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As a long time resident of Nanaimo, and fortunately living on the outskirts of the city on my organic farm. i will say this about Nanaimo, it sucks. The downtown part of the city is full of drug addicts,and people living on the streets. Safe injection sites is the norm here. Now, you might say , why don't you move. Well, I don;t have a mortgage, nice. it is all farm land in the area I live in, nice. No street people, and we have a citizen patrol to keep our area safe. Sad, but , a must do. Having guard dogs on the property is also the norm, and we have four of the furry creature's. We use to years ago, have people shoot up on our street, no more. Thanks to our citizens patrol. So, the question remains. Would I move to Nanaimo knowing what I know? Not on your life. At 81 yrs old, I'd say I'm a little too old to pack up and sell the farm.

Well just a little frustrating. Shocking to see a video of our old haunts! Being broadcast to so many. Hoping you are not trying to make a profit videotaping great places in nature without donating a major percentage of your profits to help protect habitat. The “jaw breaking” places are being overwhelmed…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coal_mines_and_landmarks_in_the_Nanaimo_area Also I have seen a map with all the mine tunnels on it. It was alarming how many tunnels there was and how far they went.

beautifull finishings inside on a gorgeous piece of land with an awesome view

Moved to Nanaimo in summer of 2016. It was a quaint, beautiful city on the water. Over the next 6 years things went downhill fast. The downtown turned into a real scary place with homeless drugged up zombies asking us for money, tents, filth and homeless everywhere. The crime in and around the downtown got bad too. Businesses were leaving the downtown like crazy and I don’t blame them. All the mayor does is blame the provincial government. Really sad because it used to be a nice place. Left in 2022 due to the issues (including affordability) that plague Nanaimo.

Hello, are there black people in Nanaimo?

Thanks for this video.its always good to know some of the negatives, as well as the positives. We're making a trip out to visit some places on the island for a potential move.

I don’t care about the EnN but how about the street name changes - like 5 different Pine St or the intersection of Pine, Bruce, Fitzwilliam and Third. Also, I drive around Bowen park about five times a day either via Wall Street or Bush.

Other places they did surface morning to remove everything and there was no more problem with that but the nut jobs on Vancouver island would never allow that.

I lived in Nanaimo in the 1960s to 1980s. I knew a guy whose house had to be demolished after an unknown shaft opened up under his house. This was in the Divers Lake area.

Horseshoe Bay is in West Vancouver, not North Vancouver

To fly to Parksville or Qualicum fly Nanaimo or Comox, NOT Victoria. Parksville has more sunshine on average than Qualicum beach or Nanaimo. The Parksville walks along the beach have no smog as it does in Qualicum. The draw back is that are very few physicians on Vancouver Island since Covid rules, even though Maderna admitted to causing clots and strokes in UK courts. BC health has not been truthful with the science.

I think I speak for everyone in any of the small towns in bc when I say fuck off and go back to the city

So you have to be rich to move there?

Wow. Don't even know where to begin. As a native born Nanaimoite who has lived in all these places, all I can say is you go well beyond rose colored glasses.... all the way to pure sales driven blindness. Anyone watching and relying on this blatant sales pitch should take time to read the comments.

The very mines my granddad worked in. One too many deaths made him quit and move to Vancouver. A shame that the mines are coming back to haunt the locals.

As a recent day tourist I thought Nanaimo a pretty town but somewhat sleepy. I visited on a Friday in May and had lunch at a restaurant on Commercial Street. We had finished our meal but were told they were closing (for the day) at 3pm. The wife shopped while I had coffee on the same street enjoying a table outdoors. After sitting for a while I noticed the tables/chairs being taking inside and was told they closed (for the day) at 4pm. The harbor area is pretty and I think you can hang out there past five pm though am not sure. Nice place to visit though doubt there's much nightlife.

We live on Gabriola. You need to cover this gem of an island that is so accessible and close to Nanaimo.

I lived on Northfield Rd in the 80s, never found an entrance to the mine then, but recently an entrance was found by the highway onramp a couple hundred feet from our yard. SCARY I totally would have went in there as a kid.

lived in nanaimo for 2 years in the past and never been to downtown at all lol

All the little high school girls copy me

Nanaimo was the source for coal to Victoria and even Portlands' huge mansions, no central heating. The foundation of some millionaires off the island. And of course no safety laws and probably few records kept or turned over.

Hi, excellent video. What do you think of Evergreen St Parksville? Does Parksville have a community center with a swimming pool? What's the restaurant situation there?

Agreed! 👍

Canadian household debt just reached the $ 3 trillion mark. Canadian household income versus average house prices creates a multiple. 2008 the US crashed at multiples of 4-6. Vancouver Island has an average multiple of 16. The IMF,Wall Street. Bloomberg etc have called Canadian real estate as the biggest bubble in the world.

OMG no way, you have decade old Nanaimo City Council footage?!?!? Thanks for the interesting history. I had no idea about the mines.

Thanks - I had no idea Nanaimo was a mining region.

It is not just the overwhelming numbers it is that most are from incompatible countries ie india and china. Do YOU want to live in china or india ? Of course not. When you import garbage you become garbage. Check back soon see that this post has been deleted. Must not speak of the Great Replacement that has destroyed this country. White-apologists disgust me.

Let’s not forget how much money immigrants spend out of Canada in remittances, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!

We may visit in the summer to look at neighbourhoods but our budget won’t go far at all.

My great great grandfather George Robinson was engaged in 1854 to manage the Hudson's Bay Company's coal mine in Nanaimo in 1854 in Staffordshire, arriving in Nanaimo late in 1854. He got involved in local politics and his contract was not renewed in 1859 but he was responsible for some of the holes under Nanaimo.

Why didn't you go into the history instead of "glossing over each one?"

I've lived and worked in both places, currently in Parksville. Both places have beautiful beaches, Parksville has more forested type areas if you're into that. There are so many drug addicts and vagrant type people roaming around parksville these days, it really seems to have become a major issue in the last year or two. Qualicum is a beautiful place, but it feels very isolated when you live there and I found myself leaving to nanaimo or other places to shop or find activities. For groceries you have one option, and that place has really gone downhill in the last year. I guess both places have their pros and cons depending on what you are looking for in a community

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I'm considering relocating from Winnipeg to Vancouver Island but in my price range I'm finding lots of "manufactured homes" aka mobile homes. I'm also finding lots of "age restrictions". I'm guessing these are popular with seniors. Is there anything else I should be aware of as someone who's never lived in a mobile home or BC? Do mobile homes have septic tanks etc? And how's the temperature indoors in one of these things? Or would I be better off looking at condos?

Yep Vancouver Island may be be beautiful, but don't move here because the locals are really annoying, and don't much like change. If you do come here, do so because you like it, not because you want to change it.

Millstone, not Milestone. That's my neighbourhood and you are right to suggest it be avoided. Last year's shootings by my building were pretty scary and so were the fires. There are so many wonderful things about this area though as you mentioned. Fishing, swimming, hiking, biking, beach volleyball, disk golf, etc.

Great job comparing and contrasting the two. They are very different and you've nailed that.

Hi, so what are the best two places to live in each? You showed quick pics but didn't name the areas lol

Nanaimo is a shit hole an it's time all those really cool people that live there realize it...🎉🎉🎉

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this message may get pulled from being rather negative, but I'm say it anyway, ovoid the downtown core its starting to look like a jail now, with all the metal fences being put up to keep the street drug addict's from claiming areas as their own and trashing them...

Almost got lost looking for this waterfall years ago! Thinking of trying once again to findit

It’s a ‘FreeDumber Crowd in Nanaimo. Very Karen. Miserable drunks and Cokeheads

Which forest is this? It looks beautiful!

Yes! On the railway point! Look at Japan! The BC government (and Canadian) are so stupid for not building modern railways!

Nice!! 🥰❤️

Thanks for the video. I definitely want to see Parksville soon!! 😊💕

The is.and won't change much it even like this designed for a reason people save their whole life's to move to live here UT don't know about the behavior of local governments world economic form has sponsored Nanaimo and this change but it won't be Wan anyone wants gatekeeping at its best