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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I go to Victoria quite often and have noticed a shift in the mood of that city similar to Vancouver. It has become quite the rat race as well. For a medium sized city, it's crazy how bad the traffic and cost of living has gotten. If I was born there, I would probably dislike newcomers as well. Parts of the Okanagan have gotten bad as well.
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Driving in Victoria has always been an adventure. I wouldn't say it's gotten better or worse per se, but with the increase in homes being built in the west shore (Langford, Colwood, etc) the drive times are getting worse. But I barely drive anywhere. We live in Esquimalt, I work from home and my wife works downtown. She can take the bus or walk. I bike my kids to school.
I was talking to one of the Saanich councilors last night at a farmers market about how I moved out of Saanich, but I still want to voice my support for Saanich initiatives since I use the infrastructure in my day-to-day life. There's always opportunities to work on building community, you just have to find the right people and ways to talk to people.
This regional municipality (Greater Victoria) needs to change in ways that people aren't used to. Transit, cycling, people moving, housing are challenging the norms - and the upper crust of 8th generation Oak Bay people are really having a hard time with that idea.