Greenery year-round offsets the grey skies, in my mind. But the overcast days do start to wear on you come spring. Tough city to beat in the summer though.
I think Vancouver is an amazing city if you are wealthy or a bit of a youngish bum (like myself) who doesn't mind the trade offs that come with living in a pretty sweet location (renting instead of buying). Seems like it would be a very difficult place to buy a house and start a family though. Some of the dumps I see for a million+ would make you lol.
I avoid rush hour traffic whenever possible, so I don't notice a huge difference compared to Deerfoot/Crowchild/Glenmore/etc. The area I'm in has a walkscore of 100 compared to the areas I was living in in Calgary which were maximum 50/100 probably, so I guess I can't really compare my experience here to the nice, walkable parts of Calgary.
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