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Originally posted by Reaper@Oct 5 2005, 09:14 AM
I'm probably in the minority but Vancouver ranks low on my list with the crappy weather and high cost of living.
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I hate the place as well. I lived there for 3 year while I went to UBC and since I couldn't afford $1500/month for rent I had to live in the south-central part (pretty much East Van). Vancouver is nice if you are downtown or west of oak street, the rest of it is a filthy rotting dump. There was so much garbage on the streets of the neighborhood that I lived in, needles and used condoms in every back alley, you can't park your car with anything in it or it'll get ripped off, and the drivers....Don't get me started. Some people like Kitsilano but those of us that aren't fond of moldy basement suites for $1200/month, it's pretty crappy. Buying a house is a pretty sad affair, you buy a $600,000 rotting shack and still have to have a basement suite in it so you can pay the mortgage-No Thanks! Or you buy a $400,000 900 square foot leaky condo that needs $100,000 in repairs. It would take a salary of at least $120,000 to get me to think of moving back to that area.
I'll stay in Kelowna but my second choice is Calgary.