Vancouver Canada places # 3 in most desireable place to live in the world survey

[kalster]

is weather in Vancouver as depressing as it is in Seattle

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: yuchai

Originally posted by: AMDZen

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Canada > US

Didn't use to be like this..... It is now.

In some ways I agree. In others, America is still very much > Canada.

Vancouver is an awesome place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there

Just curious...which city's on the top of your list?

I wouldn't be naive enough to even attempt to compile one. Although I've visited countless cities from Vancouver to Nausau to Paris, I've only lived in one my whole life.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: kalster
is weather in Vancouver as depressing as it is in Seattle

I find sunny cloudless days more depressing than rain. :shrug;

I'll grant Vancouver looks pretty sweet. How can you be on the fricking west coast of North America and not be. From Baja to Alaska it's just stunning.

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: AMDZen

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: AMDZen
Your forgot to post the link to the actual, and very biased, study:

http://www.mercerhr.com/knowledgecenter...ummary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1128060

Conducted by Mercer, owned and operated out of Geneva, Switzerland. Gee....I wonder how Zurich and Geneva became #1 and #2 in the entire world. Considering the guy that wrote the conducted and wrote the whole damn thing lives in Geneva I'd say it pretty obvious whats going on.

But then again you wouldn't notice that since your equally biased and had to show that "OHHHH OHHHH LOOOKKKK MY HOME TOWN IS #3 IN THE WORLD PEOPLE AND YOU, AND THE CITY YOU LIVE IN SUCK!!!!!!111111111!!!!!!!!!"

Lets get a "City with the highest cost of living" study posted, maybe with the highest taxes the world over and see where your beloved Vancouver ranks.

In the study done by the UN it was #2.. so I mean say what you may, our quality of living is certainly higher than most of the states.

I'd gladly have my taxes 5% higher for that.

Maybe its only 5-10% higher sales tax, it varies throughout canada and I think BC has one of the lower percentages but income tax, property tax and all taxes as a whole are much much higher in all of Canada. Not to mention you don't even own that so called property that you pay taxes for. Socialism FTL

And the UN is even less credible

Ummm, care to explain how I don't own my property?

My Sales tax is 6% TOTAL.

I'm not sure what property taxes are like in the states, so I can't comment on that.

I'd rather pay some more income tax and have a health care system where if I need help I can get it.

Just my 2 cents

 

[yuchai]

Originally posted by: AMDZen

Originally posted by: yuchai

Originally posted by: AMDZen

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Canada > US

Didn't use to be like this..... It is now.

In some ways I agree. In others, America is still very much > Canada.

Vancouver is an awesome place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there

Just curious...which city's on the top of your list?

I wouldn't be naive enough to even attempt to compile one. Although I've visited countless cities from Vancouver to Nausau to Paris, I've only lived in one my whole life.

Well, it's not like there are right or wrong answers here. I'm honestly curious in your opinion since it seemed that Vancouver isn't even close to the top for you.

Personally I have lived in Hong Kong, Vancouver, and New York City and there's no doubt I'd put Vancouver on the top. The big reason keeping me from living there is because of career opportunities - which I wouldn't factor into quality of life.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wow, it's like Florida then.

It's rare to get that high, but there are definitely a few weeks in the 90s each summer.

We have palm trees on the beaches.




Yeah it does rain here. But it's not so bad really. The summers are great, and it really makes you appreciate a nice clear winter's day.

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[RbSX]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer

Originally posted by: AMDZen

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: AMDZen
Your forgot to post the link to the actual, and very biased, study:

http://www.mercerhr.com/knowledgecenter...ummary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1128060

Conducted by Mercer, owned and operated out of Geneva, Switzerland. Gee....I wonder how Zurich and Geneva became #1 and #2 in the entire world. Considering the guy that wrote the conducted and wrote the whole damn thing lives in Geneva I'd say it pretty obvious whats going on.

But then again you wouldn't notice that since your equally biased and had to show that "OHHHH OHHHH LOOOKKKK MY HOME TOWN IS #3 IN THE WORLD PEOPLE AND YOU, AND THE CITY YOU LIVE IN SUCK!!!!!!111111111!!!!!!!!!"

Lets get a "City with the highest cost of living" study posted, maybe with the highest taxes the world over and see where your beloved Vancouver ranks.

In the study done by the UN it was #2.. so I mean say what you may, our quality of living is certainly higher than most of the states.

I'd gladly have my taxes 5% higher for that.

Maybe its only 5-10% higher sales tax, it varies throughout canada and I think BC has one of the lower percentages but income tax, property tax and all taxes as a whole are much much higher in all of Canada. Not to mention you don't even own that so called property that you pay taxes for. Socialism FTL

And the UN is even less credible

Ummm, care to explain how I don't own my property?

My Sales tax is 6% TOTAL.

I'm not sure what property taxes are like in the states, so I can't comment on that.

I'd rather pay some more income tax and have a health care system where if I need help I can get it.

Just my 2 cents

Cheers for ignorance.. yay I don't own property. :roll:

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade
but it's ccccold there.

<cue stereotypes>

Not nearly as cold as people like to think it is.

Rarely gets below freezing in the winter, and hits high 30s low 40s in the summer.

oh i know it's not Siberia cold, but it's not what you'd call a warm climate there either.

It hits 104f in the summer...

Wait, first you say it barely goes below freezing (32) in the winter and that it hits the high 30s low 40s in the summer, which would mean that the temperature is pretty constant year-round, then you say that it hits 104 in the summer. What gives? When you said high 30s low 40s did you mean Celsius?

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wow, it's like Florida then.

It's rare to get that high, but there are definitely a few weeks in the 90s each summer.

We have palm trees on the beaches.




Yeah it does rain here. But it's not so bad really. The summers are great, and it really makes you appreciate a nice clear winter's day.

Random pic 1
Random pic 2
Random pic 3

better pics ftw

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[RbSX]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade
but it's ccccold there.

<cue stereotypes>

Not nearly as cold as people like to think it is.

Rarely gets below freezing in the winter, and hits high 30s low 40s in the summer.

oh i know it's not Siberia cold, but it's not what you'd call a warm climate there either.

It hits 104f in the summer...

Wait, first you say it barely goes below freezing (32) in the winter and that it hits the high 30s low 40s in the summer, which would mean that the temperature is pretty constant year-round, then you say that it hits 104 in the summer. What gives? When you said high 30s low 40s did you mean Celsius?

Yeah I switched it over to celsuis after a while because it was clear to me that some people didn't know how warm 38-42c is.

Last winter it was abnormally cold, but truthfully I'd snows once every two years.. then it gets really hot in the summer.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Isn't Canada America's backyard? That makes it part of the United States.

If the US is so bad, why are all of the Canadians huddled by the border?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade
but it's ccccold there.

<cue stereotypes>

Not nearly as cold as people like to think it is.

Rarely gets below freezing in the winter, and hits high 30s low 40s in the summer.

oh i know it's not Siberia cold, but it's not what you'd call a warm climate there either.

It hits 104f in the summer...

Wait, first you say it barely goes below freezing (32) in the winter and that it hits the high 30s low 40s in the summer, which would mean that the temperature is pretty constant year-round, then you say that it hits 104 in the summer. What gives? When you said high 30s low 40s did you mean Celsius?

Yeah. We use C here... but sometimes we try to convert for the sake of the larger American readership on the boards.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: txrandom
Isn't Canada America's backyard? That makes it part of the United States.

If the US is so bad, why are all of the Canadians huddled by the border?

I hope you're joking.

 

[DougK62]

Vancouver is gorgeous. It was a welcome break from the ugliness of Portland and Seattle when I was touring the PNW.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: DougK62
Vancouver is gorgeous. It was a welcome break from the ugliness of Portland and Seattle when I was touring the PNW.

Seattle isn't that bad once you get over how dirty downtown is.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: DougK62
Vancouver is gorgeous. It was a welcome break from the ugliness of Portland and Seattle when I was touring the PNW.

I don't mind Seattle so much, but yeah it could be cleaned up a bit. I only drove through Portland and like all the hills, but the center of town needs some work.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade
but it's ccccold there.

<cue stereotypes>

Not nearly as cold as people like to think it is.

Rarely gets below freezing in the winter, and hits high 30s low 40s in the summer.

oh i know it's not Siberia cold, but it's not what you'd call a warm climate there either.

It hits 104f in the summer...

Wait, first you say it barely goes below freezing (32) in the winter and that it hits the high 30s low 40s in the summer, which would mean that the temperature is pretty constant year-round, then you say that it hits 104 in the summer. What gives? When you said high 30s low 40s did you mean Celsius?

Yeah I switched it over to celsuis after a while because it was clear to me that some people didn't know how warm 38-42c is.

Last winter it was abnormally cold, but truthfully I'd snows once every two years.. then it gets really hot in the summer.

Oh ok, that makes a lot more sense now lol, since 40C is 104F. I did assume you meant F initially but when you put F after the 104 the thought occurred to me that you may have been using C initially, which made more sense, because going from low-mid 30's in winter to high 30's low 40's in summer sounds silly. Does it really only snow like once every other year? Down here in North Texas it snows like once a year . Granted it turns to ice after a day or so, you can pretty much count on it to snow once a year or so. It gets as hot as ~115F or so in the summer and as cold as 10~15 or so in the winter, so it's a pretty big spread down here.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade
but it's ccccold there.

<cue stereotypes>

Not nearly as cold as people like to think it is.

Rarely gets below freezing in the winter, and hits high 30s low 40s in the summer.

oh i know it's not Siberia cold, but it's not what you'd call a warm climate there either.

It hits 104f in the summer...

Wait, first you say it barely goes below freezing (32) in the winter and that it hits the high 30s low 40s in the summer, which would mean that the temperature is pretty constant year-round, then you say that it hits 104 in the summer. What gives? When you said high 30s low 40s did you mean Celsius?

Yeah I switched it over to celsuis after a while because it was clear to me that some people didn't know how warm 38-42c is.

Last winter it was abnormally cold, but truthfully I'd snows once every two years.. then it gets really hot in the summer.

Oh ok, that makes a lot more sense now lol, since 40C is 104F. I did assume you meant F initially but when you put F after the 104 the thought occurred to me that you may have been using C initially, which made more sense, because going from low-mid 30's in winter to high 30's low 40's in summer sounds silly. Does it really only snow like once every other year? Down here in North Texas it snows like once a year . Granted it turns to ice after a day or so, you can pretty much count on it to snow once a year or so. It gets as hot as ~115F or so in the summer and as cold as 10~15 or so in the winter, so it's a pretty big spread down here.

I've lived in Vancouver for 23 years, we get a huge dump of snow maybe once every 3 years.

We get small spatters of it in between, but it never accumulates.

 

[silverpig]

It'll snow probably 2-3 times a year. Most of the time it melts as it hits the ground, usually you'll have 1-2 days with a bit of snow/slush on the ground, and once every few years we'll get a foot or so that will stick around for 5 days.

 

[dennilfloss]

I prefer Ottawa.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
I prefer Ottawa.

I'm still ashamed you're canadian.. so creepy.

 

[potato28]

I like it here in Toronto

 

[FreshCrabLegs]

Yep, I couldn't agree much more. Vancouver really is a beautiful city.

 

[GTaudiophile]

NM

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: moshquerade
but it's ccccold there.

<cue stereotypes>

Not nearly as cold as people like to think it is.

Rarely gets below freezing in the winter, and hits high 30s low 40s in the summer.

oh i know it's not Siberia cold, but it's not what you'd call a warm climate there either.

It hits 104f in the summer...

wow, it's like Florida then.

Maybe 1 day out of the year but the other 364 days it's not. If Canada was so great, why o why do so many of those bastards come to FL in the winter..ehh?