. To those who aren't happy in Vancouver, if you think you'll be happy elsewhere, you should go ahead and move! Personally I hate whiners; if you hate this city, YVR is situated really close to the city center and a new life is only a few hours away. |
I've lived in Dublin, Chicago, Seattle and Vancouver. They're all good places to live, or miserable shitholes. It's a matter of perspective, so make the best of it. You're going to be dead a long time. |
Vancouver proper is a fucking joke, the further out you get, the easier and better the quality of life is. I visited Austin, Texas a while back when I was picking up a car, and I swear, it's the happiest place on earth. I'd move there in a heartbeat if I had the chance. Warm weather, nice people, and nice (CHEAP) land. |
Funny OP proudly has an avatar of a canadian flag but is bitching about his own city? Honestly if you guys don't like it there's no reason you shouldn't be able to move out. Austin texas is a 300$ no return flight. Why don't you head there? Enjoy it. Keeps vancouver cheaper for the people who like this lifestyle. |
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Gone from whining about women to whining about livability of Vancouver. Classic. |
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I don't hate the lifestyle, I prefer it over anywhere else. It's the fact that it would take my entire life to pay off a house here. |
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What's stopping me from what? My second post wasn't a retraction, it was the reasoning behind my first post. It's all money, and it's hard to get enough to get a reasonably sized home without breaking your back here. My point was that in Austin, it's easy, a mansion on three acres of land was $200,000. |
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We have 2 million people in the metro area but due to the few number of bridges and our many areas of bottlenecks it takes forever to get anywhere during rush hour. Going from burnaby to Kits area takes forever during rush hour. We shouldn't have this much congestion given our population. The metro area of Portland Oregon is similar to Vancouver, and they are one of the most efficiently planned cities in North America and constantly rated as best cities to travel in during rush hour. Downtown portland has free transit!! |
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Jokes aside, I am not a fan of working longer in the day, as it takes away from your work-life balance and isn't good for people's health/stress wise. However I totally agree with you on the productivity/efficiency and the constant bitching here, people in Vancouver get less done here in 8 hours than the 8 hours that someone from other cities would produce. Soo many people here bitch about the stupidest things at work and seem to hate their jobs (even though in my opinion the job is pretty decent). |
Vancouver is awesome. See, where I came from, you had to roll in bulletproof cars, many friends had armed security guards/drivers, cameras in the house, bars, electric fence, you couldn't do anything nor go anywhere for fear of getting kidnapped, killed or worse. And most of us were not ballers, mind you. Just middle/upper middle class. You guys take for granted some important things, like liberty, mild weather, the ability to go anywhere you want at any time you want without worry. If you want to make six figures plus really easily, go freeze your ass off in the oil sands and stop whining. Seriously. |
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