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I think parks like Stanley Park are nice for city people and visitors who are urban oriented and don't mind being around flocks of other people. Stanley Park and the seawall is pleasant enough scenery and the trees are nice but it isn't spectacular compared with the other spacious 'wilderness' parks, wetland reserves and trails and river and ocean shoreline dykes outside of the city, which also have the benefit of having less crowds of people flocking to them. I like parks and wild nature, I'm not keen on crowds of noisy people.
Fact is, Stanley Park is much more known worldwide. It's one of the TOP attractions in Vancouver. Tourists and visitors alike flock to it.
...sure and Vancouver is the best city in the world where to live, everything in Vancouver is the best.....what is new?? Aren't you happy that you live in paradise on earth??
Top attraction in Vancouver?? Not that hard to be, you mean basically the only big attraction in Vancouver right??
I think parks like Stanley Park are nice for city people and visitors who are urban oriented and don't mind being around flocks of other people. Stanley Park and the seawall is pleasant enough scenery and the trees are nice but it isn't spectacular compared with the other spacious 'wilderness' parks, wetland reserves and trails and river and ocean shoreline dykes outside of the city, which also have the benefit of having less crowds of people flocking to them. I like parks and wild nature, I'm not keen on crowds of noisy people.
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No doubt. Alouette Lake is good example, close to the city but spectacular scenery.
With Stanley Park you can go into the park, away from the seawall, and find peace and quiet. This is especially true during the cooler months. Even the seawall on a misty autumn morning will be empty.
...sure and vancouver is the best city in the world where to live, everything in vancouver is the best.....what is new?? Aren't you happy that you live in paradise on earth??
top attraction in vancouver?? Not that hard to be, you mean basically the only big attraction in vancouver right??
Absolutely, here we agree 100%....and, as I told you so many times before, there is no other place in Canada I would rather live....I heard that Victoria lately got a bit more lively (it does rhyme ).....it has been more than 15 years since I been there and back then the expression "for newly dead and nearly dead" was very appropriate
It's not an irrelevant city overshadowed by Toronto, Montréal and Seattle anymore. I think it's become somewhat trendy and international. Its next priority should be to develop its identity and economy further.
The only real economy Vancouver is developing is RE speculation.....
"Whether we like it or not, B.C. has basically become a real estate economy. The BC Assessment office recently released numbers for 2017 showing that property values ballooned by a staggering $332 billion — 25 per cent — last year. This figure is more than five times the economic value of all goods-producing industries in 2015 combined and nearly double the size of our entire service sector that same year."
“B.C.’s economy relies on the selling off of real estate instead of actual jobs. It’s reached the point where we don’t have much to sell, other than the land itself.”
Miloon Kothari, Former UN Investigator, Reviewing Vancouver Housing Crisis – “Hyper-speculation. Casino Capitalism. Gentrification. Collusion. Corruption. Criminal Investigations. A Lottery Which Reduces A Social Resource Like Housing To A Commodity.”
The only real economy Vancouver is developing is RE speculation.....
"Whether we like it or not, B.C. has basically become a real estate economy. The BC Assessment office recently released numbers for 2017 showing that property values ballooned by a staggering $332 billion — 25 per cent — last year. This figure is more than five times the economic value of all goods-producing industries in 2015 combined and nearly double the size of our entire service sector that same year."
“B.C.’s economy relies on the selling off of real estate instead of actual jobs. It’s reached the point where we don’t have much to sell, other than the land itself.”
Miloon Kothari, Former UN Investigator, Reviewing Vancouver Housing Crisis – “Hyper-speculation. Casino Capitalism. Gentrification. Collusion. Corruption. Criminal Investigations. A Lottery Which Reduces A Social Resource Like Housing To A Commodity.”
One of my classmates, a software engineer with PhD from UBC, worked for several years in Vancouver. He once told me his salary and was a real shock how low it was. He hesitated several years but finally moved to Seattle. His salary now is 3 times higher than it was before. He owns a home. His daily commute to work takes only 15 min.
Vancouver is a beautiful city (mostly because of geographic location), has awesome Stanley Park, but if you are a young professional not having a fortune to invest into real estate, it has little to attract. And, honestly, Seattle does not differ much geographically. But having 2-3 times bigger salary, lower taxes, cheaper real estate it is much more attractive than Vancouver.
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).....it has been more than 15 years since I been there and back then the expression "for newly dead and nearly dead" was very appropriate 
