Has Vancouver Become Canada's Best City? | Returning After 10 Years
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- I wasn't expecting to be this impressed! Vancouver is Canada's 3rd largest city, has perpetually rainy and overcast weather and the most expensive real estate in the whole country! BUT.... it is 'NICE'. If you are looking for a very high caliber of living with nature right at your doorstep, Vancouver might just be the best fit for you if you are looking to live in Canada. I always had the opinion that Toronto was the best city, but the last 3 years have definitely changed things. Join me on a tour of this gorgeous city where I'll take you to downtown, a bikeride around the SeaWall, Chinatown and Granville Island. And let me know in the comments what your experience of Vancouver was! xx
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Love Vancouver , have been there many times and every time I go back I like it even more. Please make more videos about the different neighbourhoods in the city . There's a lack of old buildings in the city but there are lots of beautiful streets and neighbourhoods with a lot of character like Strathcona.
I’ve lived in BC for 5 hrs now and I absolutely love it. Born and raised in Toronto, the first noticeable difference is the cleaner air out west. Love your videos Alina!
I am sure the air has way less pollution than Toronto
visited all the main cities of Canada a couple of years ago and the impression was, Vancouver being the prettiest out of all but ridiculously expensive. Toronto was absolutely massive but didn't really make as much of an impression. Montreal, even though a bit smaller and on the colder side of Canada, there's something about that city I just love so much.
Montreal has culture and soul, which Vancouver does not have.
Montreal smaller? It is the second largest city after Toronto. And the weather has gotten warmer and with less precipitations than the west.
@@Jacob-Sent. which is what she said. Vancouver does have culture and a soul, it just doesn't care if you think it does, or not.
@@rchilde1 The idea that cities have a soul is something perpetuated by the local tourism bureau. Montreal has better bakeries and better bread even in chain grocery stores. Vancouver has better coffee. Montreal has bigger, better and more festivals (not including the folk fest which is much bigger in Vancouver), museums, galleries and concerts, so many that you can get exhausted trying to go to them all. Vancouver has a better variety of things to do outdoors, so many that you can get exhausted trying to do them all. It’s better to be a dog owner in Vancouver unless you’re a renter. Vancouver has better shopping but if you’re in Montreal, you can go to New York to shop over the weekend.
1. Montreal 2. Toronto 3. Calgary 4. Vancouver yeah Calgary is better than Vancouver
Hi Alina, you’ve made an amazing video of Vancouver, with many stunning shots of the downtown area, Stanley park, etc! I think you were holding a bel cafe cup…love their coffee. If you haven’t tried JJ Bean yet I’d highly recommend it, too.
I’ve lived in Vancouver since the 90’s and still love it so much! I was born in the USSR and at age 6 we moved to Toronto, where I grew up. I travelled out west in my 20s, fell in love with BC and moved here a couple of years later. Have not looked back! I still visit family in TO and like the changes I’ve seen but YVR is home. Enjoy your visit and safe travels!!
Thank you! Yes, Bel Cafe was my favorite but liked JJ Bean too!
When I first watched this video back in Europe, I thought, ‘Wow, this looks incredible and almost impossible for me.’
Less than a year later, I found myself living here and have now visited every single place shown.
Watching it again from my new favorite city, Toronto, brings back such pleasant memories and the realization that dreams really are possible.
💪
Woow you are in Vancouver now, welcome to my home town. I have lived here almost 20 years, i never get tired of greenery and mounting views. Thanks to your lovely video, it reminded me to revisit those places, i completely forgot that we have beaches here...lol :-)
Thanks, Alina, that was wonderful footage showing Vancouver and some great places. I did love the parks there and walked around Stanley park couple of years ago. It would be a lovely city to live in or the Island which I still haven't visited. However, like you pointed out, the cost of living would be too high unfortunately. Looks like you have some lovely hot weather coming up in Vancouver from Thursday and over the weekend getting to 30 degrees and sunshine!
Please, more vlogs like this about this beautiful city!
Im in the process of family relocation to Vancouver. We entered Canada as PR'S and yes I can afford to live quite comfortably there. I enjoyed this video.. nice drinks
Vancouver is very beautiful and worth a visit❤
Hello Alina, I saw your video and I liked it a lot, Canada is a country that calls my attention to learn English and get to know other cultures, you have good energy. A hug
Great video! Love hearing about our neighbors to the north, greetings form Seattle! It's sad to see that Seattle and Vancouver both have some of the same problems, especially affordability. The Pacific Northwest/British Columbia is such a unique part of the world, but it has its downsides like any other. At least the rain gives us all of this luscious greenery!
Omg. I’m in tears. Came from Vancouver but 35 years ago I moved to Toronto to pursue my career & succeeded. Just retired & in the process of choosing a place ( Yale town) , west end. Thank you for showing the world how beautiful Vancouver is. Not perfect but 99% the best , combinations of nature & modern areas , facilities & new careers. See you soon BC 👍😝😍❤️🇨🇦
Vancouver is sensational. Thanks for the tips
Vancouver is a wreck tonight. Hundreds live on the streets, and cops are everywhere. Downtown reeks of desperation and piss. People dying from overdoses everyday, far more dangerous than Covid ever was. Good luck getting a decent place to live without 3 or 4 roommates. It's nice to pretend things are great but I honestly can't see what you're seeing. We have yet to break 20C and there are NO JOBS. Be a tourist. Bring Cash. Go outside the city for nice things. Living here is a different story.
That's fair. You really don't know what a place is like until you live there.
I agree Vancouver is a nice city. It’s expensive, that’s why is taken care of. Also, Vancouver is not for everyone unless you have “money” & a good job with good pay. I lived there for 2 years about 12 years ago and I loved it, the only drawback is the weather. The best time to be there is the end of spring, summer, and early fall.
loved this video! i just moved to vancouver 6 months ago and am LOVING it : D
Really Impressed with Vancouver looks well nice..I live in London so I know all about high prices..Great bike ride and a visit to China Town..Thanks Alina ❤ 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Wow amazingly shot vlog absolutely mesmerizing truly remarkable hats off to your work ❤💖❤
Vancouver my first city in Canada. Went to UBC in 2015 for my masters, absolutely love the city. I was in Vancouver for about 3 years followed by 2 years in Hope and 1 year in Burnaby. Last summer I moved to Ontario due to personal reasons and ever since I miss BC so much. I know people complain about the weather over there, but that’s what makes it so green and beautiful. I hope to return one day. Thanks a lot for the video.
I lived in Vancouver for 27 years (1994 - 2021). During my last 10 years I had a one bedroom apartment on Beach Avenue with English Bay and Stanley Park right there. It was a wonderful time in a fabulous city and it was always such great fun showing it off to those (and there were many) who came to visit. I'm now back comfortably residing in my home town of Halifax yet the memories of the friends I made and the wonderful times that I had in BC will always bring a smile to me of a time very well spent.
So now that I've watched the entire video I will say that ...well ...I was wrong. You impressed me with your thoughts and insights. Well done. Well done indeed., AM. :)
Hello Alina! 😁🙏👋🌟 I hope your having a super excellent day! This is really a beautiful marvelous fantastic video! 😄👍❤️👏🇨🇦📹🥇💯💫✨🌟 The city of Vancouver looks really amazing! Also the architecture of the buildings and the view of the city is magnificent! Chinatown in Vancouver looks marvelous! Even the food in the restaurant in Yaletown looks really delicious! I would definitely like to visit Vancouver one day. It really is a marvelous city! Thank you so much Alina to share with us this fantastic amazing video. You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer! 😃👍👏✈️🌎📹🧳🗺🥇💯🏆💫✨🌟 I wish you Alina a wonderful beautiful glorious blessed day. Take care and be safe Alina. 😊🙏❤️👋🇨🇦👍✨🌟
Thanks! I hope you give it a visit!
I visited Vancouver from Scotland about 10 years ago and absolutely loved it. I spent a week of my month break there. It was sunny & baking hot the whole week. I spent 2 whole days walking the sea wall and Stanley Park. Was great too see it again.
That sounds lovely!
Great video Alina
To be honest, I don't even think that you have to drive an hour out of town to get into the wilderness.
The mountain trails in North Van can be reached from downtown in about a half and hour.
Yup, I used to live in Burnaby and was just 20 minutes away from Lynn Valley Park. Gosh I miss BC so much
The close proximity means that you do not, I repeat DO NOT get any of that to yourself unless you go at some ridiculous times or in the worst weather seasons. Going to the wilderness near vancouver city is like going for a walk in the woods at times square, ny.
@@JayandSarah What are you talking about, Lynn Canyon you can get lost in there and after about 20 minutes you might not even see anyone!
Vancouver's secret is good Urban Planning. It is turning itself from a car centric city into a people centric city, by improving walkability, bikability, public transport, density, green infrastructure, and green spaces, etc. But I think still the suburban areas has some way to catch up with the urban core. I haven't been to Vancouver, but have analyzed the city.
If you have never been here, you can't really know. The fact is, the urban planning not been very good at all. We still to this day lack a suitable rapid transit system and disasterous traffic problems. With the lack of affordability, people centric as you say, has not addressed the reality which is - people can't get out of their cars because transportation sucks and they can barely afford their cars for the most part due to ridiculous prices of housing pushing normal folks out to the edges of development with mortgages that with current interest rates will completely bankrupt large swaths of people.
Any green space in Downtown Vancouver ? No
Poor architecture .. all the same condos buildings with asians
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Love how you can ski in the morning … golf in the afternoon.
(…then on West Hastings shoot up and puke in the evening)
Vanoucer was my escape from crime ridden Seattle in the 90's. I was able to drive with my freinds and go to clubs, walk around the city, which is almost impossible in Seattle still.. The DTES on Hastings was always bad.. Some of my friends got hooked on drugs there. Some people r just predisposed to this I guess. But the whole city was not dangerous. There was street night life, prostitution, and all that lol. But it was safe to hang out in it back then. A 1 br in a highrise downtown was about $600/m. Many prostitutes lived in those. Life was good for them back then haha. Not to confuse with DTES people, those where gone mentally and they stayed in that area. Davie street was fun. Lots of clubs were there and nice affordable apts to live in. Check out documentary Hookers on Davie from 1984.. Just to get a feel how it was at night back then until about early 2000's when rents started going up and police started cleaning the nightlife to the point of extinction by now pretty much..
If you want to be safe stay away from the club bar , never be friend with bad people, live your life comfort the best for you is go to your work and come back your house and do your own business. Stay away going to bars and avoid beers be a good person have a good friend those wish what best for you.
Absolutely amazing! Vancouver is undoubtedely a beautiful city worth visiting, but also living! Canada is a country which must be truly awesome and above all a country where one lives well. Here in Europe and also in Italy we are having a very hot June (36 degrees Celsius) and it is terrible!! Thank you Alina for sharing this beautiful video with us and wish you all the best.
My pleasure!
We had very high temperatures in Vancouver this summer as well as last. Don't assume thi sis a good place to live, it is highly unaffordable and riddled with drug addiction problems that are visible almost everywhere. It is not what you think it is.
Always was Canada’s best City!
(After Prince Albert, of course!)
Lol always Prince Albert
I am glad that no one has ever said that Chinese cause high house price.
Too many immigrants cause high house price
Hi Alina! Welcome home to Canada! I do not get back home often enough! I love Canada's three beautiful Olympic cities - Vancouver, Calgary, and my wonderful hometown Montréal. Saskatoon is the last Canadian city that was my home. I loved my three years in Saskatoon, but these were also the coldest winters of my life. You've got me warming up to Vancouver with this video, Alina!
Haha yeah Saskatoon winters are something else
I love my city!!! I think it is spectacularly gorgeous and it is a loving, tolerant place to live!! I like Toronto so much but Vancouver has my heart!! I do love the vibe of even larger cities but Vancouver is amazing!! It is absolutely ridiculously expensive and as someone who bought and lives in Kitsilano I do really get how insane it is to rent or buy here. Toronto and Vancouver seem pretty close on this. Terrific walk!! 🙂
Definitely need to visit Vancouver. Looks lovely
Vancouver has always been one of the best cities in the world. Toronto is fine and all (lived there 20yrs), and people who prefer busy cities will prefer TO. People who prefer vibrant multiculturalism will also find TO more appealing. Not much else goes to TO! Sports teams? Many people from ON in BC and most say they’ll never move back.
Lived there for 10 years, MOST. OVERRATED. CITY. EVER. It rains all the time. People suck. Traffic sucks. Costs more then 30% of the rest of country.
Agree 100%.
Toronto better
You really need to do the whole tour of Vancouver and understand the very real problems this city has.
Like most cities in Canada there are issues but Vancouver because so many come here during the cold months is beyond bad. Trust me when I say do not be so brave to walk anywhere. DRUG CRIME is rampant , homeless, mental health, of the charts. Just because the mountains , ocean, and nature is wonderful the rest is a tragic reality.
Hands down the best insight video of Vancouver I've ever seen. My fondness for this city has grown even further after watching this ✨️
Aw thank you!!
Congrats to Vancouver, as that great city will get a few World Cup games in 2026. This will be the largest, and best attended World Cup ever! I live in Los Angeles, and they say its between LA, NYC, and Dallas for the final.
Whoa! That moment one of your favorite creators are in your city!
Seriously come to the Sunshine Coast!
Very nice video.
I like the bike ride around the city ...
Hi Alina!
I've been living in Vancouver for the last 5 years and I love the city. The only issue as you mentioned, is the high rent prices. It feels almost impossible to be able to buy an apartment or house at some point. But the city and what you can do here is great. Great video! Cheers
Well, thanks for showing me a different side of Vancouver and your comparison to Toronto. I've been to both but not really. So my impressions were formed from very brief stopovers on route to somewhere else. I have a prairie dwellers dislike of the superiority of Vancouver, and the Toronto is Canada narrative fostered by the elites, and Canadian media. So, often these two centers just dismiss the rest of the country as somewhat irrelevant. So what I'm saying is preconceived notions definitely colored how I viewed both, and because I was in both for such short periods of time I didn't have time to explore, and have the preconception dispelled.
As this video was similar in the manner to how you review ever where else you travel. I got to see Vancouver through your eyes and there is a lot to experience that is unique and good, and frankly not really known by me. You didn't hide the bad, but you put it into context. So as always, I enjoyed your video and presentation.
Haha yes, definitely some disdain in the prairies for the big cities
I grew up in Saskatchewan so when I moved to Vancouver I was used to living in a place that was mostly ignored by the media in Canada. Back then nobody talked about Vancouver either. Almost everyone I knew from high school moved to Toronto. Then Vancouver went through several periods of growth. The city changed a lot. It was a good time to live there and observe it. You have to spend at least several weeks, or better still months, in any city to get to really know it. Most people only spend a few days visiting the major tourist attractions and that’s a shame because that’s not how locals experience it. You need to go to local parks, shop for groceries and take public transit. I visited Las Vegas this way several times. While everyone was at the casinos and shows I took the bus downtown and spoke to people waiting for the bus. I visited the university and an institute that studied desert plants, did some shopping at a local mall, talked to people on a picket line. I’m now in Montreal and so am in a better location to get to know Toronto and Ottawa better.
I've lived here for 10 years. It's not uncommon for this kind of weather (cloudy/rainy/sunshine breaking through) all up and down the West Coast including down to San Diego. It's really not as bad as people make it out to be. I grew up and lived in NYC for 40 years. While I do miss days and days of summer sunshine, like in NY, the summers here are astounding! Warm with cool breezes, sunny, really nice.
Not this year
Uhm, I would like to point out that from central california to san deigo, there is NO comparison in the weather. If you think they are similar, you haven't spent enough time down south. San Diego can go 320 days a year without rain.
Nelson Sacristan Are the winters milder in NYC than Vancouver?
Vancouver has always been my No. 1 destination in Canada to someday visit! It gets great sunsets and I hear there are lots of things to do there!
You absolutely should :)
It is quite a beautiful city.😊😊. The seawall is so pretty. Would probably walk he seawall frequently if I was there☺☺😊😊
The best weather is going to be in July and August and sometimes early September. The sun starts to come out in April/May and then the June Gloom appears. It varies but the clouds roll in sometime by the second week of June and stay too long.
There are a lot of TV and movies filmed in the area. One I’ve been watching on and off, Virgin River, is filmed nearby on Bowen Island.
The prices for housing are high as they are in all the west coast cities. High housing prices drive homelessness. If you think about first, last and deposit being more than $6000, it’s hard to get in the door.
I haven’t been to the Aquarium in a long time but they had a really interesting rainforest area in there with tiny monkeys. They used to have some sad Orca whales there and some Belugas. I don’t know what they have now.
Vancouver is a beautiful city to visit and is relatively safe to walk, even at night and alone. I think you were alone for most of this visit. I was photographing the city and found it fascinating to capture or video. Though you may come across the homeless in some areas, they do not bother you but do appreciated any act of kindness. They are people too. All big cities worldwide are producing their own hyper inflation (cost of living) compared to other smaller cities. As travellers, it will cost us more to visit big cities as well.
Love your video work Alina. You made Toronto beautiful too, not to mention Montreal and Quebec!
I have noticed some drone footage, is this stock video? I don't think just anyone can use drones in these cities.
Thanks for sharing, Ontario, Canada.
Yes, I have to use stock footage for Canadian cities since they only allow flying by permit.
I live in Vancouver and I love it. The main problem that I see here, especially downtown, is drug addiction. I wish there was a solution to that terrible problem.
Hi god's mother I'm happy to see you good health and still beauty God's Bless you all ways and yuor family ✌️🤣❤️ nice Blvd and sea water ❤❤❤
Alina, check out Tojo's (inventor of the California Roll) and Chambar. Both are worth the trip.
Wow, I was born and raised in Vancouver and it has become a very unsafe, grossly expensive drug capital city of Canada. I don't feel you tapped into so many issues. Try renting a place there and get paid enough money to cover it. You have to work 3 jobs. There is no question that there is a boatload of beauty and diversity there, but honestly it is a very tough place for people to live there now. The beaches are now polluted, they have been for years, full of e-coli and you can't swim there anymore..... and parking? $8.00 an hour. The bike routes are pretty good, but traffic congestion is not good for anyone that wants to commute. I think you checked into the niceties of Van, but exercising alone will not save you there. Nice vid though on the surface, but you really should be careful because most attacks in that are are very random.
Same feeling. Crisis underneath beauty.
When I see Vancouver I think of Smallville, Arrowverse and CW, ETC
Vancouver is a terrible place to live. It annoys me how people think this city is some utopia because of its natural scenery. It's pretty much Cleveland with 10x more drugs, stuck-up unfriendly people, horrible weather, and extremely expensive.
It also rains alot barely any sun too.
Good job!
Thanks for sharing.
Having moved to Vancouver 50 years ago, I have noticed a couple of good things. Number 1 - the rainy weather is actually improving. The last 10 years has seen less cloudy raining days in the 3 months of the year that is traditionally raining and uninterrupted sunny weather for 5 months during summer and fall. In fact the summers are becoming too hot and dry. This October was heavenly. Just an observation for those that still live by the dreary Vancouver myth. In fact, on average, Toronto gets about 25 hours of more sunshine than Vancouver in a year, except this year when it rained on and off all summer in Toronto.
Wow I’ve been in Vancouver for the last 5 days and I love it here !!! But yes sooo expensive!!
Would never be the best city any time. lived there 1.5 years, racism at its peak, Chinese community there treated me and my other dark skinned friends so bad, it was hard to go ahead. They rule the city, so cannot ignore it.
Do you have African or South Asian ancestral roots?
Chinese don’t like black people sad but true
Alina, you are just too pretty! Good luck to you!
Has Vancouver Become Canada's Best City So beautiful and super video . we geted lot of enjoy and we seen very beautiful places . I hope every body like this video . I have my youtube channel . I watched your video and channel as a student and i gets lot of unique information . Vancouver peoples are very lucky he belong very beautiful city . I am waiting Vancouver peoples invite me for vist Vancouver .
What are you smoking??,
I am a 40 years resident and I am seeing the hard decline of the beautiful city which is turning into trash city , homeless heaven and fentanyl drugs nirvana ...
Gorgeous and EXPENSIVE VANCOUVER GREAT FOR VISIT BUT LIVING , NOT SURE 🤔 NO MUCH FUN, NO MANY MARKETS, BAKERIES , JUST PNE ONCE A YEAR, NEED TO BE FOR EVERYBODY
Thank you for showing the good side of Vancouver, and talking about not so good side as well, ie. high cost of living, and homeless / drug addiction problem in the downtown east side, East Hastings St. Looking forward to your future videos here!
I lived in Vancouver for almost a year in 2009. I'm from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, which is also a very expensive city , so i didn´t feel that much difference in that sense . I have to say that i fell in love with Vancouver, Its a beautiful city, we really feel a great connection with nature over there and the quality of life is something spectacular. When you are born in Rio de Janeiro you really know what poverty and violence is , you also know what is like to live in a city where public transport is a mess . And Vancouver , as others " frist world " cities , are the opposite of that . I cant wait to go back there and stay as much as i like !
Thank you for this video Alina.. I lived in Vancouver most of my life and just recently moved to Montréal in November. There are positives and negatives to this city. I have watched it change dramatically over the years.
Some pros and cons from my perspective below :
Pros:
-Beautiful setting with the mountains meeting the ocean. One of the most beautiful cities in world.
-Close to nature, close to all the Gulf islands and Vancouver Island and lots of skiing in the winter/spring
-some of the best restaurants and lots of variety
- pretty decent cultural scene and lots to do entertainment wise
- becoming more and more diverse ethnically which makes the city more interesting
-good transit system
-clean air , low pollution
- lots of walkable and bikeable places
- hiking through the Endowment lands trails(UBC) down to the beach (Spanish Banks)
- hipster Main St or Commercial Drive with lots of restaurants and bars
- improvements made to Chinatown, cool bars and restaurants
Cons:
- It's become incredibly expensive and unaffordable.There is a housing crisis. Even doctors and lawyers can't afford to buy a house in the city if they have a family. There is a shortage of teachers in the public school system because they can't afford to live in Vancouver.
Rent , real estate and property tax is through the roof. If you are leasing commercial property and trying to run a small business everything is working against you. Artists and musicians (like myself ) are being driven out of the city due to the high cost living.
-Insane drug and homeless problem. For a city this rich there is just no excuse for it. Years and years of corruption in provincial and municipal governments allowing foreign money to be laundered through the city is part of the cause and part of the housing crisis. I have been many places in the world ( including 3rd world countries) and Vancouver's drug problem is one of the worst if not the worst I've seen. But the city likes to try hide it and pretend it isn't there instead of tackle the problem head on.
-No real culture to grab onto.. It's a younger city and while it is becoming more ethnically diverse, these cultures are quite separated from one another. So I would say its more of a mosaic than a melting pot of cultures, although there is some First Nations/ indigenous culture and Chinese culture that is ingrained. But the latter is slowly being erased from Chinatown.
-Socially cold and cliquey.
-its an absolutely terrible place to date as a single person.
So many people too concerned with their image and social capital. If you aren't part of their clique you are out.
-Rising crime and violence, racist attacks , random attacks . More and more entitled a-holes
Ridiculous overdevelopment of ugly , crappy condos
-Terrible drivers. People drive way too fast. Lots of bike lanes are unsafe.
Just does not have the history, the cultural melting pot and the liveliness and social culture of cosmopolitan Montreal or big cities in the US and Europe.
Thanks for letting me rant about Vancouver. :) We will see how Montreal goes. It was hit hard by the pandemic but the streets are lively again and filled with people.
Great points made!
You should have seen Vancouver's single scene in the early 1980's. It was beyond "sexually electric", the "beautiful people" were everywhere, and people expressed the high-energy "social atmosphere" in their driving, among other things, if a road-sign said 'slow ahead', most people accelerated like a banshee as if the highways department didn't know what they were talking about. Eventually the young adult society burnt itself out by 1990, I see that era and the 60's & 70's drug culture that came before it, Vancouver was known as "Haight-Ashbury North" in those days, as being one of the reasons Vancouver's European-Canadian culture has deteriorated in recent decades.
This is why I can't wait to move to Montreal too. Hope it works out for you!
@@davidmarshall718 I was too young in the 80’s. I can only imagine.
@@dminnovatores thanks and you too!
actually affordable housing is a big problem in many large Canadian cities........
I lived in Vancouver for three decades. It is indeed a clean and beautiful city and a wonderful place if you want to spend time outdoors. The shopping and restaurants are good too. But I’m in Montreal now where there’s so much more to do and so many more interesting cities I can travel to by train from here. Since I have friends and family on the west coast I can go back anytime to visit and still have all the benefits of living in Montreal. If my choice was only between Vancouver and Toronto though, Vancouver would be the winner. The Stanley Park sea wall is overrated. Next time you’re in Vancouver check out False Creek from Cambie then all the way to UBC including trails through Pacific Spirit Park.
I was born in and lived my first 20 years in Vancouver, I am now age 60, I am not a city person but have lived in Calgary and Edmonton too. I prefer the hinterland of British Columbia and Western Alberta. I don't know how you can say the sea-wall is over-rated, it is as least as good as any ocean-side urban walkway in the world. And yes the Pacific Northwest is remote and rainy, but our only big-city neighbor Seattle USA has a lot going for it, similar to Vancouver in many ways, but very entrepreneurial and inventive, home base of Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon.
@@davidmarshall718 I like Seattle. And Portland, San Diego. But they’re not Canadian cities. When I said that the seawall was overrated I was thinking of all the other places to walk, bike, skateboard, etc., like the path you can take from Yaletown, over one of the bridges then along the shore up to Kits Beach and with a detour go all the way to Wreck Beach when the tide is out. Or one to the network of trails in Pacific Spirit Park or the North Shore. There are so many trails on the latter that even if you go every week it will take you at least a couple of years to do them all. The seawall is good for a nice walk if you live in the West End but is often full of tourists.
@@polishtheday ---- so exactly what are all these "interesting" Canadian cities you can visit by train from Montreal? Ottawa, Quebec, and Toronto.......... When I visited Toronto the one and only time in my life in 1990 for 2 weeks, I was never so glad to get out of a place............
@@davidmarshall718 I like to shop and people watch, eat and take walks in parks. I’m not interested in tourist attractions. Coffee is more important than alcohol. Others may have different definitions of what’s interesting.
Toronto is good for shopping - everything from high end to secondhand. The coffee is better than in Montreal but not as good as in Vancouver. It has some nice beaches and little older neighbourhoods not far from downtown. The next time I’m there I want to visit the Bata Shoe Museum.
Ottawa is wonderful in the summer. I like to visit Hog’s Back Park or just sit and have coffee on a patio downtown or west of downtown on Wellington, visit yarn and pottery shops and try different out of the way restaurants. The next time I’m there I want to visit the Glebe and go to Whole Foods.
You can visit New York, Boston, Halifax and other places by train from Montreal.
Been to Vancouver once and we loved it and are planning on going back and spending more time there this time. We were there only two full days but got lucky because it was two beautiful sunny days. The city is overall beautiful and very easy to walk around. Like you each day we put in more than 20,000 steps yet it didn't even feel like we had. Loved the harbor with the mountain views. Thanks Alina for the video. Stay safe and well.
That’s wonderful! Yes, Vancouver is an amazing city for walking
@@AlinaMcleod Yes it sure is. Can't wait to go back there.
I grew up in Vancouver in the 90s. It was 10x better then!
Seems too expensive for me, I moved from London England to Curitiba Brazil and its great here and much cheaper to buy flats or houses at around 180,000 USD for a three bedroom house in a condominium.
Thank you for the video you made You are a beautiful lady
I grew up here. It's the best city of the two compared to Toronto according to my friend's who've moved to Van. BTW....it doesn't rain as much as you think LOL! It is expensive, I own a condo in Kitsilano, I have 520 sq ft and it's valued at $725,000.00 LOL.
i find it strange that the west coast is so radically liberal yet humans are incapable of actually being human in the hyper liberal cities, says a lot about the minds of the people who parrot this ideology.
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Having lived in Vancouver my whole life, it’s beautiful, but after 34 years, the unaffordability of housing, the ever increasing homelessness and addiction crises, and the heavy rain have gotten to me. We’re moving to Regina in a couple months to be able to afford to buy a home and I’m looking forward to the change, though I’ll try to come back for a visit every few months. Hard to beat the mountains and beaches but there’s more to life than that
I understand you completely. I have dreamed moving to BC but I do not want to end up homeless if things dont work out
Born and raised in Vancouver. We are going to work a couple more years and then retire early to a foreign country. The choices are - work until 65 in an unaffordable country, or work until 55 at latest and enjoy 10 years pre retirement in a cheaper place without even needing to go to work. Canada is not what it was that is for sure.
Was there literally 3 days ago! Enjoy!
Vancouver is not the best Canadian city. You should go to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Atlantic Ocean side of Canada is better than the Pacific side. Vancouver is also the most expensive city in Canada. It suffers from earthquakes and now wildfires. 1/3 of all people who live in Vancouver are Asians - Chinese and Korean.
And Filipinos
Learn to speak Canadian English by listening to the sentence beginning at 8:17! Pay attention to “aboot”! 😂
Vancouver is unfriendly unless you have loads of money.
I've been living in Canada for more than a decade and Vancouver is indeed one of the most beautiful Canadian cities. However, the biggest regret that I had was when I showed my parents around the city, I took them to Chinatown in downtown on foot. (close to East Hastings, poorest neighbourhood). Richmond is much better if you are looking for chinese cuisine...food is better there and it's also much safer to walk around in Richmond.
I love Vancouver because I’ve spent 4 years there I learned English there and I loved the people there and it changed my mind about many things . Vancouver is pretty and I don’t know why when I visit her the weather becomes sunny ! Anyway until now I love Vancouver. Ibrahim from Saudi Arabia.
Hi Alina You've made an amazing video of Vancouver. Thank you Janek
Very nice video!
Like Vancouver's year around nature activities - ocean, mountain, forest, lakes etc. Not too cold and not too hot( may need a simple rain jacket when drizzling). Used to live in very cold and hot places and basically unable to stay too long outside.
But questions what is the benefit of the city if cost living high?
Unfortunately canada has become the most depressing and divided country in the western world next to the USA. There would be no way I would ever live in canada again
People are leaving Canada thats why Trudeau needs over 400000 immigrants each year
I love Vancouver more than Ottawa ❤🇨🇦
Thanks for a beautiful city.It has really changed so much since my last visit 30 years ago.It was quite laid back and affordable then.A lot of friends and some relatives from Singapore are staying there now.
Never been that many homeless in Vancouver, rent never been that high, crime also getting there. Ps: drug addiction is not only in downtown east side
Try working here. If you grew up here with your first and only language being English, in most work environments, you'll be out of the loop with the majority of your coworkers who speak their own languages and make you feel like a foreigner in your own country.
Montreal is clearly the best city in Canada in terms of vibe and culture,
I'm from Toronto which has been on a total decline since the late 90's
and will become a total cesspool within 10 years.
Could not agree with you more!
Welcome back to Vancouver! 🤗
Real nice video and from what I saw completely accurate. We moved here from southern Ontario (Guelph) 2 years ago and see Vancouver exactly as you do. It is an extremely expensive place to live, ... and being retired we are off to a much less expensive home in a few more months (the Philippines). If I'm going to experience rain for 6 months of the year at least I want it to be warm rain. ;)
Water proof shoes you say? Get some Vessi shoes! :)
I struggle to imagine coming back without 10 million dollars
Yes! Going back there to live permanently, that is! It's a millionaire city. That's for sure!
Just came from visiting Vancouver 2 weeks ago. Definitely people are friendly and happier. Lots of areas to exercise and definitely a lot of walking. Nice video though.
I think most of the X Files was filmed in Vancouver. Alot of the actors were Canadian, I know the Smoking Man is.
Just south of you, but close, are the San Juan islands. The site of site of The Pig War of 1859. The US and UK almost went to war when a Canadian farmer's pig was shot by an American farmer when ownership of the islands was still disputed. It is all National Park now. US and British troops stationed on the island during the US Civil War partied and drank alot then. It is the only US national park that flies a British flag, over the site of the Royal Marines camp.
Definitely worth a visit...🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦👍😆
The color like a rainbow 🌈😂✌️❤️
I love Vancouver and BC.❤❤❤❤
Vancouver has Michael Bublé … Winnipeg has Young, Cummings , Bachman etc etc
Dopies coming out to play, in Toronto.💪🏿👍🏿🍻
Wonderful showing, Alina! Looks like you could fit in there, you never know, right? Very interesting areas and they need to be explored, so I hope you do come back there soon when time permits, and of course at a time of year that is not freezing cold. Keep in touch, we play dodge with the internet connection here, but always manage to get connected at some point of the day. Will give you a complete update soon in a message to you. Stay safe, enjoy everything you can there and we look forward to much more. To our wonderful friend from Michael & Alona & of course our shadow, daughter Eva!!! 😊❤👍
Thank you! Yes, keep in touch and hope you guys are doing well!
It was very interesting to watch this video! Never been in Canada. 🇨🇦Special greetings from Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 I watched your videos from Plovdiv and Shiroka laka and I so much liked! Honestly, since then I subscribed for your channel. 🙂