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Originally Posted by Matty81
I think Vancouver is pretty terrible myself. Everyone gushes about it after going downtown, to Kitts or North Van but 90% of the population lives in crappy megasuburbs that are worse places to live than mid sized cities like Kamloops or Lethbridge and take as long to get downtown as somebody living in Vic.
Normal working folks can't afford any of the nice areas and the average quality of life is not exceptional. Even in terms of culture, I find it just ok, the Vancouver art gallery for example pretty poor compared lots of to other cities of that size. Aquarium is a great attraction, postsecondary is good, healthcare average, public transit average.
I think it has a good rep because tourists go to the nice areas and think thats what it is like to live there but most people aren't jogging in stanley park and then sipping a coffee in gastown.
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Good point. I can see this being true for a bunch of the cities people rank as "tier 1" though.
Most people don't live on Younge Street or Kensington Market in Toronto. Most live in hell holes like Markham or Pickering or the like and commute 2 hours each way. So really, would that be more desirable of a place to live in than say Victoria where your commute to work is never more than 20 minutes?