I could never live in Greater Vancouver for three reasons:
1) The traffic
2) The rain
and most importantly:
3) My in-laws live there
Vancouver really is an incredible place to visit, and incredibly depressing in the spring, when you leave the brown/white of Alberta and find yourself in the gorgeous greenery of Vancouver.
I lived there for a summer once, but I lived in Langley and worked in Abbotsford. The traffic wasn't terrible, and it was summer, so there was little rain. I had a fantastic time.
A lot of my friends down there can't afford to live close to Vancouver, so they live in Langley / Abbotsford / Chilliwack, but their job requires them to work in Vancouver, so they have an unimaginably horrible commute. I honestly don't know how they do it without going crazy.
The rain too, I just don't get how you get used to it. I get depressed here when it's cloudy for a couple weeks straight. I couldn't handle it down there.
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