[MindBomber]

The multi-cultural diversity?
The amazing natural beauty that surrounds us?
The Canucks, our consistently league leading NHL team?
The deep and unique cultural history?
The temperate climate that give us a distinct mix of different seasons?
Revscene :hotbaby:?

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[Culture_Vulture]

The deep and unique cultural history?

Wait. Our what?

[spoon.ek9]

i love that i can live in a place where people see other races and think nothing of it because it's so common.

[Bonjour43MA]

^^^ Vancouverites (espeically immigrants) that have never lived outside of this city don't know how good they've got it here. Go to Calgary or Edmonton and you're sure to run into some pretty racist and narrow-mined people that are not shy to tell you what they think of you right in your face.

[MindBomber]

Wait. Our what?

The Haida, Musqueam and Coast Salish have lived here for thousands of years and have a distinctly unique culture when compared to European Christian and Asian societies. I'm not saying our history has the same depth as Europe or Asia, since first nations people left behind far less art, architecture and literature due to the intrinsically minimal nature of their cultures. The stories, traditions and languages that have survived are definitely unique and beautiful, however. Of course I might be biased in that opinion, since I have first nations ancestry.

[SkinnyPupp]

Ironically, the weather. For 2 months a year anyway.
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[Mercy]

I love it because it's my home.
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[Culverin]

The food.

The water that's clean enough and tastes good enough out of the tap.

The non-humidity. Have you ever been to HK or toronto?
:heckno:

[Bonjour43MA]

As far as cultural history goes. I'm sorry but there really isn't an obvious one. Vancouver is such a new city (compared to other major North American cities) that there just isn't enough "history" behind it for people to identify themselves to. You want a city with history? Go to Montreal, New York, Boston, Chicago... now those have real big-city history and cultural background. European cities are even more "cultured", just as you mentioned...

Also, don't take this the wrong way, but I doubt many of us can identify with the first nations' unique cultural background. There isn't enough influences in art, literature, and architecture (as you said) to shape the uniqueness that defines Vancouver. For so long the BC government has been trying to push that as what's unique about Vancouver, but most people I know don't really see things the same way and do not relate or identify to them directly. When you say "Vancouver", people don't think about the first nations people and their heritage, they instead think about the mountains, lakes, open areas, and the weather - those define our city's culture and uniqueness.

I am sure the traditions, stories, and language are beautiful, but in a city with so many other races and people from different cultures, that ONE culture just seems to get lost among them even if it's been here for hundreds or thousands of years. If not for the government's effort in pushing that (first nations culture) as our identity, we may not even notice too much of it around our everyday lives. Kind of sad, yes, but that is the reality.

[tonyvu]

Ironically, the weather. For 2 months a year anyway.
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This.

[BrRsn]

1)20 minutes + a car = millions of cool places to go.

There's been nights where me and friends are bored/everyones pretty faded and wants to do something but don't wanna go clubbing/to a restaurant ... grab the car and cruise upto cypress lookout/kits beach, just hangout and shoot the shit for a few hours with a sick backdrop.


2)weed's illegal but no one really cares.

3) most people aren't ugly. I think out of all my friends, only 1 or 2 of them don't go to the gym regularly. I've been to toronto, and man there's a lot of ugly people.

[MindBomber]

Very true and excellent points, as I said, I have first nations ancestry and therefore I have been exposed to first nations culture much more than the average British Columbian. A trip to the museum of anthropology at UBC or the Bill Reid gallery are great ways to spend a rainy fall weekend and connect with the sparse history of our city if you enjoy art.

I agree, our cities history cannot compare to the majority of large cities worldwide, Vancouver has only really begun to blossom in the last century, which has been relatively uneventful in North America.

As far as cultural history goes. I'm sorry but there really isn't an obvious one. Vancouver is such a new city (compared to other major North American cities) that there just isn't enough "history" behind it for people to identify themselves to. You want a city with history? Go to Montreal, New York, Boston, Chicago... now those have real big-city history and cultural background. European cities are even more "cultured", just as you mentioned...

Also, don't take this the wrong way, but I doubt many of us can identify with the first nations' unique cultural background. There isn't enough influences in art, literature, and architecture (as you said) to shape the uniqueness that defines Vancouver. For so long the BC government has been trying to push that as what's unique about Vancouver, but most people I know don't really see things the same way and do not relate or identify to them directly. When you say "Vancouver", people don't think about the first nations people and their heritage, they instead think about the mountains, lakes, open areas, and the weather - those define our city's culture and uniqueness.

I am sure the traditions, stories, and language are beautiful, but in a city with so many other races and people from different cultures, that ONE culture just seems to get lost among them even if it's been here for hundreds or thousands of years. If not for the government's effort in pushing that (first nations culture) as our identity, we may not even notice too much of it around our everyday lives. Kind of sad, yes, but that is the reality.

[Bonjour43MA]

I also have to agree with those that say that Vancouverties are generally speaking quite attractive-looking in mass... I haven't traveled a lot in North America, but compared to people from Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and LA, we do have a large collection of good-looking people, and the rest of us aren't too bad either lol

[PiuYi]

The Canucks, our consistently league leading NHL team?


by "consistently", you mean JUST last year and never ever before in the history of the team?

[MindBomber]

by "consistently", you mean JUST last year and never ever before in the history of the team?

I choose to look past every season except 1994 and 2011. :okay:

[wouwou]

The food, the weather.

as for culture, I can't even get a souvenir that shouts Vancouver

[will068]

The cleanliness.

The variety of activities available to do. Do you wonder why it's hard for Vancouver to support multiple pro sport teams? Because every season, you can always do a variety of outdoor activities that is close to the city.

You wonder why Greenbay can support an NFL team ? Because they got nothing to do there.

[skippynixx]

There are so many genuinely great people here

[danned]

weather is great to live

[Nvasion]

food, night life, girls

[teekaywok]

The clean air i can breath when i wake up in the morning

[sonick]

The summer
The girls of summer
The fact that you can snowboard in the morning then immediately hit up the beach that same afternoon during Spring
The food & food culture
Drink & drink culture (craft beer bars, microbreweries, etc.)
Scenery
Lifestyle

[q0192837465]

Best Chinese food compared to any other cities within driving distance.
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[doma]

The fact that when I leave I won't miss it.
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[StylinRed]

everything but ICBC/TransLink

[melloman]

-Decent summers, and mild winters. Yet still cold enough to let it snow on the mountains.
-Beautiful scenery to go walk places (Coal Harbour, Stanley Park, English Bay, Granville Island, Richmond Dykes)
-Good food

[Durrann]

the stuck up ladies

and the food haha

[hotjoint]

scenery & the booty shorts and small tank tops that the girls wear in the summertime!

[skylinergtr]

The Scenary.

[SkinnyPupp]

Also, the decent and reasonably priced sushi.

That and the July/August weather are what I miss the most.

Oh and fresh berries in the summer

[nns]

The cute girls who wear TNA pants.

[MG1]

North Shore Mountains

Awesome Drinking Water

Revscene

[CP.AR]

HOME OF REVSCENE.NET

[see.lai]

I love our downtown compared to Seattle's downtown, even though our downtown is filled with crackheads and the others are filled with mostly bums.

There's really nothing to do here unless you're of age. Nightlife is pretty good. :fuckyea:

[SkunkWorks]

Lululemon.

[Culverin]

Seattle does have Pike Market though. It's like Chinatown for white people but still has more variety.

[cressydrift]

There are so many genuinely great people here

:bla

[unit]

^^^ Vancouverites (espeically immigrants) that have never lived outside of this city don't know how good they've got it here. Go to Calgary or Edmonton and you're sure to run into some pretty racist and narrow-mined people that are not shy to tell you what they think of you right in your face.

you dont have to go nearly that far. get to about merritt and you can experience those things.

on another note, i have to say vancouver has a fuckload of hot chicks.
drive down anywhere on the west side or downtown and they are all over the place.

i like how most people enjoy the outdoors other than old chinese women who hide from the sunlight like vampires.

[will068]

on another note, i have to say vancouver has a fuckload of hot chicks.



I didn't appreciate this until I worked in London. The hot chicks in there that I noticed are the tourists from South America and the women that migrated from Eastern Europe and Italy. As for the locals, I was hoping a lot of Cheryl Coles, I was wrong.

[MG1]

The great neighbourhoods of Vancouver.

Strathcona/Chinatown
Kits
Kerrisdale
The Drive (Commercial Drive / Little Italy)
South Vancouver (Cambie/Oak/12th Avenue)
Marpole
West End

Just to name a few.

[MindBomber]

I love how willing people in Vancouver are to help each other.

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[niu99]

Richmond

[SFUguy]

I like...

our great libraries...
great thrift stores
cheap markets to get vegetables/produce (not supermarkets)
most asian food within my grasp.
breathing fucking space.
good weed
close enough to the states so i can rape em when cdn dollar is higher
the girls here are decent... (but too predictable).
craigslist (at least in my experience)
the fact that we're near the ocean.


i hate
nammers
people that that smell like mothballs
the weather
real estate prices
gas prices
thought this was a cultural-less wasteland until i went to calgary...

[LSF22]

i hate
nammers
people that that smell like mothballs
the weather
...

Woah, hate is a strong word. Justifiable?

[quasi]

The weather and the scenery. I love the fact that in the lower mainland it rarely snows, summers are usually great and even fall and winter are very mild compared to the prairies where I was born. I also love how it stays mostly green here all year round again compared to everything being brown, yellow and dead even in the summer.

[SFUguy]

Woah, hate is a strong word. Justifiable?

even vietnamese people hate nammers.

just like black people who hate niggas (chris rock).

[Culverin]

There's decent ramen here.

The sushi is... passable.

The closest mountain is 30 minutes from the city.
Snowboard season is coming. :fuckyea:

[Culture_Vulture]

There's decent ramen here.

The sushi is... passable.

The closest mountain is 30 minutes from the city.
Snowboard season is coming. :fuckyea:
Sushi (Japanese food) in Vancouver is a LOT better than most places in the world, both in terms of price and quality (of the actual seafood). You just gotta pick your restaurants--but there are plenty of them around here to choose from.

Now ramen on the other hand...I think is somewhat debatable :rolleyes:

[shawn79]

-dim sum
-bc bud
-revscene

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[Jackygor]

i love that i can live in a place where people see other races and think nothing of it because it's so common.

currently teaching English in South Korea...I miss that about Vancouver the most!

[AzNightmare]

I like how there's lots of Chinese people here and there's a big community for our hockey team.

[blum2001]

Fresh air and cleanliness.

I'll admit I took it for granted for most of my life, and it wasn't until my 4 trips to Hong Kong within 1.5 years that made me realize how good we have it here.

Never felt so good to step out of YVR to take a deep breath of fresh air.

[jaemc]

Fresh clean air compared to other parts of the world
Pretty decent scenery I would say depending on how far you will drive to
BC BUD! The art gallery on 4.20 is always epic
Great food and selection
Fairly multicultured

[hk20000]

Not gonna lie. I love our fast as hell housing market turnarounds.
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[fishCak3s]

winter sports
summer activities
laid back atmosphere
fresh air
clean water

[MindBomber]

Not gonna lie. I love our fast as hell housing market turnarounds.
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Only a real estate agent would say that :alone:

[Phozy]

The love we get around here ...

Haven't had the chance to be in a different country, but it sure as hell feels like we have it great here.

[r3n3r4d3]

weather/clean air/less crimes.

[suboy]

revscene meets

[g604]

Weed thats about it

[shenmecar]

scenery

[Marcotsu]

Running for the bus.

..and missing it <3