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That being said, there are no losers here. All 4 of these cities are extraordinarily beautiful and all of them in their own ways.
Vancouver just has that oomph factor and the total package to work with. So I give it the edge here between these 4 cities. Again, no losers here.
The Aurora Borealis is rarely seen from Vancouver. In my whole life of living here, I've never seen it, even when it was apparently visible. I believe you have to leave the city and head north where the light pollution is less. Even then, having it occur this far south is still rare.
I've only been to Vancouver ( of course ) and Honolulu. For natural scenery ONLY it's really a tough call. I'm giving it to Vancouver though. One of the reasons is the natural scenery changes during the year. It's more apparent.
Looking towards the mountains when covered with snow, is very different from other times of the year, when the mountains can appear to be very green, very blue and even purple.
The Aurora Borealis is rarely seen from Vancouver. In my whole life of living here, I've never seen it, even when it was apparently visible. I believe you have to leave the city and head north where the light pollution is less. Even then, having it occur this far south is still rare.
Proper Aurora Borealis is only found far north, like Tromsø, Norway. I have never seen it in Oslo.
I can only say that people who voted for Vancouver (a city I love) have never been to Rio. Incomparable scenery, beach and mountain, absolutely unique.
In Vancouver the mountains are a bit far and not up front and central.
We are only talking about natural scenery. Unfortunately the city of Rio itself apart from natural scenery is often squalid or disappointing.
That being said, there are no losers here. All 4 of these cities are extraordinarily beautiful and all of them in their own ways.
Vancouver just has that oomph factor and the total package to work with. So I give it the edge here between these 4 cities. Again, no losers here.
Why do people overrate Canada so much?
Canada is ok, but it's not the whole package, nor it's a place I can see myself living in.
It's just like america with huge suburban sprawl type cities, culture often revolves around the topping mall and no you can't see aurora borealis from Vancouver!
(the weather is terrible in vancouver, the city is expensive and classist and very chinese which defeats the multicultural aims of the city and on top of that it cannot be compared to Rio or Capetown in terms of culture because it's a typical north american town whose claim to fame is a large number of condos and shopping malls on a beachfront withth a natural setting in the background.)
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