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Jul 14, 02
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What do you love/hate about B.C.?
Thought I would get to know some of you a bit better by asking what makes B.C. home for you and what do you love/hate about the place.
Here's my lil' tale about the place...I visited about 5 years ago, was just a spur of the moment thing as I had only read about the place and did not know anyone that had visited, just felt this draw towards it that you get with some places. I was only there for 2 weeks but oh boy did I have a wicked time!!:Kam: Started off in the Quality inn Vancouver...run of the mill hotel, stayed there for about a week as I got to know the workings of the city and done the usual sightseeing bits. Highlights: Wow there was lots in first week...there is not alot (if anything) I can fault about this city, but if I was asked to name 1 thing that really hit me about the place it was the people...I never got any bad vibes from anyone there, apart from some street punk with a french accent who I assumed was east coast dropout, and everybody was so open, laidback, friendly and helpful...at times I was overwhelmed. Ok enuf gushing...I done a bike tour around the big park (with zoo) full of bladers and boarders veerrrrrry relaxing, went to the then Mars/Wett club, was a bit cheesy but ok, lots of shopping in fekin huge department store. Discovered Kissemere beach (spelling?) great place with a good mix of people. 2nd week was more varied...hired a ride nice lil sports number...hehe funny thing was I had forget my license and only had a visa number, no card, yet still got a ride for $150 for a week...when I first got it I just drove and drove, some stunning rides out there. Decided to hit whistler, was about end of April time (i think) and world board championships had just finished, so everyone was tired and the place was kinda quiet but that was cool, no queues at lifts etc...and got a nice hotel room cheap. Took a snowmoblile ride to top of Blackcomb and saw one of the views of my life of the rockies...amazing. Ok fingers getting sore now....went back to Vancity, found some offroad drives burned the ass off the hire car...bus crashed into me in the city, hehe i shit myself no damage to me or car, but i was so shocked/mad i kiked the bus...people on bus were laffing their tits off, must of thought I was a loon. Stayed at Youth Hostel for a few days right next to sea and harbour....nice. Allinall one of my fave places in the world....did I miss anything good/bad about the place? 
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Jul 14, 02
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i like the mountains...some friends and i are going to rent a couple of birds before i leave for europe...i haven't seen what lies beyond grouse mountain.
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Jul 14, 02
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helicopters.
you UKers have such funny slang.
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Jul 15, 02
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You have some of the most stunning and extreme scenery, eg on the same day I was skiing and then lying on a beach!!!, in the world imho.
the weather was very strange...it was beautiful for about 90% of the time...then on my last day it was extremely cloudy and the air was 'thin'...i had been told that the area had a tropical climate, but i found this very hard to believe....still do.
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Jul 15, 02
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as said above..i love the scenery here..the mountains and stuff..it's sooo nice to hike and camp in....it's not too hot or too cold here either..
i use to hate the rain..but i have grown to like it~..
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Jul 15, 02
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I like that we have a big enough city that we can keep ourselves entertained (sometimes), the cleanliness but most of all that you can escape here with just under a 1 hour drive and a few hours of hiking
AGROout
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Jul 15, 02
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Pros:
Temperate climate Beautiful scenery Mountains with lots of snow Within a 2 hour drive and you can river raft, hike, climb a mountain, ski, snowboard, skydive, surf, sail, go fishing. Laid back lifestyle Cons: Fucked up local government High taxation 
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Jul 15, 02
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likes:
Peace good cheap post secondary education awesome weather multicultured beautiful scenery hot girls bc bud friendly laid back people dislikes: lack of business opportunities weak music scene mellow nightlife very small population in such a huge land EXTREMELY poor industry (which means more poor people and less rich people)
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Jul 15, 02
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Ok so we all agree that the area is stunning as demonstrated by the perfectly contrasting, beautiful pictures...one thing that I found very strange when there was the population of black folks.
I saw very few, which was very surprising as I visited Seattle (another part of trip) which has a typical popualtion of blacks for North America, so it was nothing to with demographics. Can anyone explain this?
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Jul 15, 02
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The one thing i totally love about vancity is the scenery, i moved to Utah for like 2 months and had to suffer looking at some
bare-ass hills with tumble weeds on them, i missed everything about vancouver, the water, the trees, the poeple, EVERYTHING, so i moved back and i am never moving out of van ever again
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