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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Most of the complaining just strikes me as people being uncomfortable living in a bigger city, not Vancouver specifically. One of the best parts of Calgary is that it still has a somewhat smaller town feel. But to pin the lack of community or the more grind stone like atmosphere as uniquely Vancouver is pretty narrowly focused. Toronto feels the same way, likely worse, and bigger cities like New York are a literal meat grinder.
Strikes me that most people from Calgary who complain about how awful Vancouver is come to Vancouver for their first experience living outside of Calgary and in a bigger cosmopolitan city. They then mistake that transition as it being about Vancouver itself not about that fundamental change.
Sure maybe a generalization but I know reams of people that have moved to Vancouver from bigger cities in Europe and the States and they love the community feel and the personality.
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All depends on personal experiences, eh? No one can categorically say a city is this or that, it's all perception based.
In my experience I have felt non of the 'community feel' or 'personality'. I do live smack bang downtown in an apartment though, so that may contribute to the transactional relationships I have had with people. I have met a few friends here and non of them were born/raised in Vancouver, just moved here for work. I noticed that Kelowna is a hotspot for good folks though, as a number of my friends are from that area.