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San Francisco has an advantage of having a stunning topographical setting with its trademark hills that has given birth to iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge along with some very decent craftsman architecture. Vancouver has an unparalleled mountain and ocean setting with lots of greenery and excellent parks along with a more post modern architectural look if you appreciate that. The whole picture; what city would you say is more scenic and beautiful?
Vancouver is surrounded by a strait and inlet that is rather distant from the open ocean whereas SF sits precariously as a peninsula in between the open ocean and bay, no?
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Vancouver has an ocean setting? Not quite.
Vancouver is surrounded by a strait and inlet that is rather distant from the open ocean whereas SF sits precariously as a peninsula in between the open ocean and bay, no?
Yes San Francisco has the waves, Vancouver still has the ambiance of the Pacific nonetheless. Especially on the rocks of Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. It's a port city and an exceptional seafood town, good enough for me to qualify the coastal allure. But have a cookie for technicality, you're right.
Well Vancouver has the ambience of water, sure, but it's waters are so calm compared to the oceanfront in SF that I just found it odd that you said Vancouver has an 'unparalleled ocean setting' when clearly SF is more oriented to the ocean since it actually sits on the ocean and feels as such with its gusty ocean breezes and crashing waves, unbuffered by islands and other waterways.
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Well Vancouver has the ambience of water, sure, but it's waters are so calm compared to the oceanfront in SF that I just found it odd that you said Vancouver has an 'unparalleled ocean setting' when clearly SF is more oriented to the ocean since it actually sits on the ocean and feels as such with its gusty ocean breezes and crashing waves, unbuffered by islands and other waterways.
Yes, that's why Vancouver has better summer weather for beach days more often than SF in the summer. I was just implying that Vancouver's setting with the combination of its evergreen covered mountains by the sea which on this continent it is unparalleled on this continent. If you're going to quote me do take note I also included mountains in that sentence, a very key word to this topic. But I said you're right about the full on ocean effect for SF in my last post so we can move on. So what are your thoughts on the setting of Vancouver vs. SF in terms of scenery?
Last edited by Champ le monstre du lac; 07-15-2014 at 09:27 PM..
Well Vancouver has the ambience of water, sure, but it's waters are so calm compared to the oceanfront in SF that I just found it odd that you said Vancouver has an 'unparalleled ocean setting' when clearly SF is more oriented to the ocean since it actually sits on the ocean and feels as such with its gusty ocean breezes and crashing waves, unbuffered by islands and other waterways.
The Strait of Georgia, now called the Salish Sea is ocean. It may not be open ocean, but it's the Pacific Ocean with tides and the same ocean life. We get gusty ocean breezes….heck a few years ago Stanley Park lost thousands of trees because of extremely high winds off the ocean.
The waves are smaller, so what?
You're grasping at straws.
The Strait of Georgia, now called the Salish Sea is ocean. It may not be open ocean, but it's the Pacific Ocean with tides and the same ocean life. We get gusty ocean breezes….heck a few years ago Stanley Park lost thousands of trees because of extremely high winds off the ocean.
The waves are smaller, so what?
You're grasping at straws.
No, I am pointing out the inaccurate observation made by the OP. Vancouver does not really have an 'unparalleled ocean setting' because it's farther away from the open ocean than many cities actually, including San Francisco.
In fact, the OP himself admits this when he concedes that Vancouver's more inland location causes it's less oceanic beaches to be more pleasant in the summer, which is true because compared to SFs beaches, Vancouver's feel like a lake.
In short, SF feels very much like a rugged, edge of the continent locale, and it is. Vancouver doesnt give off the same vibe, and thats neither bad nor good, it just is.
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