"Canada is BROKEN" - The Reality of Canada's Most DIVIDED City in 2025

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[@stancapar7931]

Canada has to join to USA.Liberal. NDP destroyed Canada Canada is not fixable themselves Canadian not trust any partes Simple normal reality is controversial we have 95 gender reality is that Gov.has to crrated law that is only man and woman We need to create law that " man has 2 legs" Road in Toronto is for driving.not be empty. Car is to get job faster not for show that we are not use them because of climate.

[@stancapar7931]

Life in Csnads become be hell.Trudeau mafia illusion aut from reality created discrimination Trudeau use private Jet to travel .canadian people pay for climate policy and become be homeless

[@stancapar7931]

Policy " Happiness without property, never will be work Not reason to work even so big heaven manipulation propaganda

[@deadreckoning425]

Loving not being in Canada and only paying $650 monthly for a 3 bed/3 bathroom house in a gated subdivision with a very nice view in a sea side city that easily costs $8000 in Vancouver west end. Cebu city is a much better place to live and I can walk 20 minutes with my Rottweiler to the IT Park. Canada (mainly the government parties) can suck it and desperately needs to be overthrown for something other than the Westminster system!

[@rosssmith8481]

Pretty basic info. Some of it uninformed with basic narrative themes like an opinion from a tourist.

[@XMG3]

I lived in vancouver lower mainland since march 1993, it's really bad here now. We get the double whammy of federal liberals and provincial NDP that completely screwed us. Their only focus is queer support, increase drug use, and taxes. Rest of canada at least gets a carbon tax rebate, we don't here, BC NDP keeps it all. Our tax money goes to housing refugees and giving them $9000 / month living expenses while most middle class tax payers live like they're in a 3rd world country, barely able to afford food.

[@PrinceUpholstery]

So many flags...as if having queer flags makes the city better.

[@jonathanliu7999]

9000?😅

[@XMG3]

@@jonathanliu7999 I wish I was joking, I have a friend who works in government, he's the one approving the applications, this is what he told me.

[@jonathanliu7999]

@@XMG3 I know california gave out so much money for N people who don't work Pay for their meals and hotel rent But 9000 per month!!

[@lovitz69]

9000 is for a couple, 4500/each and 1500 per child.

[@김진일-w4t]

I'm 55. When young, I always heard that Canada is such an ideal country that everybody wants to visit or live. So now it's sad to hear that Canada is not any longer what it used to be.

[@DesmondReed-y7e]

It was paradise growing up. It's been a shocking 10 years. I don't like the country or the people in it.

[@simonbrunet5605]

Its sad to say but yes the canada that i know is dead it began to die in 2008 but the last 10 years of corrupt gov and mass unregulated immigration put a end to it totaly. We are now a third world country.

[@DesmondReed-y7e]

@simonbrunet5605 I disagree on the start point. 2013 & 2014 were so good for some people that jealousy got the Liberals elected. People got what they wanted. Wealth destruction to the max. Enjoy the mess you made voting. It forces the amazing people out of the country and you get your replacements.

[@snowheader2200]

@@simonbrunet5605it is regulated. All they have to do is sign a paper and everyone in the word would be legal to move to Canada. Is that the ‘legality’ you are looking for?

[@cheukyin810]

Hold my beer.

[@williamhadrian423]

From Ottawa, lived in Vancouver for almost 6 years, it was my final straw for Canada, been out of the country for over 4 years now, i am so angry with Canada and what its become.

[@GriffinMilks]

Where did you head to?

[@williamhadrian423]

@GriffinMilks Mexico then Armenia

[@dnapolren]

​@@williamhadrian423wow! That's some travel and interesting.

[@williamhadrian423]

@dnapolren if you can work remotely, there's ZERO point of remaining in Canada today. There's ZERO respect for the consumer. Example: Why are Canadian cell phone bills around 100 dollars? I pay 15 dollars with unlimited data. Why? Cus in Canada they just blatantly screw you, and they smile at you while they do it. Cell phones are just one example. If you're a millennial or zoomer and can work remotely, get out of Canada. It's essentially a ponzi scheme.

[@caesarmagnus]

@@williamhadrian423 but they are more dangerous then Canada， right？

[@aniketbhalla1521]

"Broken" is still a small word to describe Canada's worst situation.

[@GriffinMilks]

Let's hope things don't get worse following the potential 25% U.S. tariffs... ouch

[@northerngirlhobbies]

@@GriffinMilksno kidding

[@rohanrath]

​@@GriffinMilks we have the most brain dead politicians in Canada who jumped to use the Trump situation to score political points. All they have to do is first agree to securing the border and work together to fight the common enemy - fentanyl. Pathetic political situation in Canada.

[@fridericusrex9812]

Yeah that's putting it lightly lmao. Canada is in freefall.

[@fridericusrex9812]

Yeah that's putting it lightly lol. Canada is in freefall.

[@jhickman4735]

I was in Canada 13 years and escaped this year feeling utterly disappointed with what it's become..

[@aniketbhalla1521]

You saved yourself from the soon-to-become terrible economy due to US tariffs.

[@mjh48059]

I left five years ago after my seven years in Canada. Never going back there to live again.

[@fridericusrex9812]

@@mjh48059 Canada is not worth living in

[@aniketbhalla1521]

@@mjh48059 I’m stuck here in this godforsaken backwater they call Halifax, drowning in inflation and bureaucratic incompetence, and I can only applaud your brilliant decision to escape this dumpster fire of a country. Well done, mate-you’ve dodged a bullet the size of Marc Miller’s ego.

[@BarryGrubs]

Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith are trying to enact Project 2025 in Canada! We must come together to resist this! Come on conservatives, we don't need to fall into the same trap as the states. Please tell me you can seethrough their rhetoric. Danielle Smith went to Trumps inauguration on behalf of her oil oligarchs!

[@Dddss71710]

Stop laundering forgin crime money through Vancouver housing market.

[@benvolman4976]

Greed and Nihilism.

[@alstewart1186]

If you want to witness the extent of the homeless issue, travel around the lower mainland and Fraser Valley. There are people living in tents in all the smaller towns and cities.

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Horrible. My brother is on the streets there. Went for rehab a month and half ago. He left after 5 days. Rehab that was not cheap either. Drugs are the real pandemic.

[@Thee_PinkPanther]

Vancouver is my home but i had to move from there 2 years ago it was to depressing to live there now. Lived in the most beautiful neighborhood for like 20 yrs and then it turned into junkie town right outside my door people passed out on sidewalks. It's all of Canada though not just Vancouver we just see it more as were the warmest climate in Canada they can survive here on the streets year round.Also they get given free drugs ,free food and free clothing in Vancouver.The government has given them free run to be addicts.They dont put them in treatment centers to get clean just free drugs instead. They let them go free if they do criminal crimes. Druggies get the red carpet treatment here in Vancouver and the rest of us have to live in misery paying for them to let them destroy our beautiful city of Vancouver.You dont give out free drugs and the gear to use them in vending machines.Just saying it might start a big problem right? Right. 3 strikes your out should be the new rule. You get 3 chances to get clean and get treatment and help there's enough of it out there if they want to get clean. After that your on your own with no free anything or help or sympathy from the rest of society here.I have no time or patience for them now.You do drugs you make your own decisions and that's the life they chosen. It's not up to the rest of us to baby these addicts and pay for them any longer in B.C or Canada.There is more than enough help services for them to get help. More services for them than us the tax payers footing the bills for them. If you choose to do the drugs thats your own life choice. The rest of us shouldn't have to pay for it as we didnt make that life choice.

[@colleengallagher9413]

A single person will have more difficulty living in any city in Canada, especially in the past decade. Any apartment over $1,000 a month is not living affordably in Canada. Roommates are not always an option for some people as well. There are too many Canadians not having access to afforadable housing and healthy food. The wealth inequality is insane. Vancouver may be a nice city to visit for wealthier tourists, but it is not sustainable for the average single Canadian to live in. A person will need to be earning a 100 thousand dollars a year to live there.

[@johnnocanuck]

It would be pretty hard to live in Vancouver on an income of only $100k. For folks with that level of income, a suburb might be possible, Surrey maybe, if you're renting.

[@slymarbo4046]

​@@johnnocanuck Not anymore I grew up in Whalley poor as fuck single mom on welfare Busted my ass have a pretty solid job good trade cleared just over 70k last year and I can barely afford to rent in Whalley

[@SharonGarrison-t4h]

It's all part of the wef plan

[@LAS12022]

@@johnnocanucktotally agree. I make 100k, most of it goes to tax. I can easily pay my own personal bills if I don’t go out, date, treat myself or buy anything. I can’t even afford myself in Vancouver. Btw I also live at home. You have no chance without either having a ton of money already or help from family. 250k is the new 100k in Vancouver

[@jackadam01]

Roommates suck nobody should have to live with roommates.

[@pikachu-mx6hi]

the city has been absolutely destroyed by BC NDP

[@gac5700]

How? Their zoning policies are the best housing policies BC has seen in decades. Housing is the most important issue. The BC conservatives which are just former the BC liberals, wanted to sell housing to foreigners

[@PetiteFleurBleue2009]

Very poor-looking "big" city, buildings are plain with no architectural beauty, city is plagued with misery... aside from the beauty of the landscape, it is a sad sight. Toronto is right behind...

[@fridericusrex9812]

No civic pride whatsoever

[@GG-os4is]

Actually it is a gorgeous city. I've been to Europe, Dubai etc... and Greater Vancouver is top notch. Also, most new construction in "Vancouver" is in Burnaby and Coquitlam. Vancouver is becoming very decentralized. There are master planned communities in Brentwood, Burquitlam etc... Those places don't have any shelters and supportive housing bs either.

[@thebigleone1066]

Not a very smart idea to legalize drugs in Vancouver. A lot of people struggle with addiction personalities. The government shouldn’t be their enablers. Life is much much better when you get drugs out of your life. And as a bonus, you not always broke.

[@BohemianLifer]

Alberta, a music folk fest that charges citizens for entry, was given over $80,000 of citizen taxes from a city while some seniors and veteran citizens are sleeping in tents...Unforgivable.

[@carlric]

and in Major Cities of NY, California, and in Canada... The city spends $150k per homeless person in government employees assigned "to help". Imagine how those people could live with that money..?

[@JJ-vp3bd]

folk fest?

[@jameswallace5967]

Thousands of Chinese nationals each buying multiple houses has definitely caused a dramatic increase in housing prices.

[@jiayuanfang1045]

这是你们加拿大政府的事情，和中国🇨🇳人无关系，你们政府的无能不要推脱责任。

[@jiayuanfang1045]

这是加拿大政府的事情，中国人🇨🇳无关系，政府部门的问题，不要推卸责任。

[@benvolman4976]

People fly in, buy up 10 houses and fly back to Hong Kong in a weekend.

[@jiayuanfang1045]

@@benvolman4976 中国🇨🇳人和任何人的自由贸易，你有钱💰也可以去买10栋房子🏠。

[@jiayuanfang1045]

@@benvolman4976 你有钱💰也可以去买10栋房子🏠。

[@BVT323]

My cousin unfortunately died on the streets of the Vancouver Downstown Eastside a few years ago, battling with his addictions that came into his life quite late. Coincidentally or ironically, today would have been his 45th birthday. All his life, he was the gregarious life of the party, and everyone wanted him around. Then, one DUMB move resulted in his self-made destruction, along with the added help of progressive policies and organizations in the Downtown Eastside that push one thing down there: death. I hope every person down there battling their demons will be able to get the help they need to defeat their addiction. Every death down there is one death too many.

[@jimmorris4870]

Good riddance!

[@Dawnandy-i8c]

These addicts are people. Vancouver is trying its best, even though the results are lousy. I too have lost friends and family to addictions. I wish I had an answer. But when my grandmother died in one gulag she visited my mother who was in another gulag to say goodbye. I believe in an afterlife. I hope your cousin found peace. As well as the people who loved him.

[@Hatchetjk]

You should make a trip down to Edmonton and see what it’s like there. It’s scary how much it is multiplied with the homeless.

[@carlric]

Socialism and Crony Capitalism only creates poverty...

[@randomcanad14n3h]

Coming from Vancouver I was baffled by Edmonton’s condition. As mentioned in the video, most of Van is actually really nice, all their problems are crowded in a few nasty areas. Besides the mall area/west end, Edmonton felt so scuzzy and unsettling everywhere I went, the downtown is in such disrepair, I even got begged followed by a homeless guy when I took my camera out.

[@NelyNelyNely]

It’s a whole lot worse in the summer time. There are swarms of homeless people then and it crowds the sidewalks. Lived there in 2019.

[@guhonorato]

I used to love Canada. But then I moved to Canada....

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

We are in rough times and it's probably going to keep getting worst, to much affordable housing is needed and even if it gets built it will take a long time to catch up with demand!

[@CloudTribe]

If you plan on staying get comfortable. It's gonna take the government 10-30 years to fix this.

[@25Soupy]

I agree, 10 years minimum to fix the last 10 years of liberal destruction.

[@isabelreyes6387]

Or destroy depending which government- they keep voting NDP bc most of them have become absolutely dependent on inflation driving govt subsidies

[@carlric]

government fixing something... nothing strikes more terror in the soul of a libertarian...

[@unchainedsilver9702]

The Homeless and Drug issues are a trickle down affect , People that used to afford to buy a house are now forced to rent ,then the low income renters previous are then forced onto the streets and then turn to drugs and other bad things to cope..... Real Estate speculation and way too many immigrants fight for little housing helped fueled the problem.....

[@jeffHiggs5822]

you forgot to mention the 4-5 months of continuous rain 😂

[@johnnocanuck]

This year the rain lasted about two months. It has rained very little, almost not at all, for the past month.

[@25Soupy]

@@johnnocanuck True! It's been a very good winter this season so far, probably the best winter I've witnessed living here 32 years. We're supposed to snow this weekend.

[@RickB-l7w]

It's mainly just drizzle here and there. Rain doesn't stop anyone from going out. Not like the rain on the east coast where you can get drenched in 30 seconds.

[@terryevp4084]

Many Thanks for your hard work and appreciate your great content.

[@GriffinMilks]

Terry, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Greatly appreciated.

[@DanielWilson-l1i]

I used to live in Vancouver. The city destroyed my education, and ruined my future. I will always despise it. Also, the homeless people are everywhere, you just need to live there for a while. Driving around in a Taos for five minutes won't show you the truth.

[@jjcaron72]

And yet that city and Victoria continues year over year voting for NDP government. Pathetic.

[@RickB-l7w]

Conservatives are proud to say they are going to do even less, so the solution is not with them either.

[@giangbui7088]

Confirmed E Hasting like that. Worse in the summer when everyone tends to use drugs and fall asleep outdoor.

[@Standyourground21]

Absolutely right.

[@Frostisity101]

Should've seen the place last year with CRAB Park and the street sweeps. Keep in mind, a lot of people are in temporary shelters and EWRs right now.

[@comeconcon569]

Vancouver is not alone in this. Seattle, Portland and San Francisco are experiencing the same problem.

[@RickB-l7w]

All big cities in North America have the same problem.

[@jasondusstuff]

I miss my Canada we got to prioritize our country

[@GriffinMilks]

I completely agree! Sad to see where it's at now

[@j.r.juniorjr.8298]

The danger of the destructive empathy of the elite. Intention is not the be-all end-all of policy.

[@HerrenGamingNews]

This is what happens whenever the Liberals are in power, jobs go away, inflation skyrockets, and social decay sets in. I, in good conscience, could never vote for anyone but Conservative again. Sure, the party has their issues, but under Harper jobs were plentiful, unemployment was low, and the cost of living along with wages was ideal. 10 years after Liberal rule, things will never be the same, and Canada will be known as a joke for decades to come. Thanks to the Liberals were no longer in a decade-long recession but a massive depression.

[@RB-im5mk]

I can see the "green new deal" ....between the cracks in the sidewalk.

[@andrewwalter237]

Canada is broken? No, you did not see nothing yet.

[@lucasszymanski114]

That's way better than it usually is, come back in the summer, tent cities.

[@GriffinMilks]

I can't imagine! Sure felt like summer compared to Ottawa though...

[@alstewart1186]

​@GriffinMilks Take a tour of the outskirts of Vancouver proper and the Fraser Valley. There are more tent and RV encampments in the "forests " than most people realize.

[@pi2019]

DTES right now is 1000 times better than 2022/2023, after the tent clean up it helped a little.

[@gimusk5667]

The muppet boiler room condo flipping market is dead 😂

[@martykong3592]

:) WOW W THANKS FOR SHARING! It is BEYOND Broken for sure ! I grew up there in theDTES of the 50's to 70's and HAD to FLEE in mid-70's as TOO EXPENSIVE even then ! ALL the rest of family still STRUGGLES there and you are CORRECT, POLITICS have made DTES the CESSPOOL of Canada :( ALL the BEST and Cheers : )

[@JA-mq9ti]

With all the education and technology we have today it is mind boggling that we are even in this predicament to begin with

[@Itisokaytobeawhitemale.-mj9kl]

Voting far left has repercussions.

[@godkiller2194]

You know what is heartbreaking ? When I told my aunt about what happened in Canada and it’s not affordable to live there, she doesn’t believe me since she still thinks it’s the best place to live than any country has. As Canadian, I’m deeply ashamed to hear that.

[@DesmondReed-y7e]

It's a slum. The whole country.

[@Sugarpanda_87]

In Good Or Bad....In Richess Or Poverty... I Still Love You More Than My Life Canada!!...And There is No Day Than I Dont Think In You And Coming Back!! Even With This Situation.

[@charronfamilyconnect]

Victoria BC is more affordable and the weather is even more pleasant. Did you get to check it out?

[@GriffinMilks]

Unfortunately not! In a future trip for sure

[@ryanruin1]

broken city for sure. lived there for 25 years. couldn't stand it anymore and left for good 18 months ago. best decision i ever made. It used to be an amazing city, but those days are long gone.

[@GriffinMilks]

Where did you move to?

[@ryanruin1]

A little island in the carribean. 😎🏝

[@hippocreation]

Expensive Housing is NOT the cause of homelessness. Without quality jobs people cannot afford $300 rent. If you choose drugs, homeless is just a life style.

[@bjames159]

You really lucked out with the weather, we've had an incredibly beautiful January (which is not something that we are typically known for). As some have already mentioned in the comments, you only got to witness a small part of our homelessness problem. Tent cities are unreal and the city really doesn't seem to have answers for them.

[@GriffinMilks]

Thanks for watching!

[@onteraction8294]

That was a mild event you rolled through. Some days you can’t even walk on the sidewalk it’s so packed with tents, markets and souls

[@L1623VP]

Vancouver has one of the ugliest, most nondescript skylines (if you can call it that) of any city I've seen. At the same time, it's crazy that so many people want to live there because it has the most "desirable" climate in Canada--that would be the same rainy, gloomy, and damp climate as Seattle, Washington. Yet, people in America aren't rushing to live in Seattle.

[@GriffinMilks]

Way fewer options in Canada though. Everywhere else has frigid cold winters

[@L1623VP]

@@GriffinMilks Right. I get that. Canadian winters are brutal. I once made the mistake of driving to Toronto from the U.S...in January. Still, it's unfortunate that the Vancouver climate is the best choice for Canadians. God bless them; it's a sucky situation.

[@edwincheung72]

Addiction is the key issue and these homeless people need help to break the cycle.

[@dnapolren]

Phew! When I lost my job on Nov 2023, I assessed the market after 4 months of joblessness and decided to leave Canada. I escaped the country and now live saving 25% of my monthly income with high standard of living. Canada is not for highly qualified STEM graduates. Don't know why they award points during assessment of PR application. With zero R&D, Canada is going to have frequent boom and bust economic cycles.

[@bagel080]

Vancouver's real estate problem has very little to do with demand and everything to do with investment properties. Most people that have a home have more than 3 more properties for investment due to the availability of debt and leverage. If the gov limited personal and corporate investment properties at 1 per person entity that would open up 10ks homes for availability.

[@zanshitakemoda753]

You have not seen the worse, go back to the same areas at night, also on spring or summer. You"ll see how thick and plenty they are when theyre out. Property and rent is freakin high, especially for those who are working. But guess who gets all the perks and subsidies here...🤔

[@FailedJedi13]

Intelligent life look down on Canada now... and think.. I heard Mars is nice this time of year.

[@kingo27689]

I live in rural NS . I feel the climate is probably same 😜. And its sooo muchh cheeaper 😇

[@charlesrogers8420]

I took a ski trip to Whistler in March 2024….. driving through Vancouver made me nauseous. Absolute dump with all the homeless drug addicts wandering the streets. Detroit looks better.

[@PrinceUpholstery]

The city needs to grow a pair, and move all of the drug addicts and troubled homeless people out of the downtown area. Pass a law that creates a vagrant free location, entice property developers, and heal the city. Provide food and housing, sure, but do not let them congrigate within the city.

[@markrichardson3566]

Great video make more 🎉

[@CSTLSRY]

This video is a complete grift. This individual conflates issues as a means to be profitable/gain views. It would be simple for him to publish a pestel/sales report and call it a day.

[@aishi_rei]

*No matter how beautiful it is, flaws will increase. That is reality.*

[@kevinwelsh7490]

It must be nice to NOT have SNOW on all the sidewalks like home

[@florateoh560]

You should check out Dunbar-Southlands area. Tonnes of small businesses on Dunbar St closed shop. This is a nice neighborhood just outside the university. Sky high real estate prices and therefore high property taxes passed onto tenants who cannot afford it. I was sad that The Cheese Inn closed. It was like the TV show Cheers. A lot of seniors in this area who purchased their homes in the days of their youth when prices were quite low. Compare Dunbar with Kerrisdale on 41st Ave. The two neighborhoods are like next to each other

[@SibelHaci-f7c]

The team behind Wexxo knows exactly what the gaming industry needs.

[@famcosovic8188]

30 years ago on Hastings Street, used to live a few homeless people, now about 5 thousand..Every single day day a few homeless on the street.

[@Roxy_liquid_dream]

I was in Vancouver last weekend and it’s insane the amount of homeless people I saw

[@hernangb7717]

Hi, I got the opportunity to be there 8 years ago for a week and definitely East Hasting street is terrifying in all sense and I am originaly coming from a third world country and never saw something like; this happens because of weather and also because in BC they have the highest social pay check in all Canada as cost are pretty high. The good thing is that lately they are developing as you mention lots of social housing and they have specialized centers to help people with their consume. Cheers from Montreal!!!

[@RockyBarks]

It's not just cities it's small towns like Midland and elmville homeless people 2000 a month for a one-bedroom on minimum wage people can't afford and part-time work hours

[@EvrenSenem]

The Wexxo team is building something special in gaming.

[@beemer1111]

Looks like Windsor, but with mountains and more high rises.

[@nyobu73]

I spent part of my youth in Vancouver and British Columbia and even back then over 30 years ago, Vancouver had a huge disparity problem. The most expensive real estate and absolute destruction and poverty in East Vancouver. I can only imagine how much worse it has got over the years. It can and will only get worse. Disaster

[@gilbertmurere2170]

Moved to Vancouver from Gatineau (basically Ottawa) in 2021. It was bad then, a newcomer (me) to the city would notice the homelessness situation and sadly... adapt to it. 4 years later, we are at the tipping point. The recent provincial elections were some of the closest in recent history with a 47-43 win for the NDP but you could literally feel/see it in the media, the average Vancouver citizen was FED up. Not all but some of these progressive policies are quite literally executed at the detriment of a regular citizen. The Conservatives ran with campaign policies such as ending tent cities, defunding inefficient social programs, allocating more to the city's police and overall public safety budget and so on.... WE RAAAAN to the polls bro. NDP got their slim margin victory but they are now on notice with them stating they "hear'" our concerns and will make changes. I do hope so since the city cant keep going like this much longer. As a literal gem of a city in North America (Less than 5% of cities WORLDWIDE have Vancouver's biome.. drops even more if you want to be specific), we have a duty to portray and keep the city in the state it is meant to be. Thank YOU for this video!

[@RickB-l7w]

This part of Vancouver has been like that at least since the end of the 1960s. So all parties failed to do anything about it. Someone made a study of how much it would cost to fix this and it would cost 30% of the entire budget of the city each year. And that would only fix the issue partially. No parti knows what to do. They just say they do.

[@brianmutcher9585]

You may talk about Vancouver housing homeless problem, but Ottawa has a lot of homeless expletive itself , just walk an hour away past parliament hill and you will see homeless people and shelters, and past university of Ottawa, has a lot of homeless too. It’s not just east Hastings area in Vancouver which has a lot of homeless population.

[@wojiaobill]

i left Canada 10 years ago and moved to East Asia. was a good decision, as i now have a livable income, a home and a car, and a wife and two kids. eventually may retire back in Nova Scotia, but ill wait and see how things in Canada develop...

[@Sara28-r7k]

Montreal is just the same. My heart breaks everyday when I leave my house.😞😞😞

[@jaschan2006]

Some people call the East Hastings area is a hipster gentrifying area. Tents for drug injections upsets a lot of people so be careful around those.

[@RickB-l7w]

No East Hastings is not a hipster gentrifying area. It's really special on its own and nobody wants to live there. But, the hipster vibe is really close. It separates Zombie Town from city center.

[@lilyho9808]

My hometown has changed dramatically in the past decade. Since the implementation of new drug policies, including the 'safe supply' program, we've seen a concerning rise in random assaults and hate crimes scattered all over the Greater Vancouver Area. While the intention behind these policies was to help those struggling with addiction, insufficient funding has been directed toward addressing the underlying issues of mental health treatment and rehabilitation services. As a longtime resident, it's disheartening to see the transformation of what was once a vibrant, desirable city. Local business owners frequently voice their struggles, and many residents, including myself, are considering relocation due to both the deteriorating social conditions and the city's increasingly unaffordable cost of living.

[@alanj9978]

I was stepping over homeless addicts in downtown Vancouver to get to work 30 years ago. It's just gotten worse. If you can't afford to live in Vancouver, don't live in Vancouver. I left to buy a house elsewhere.

[@Asiufburger377]

Why not put cap on multiple buying of any realestate no one should be allowed more than one house. This is solution.

[@GriffinMilks]

Houses, maybe. Rental property, different story

[@Asiufburger377]

Yes right on rental rise should be capped by %age Every year.

[@Asiufburger377]

Further mostly in rental of part houses its illegally done as the rental are on Cash Basis so no taxes.

[@ademcanvaner2567]

KZbin keeps filtering my comment. This city has disintegratated a lot over the years, and that's why I am voting for a new government. I am tired of everything around us now. (I have been living here since '94.)

[@dmfraser1444]

Indeed the Downtown East Side of Vancouver is blighted. The city and provincial government around about a million dollars a day on the area but as fast as we can move the good people there into better housing, more keep arriving from the rest of Canada and the US. But there is a large portion that are incorrigible and by keeoing the services they need concentrated in that area of about 20 city blocks. the blight does not spread. There are simple a certain percentage of the population that simply do not or even refuse to fit in. Most US cities wiould love to have their bad area to be that small.

[@MTLGSE]

Vancouver is the only city like that in Canada , like Montreal is not like this

[@RickB-l7w]

Montreal is pretty bad now. A lot of the homeless people on Ste-Catherine street can get straight out aggressive sometimes. Business owners have a lot of problems. It happened many times that someone would enter a restaurant, steal someone's plate and rush out. The homeless is Vancouver seem very more mellow...

[@AdamWhitakerWilson]

It’s actually a lot worse than pictured here. I don’t blame you at all given the short amount of time you spent there though. The homeless problem may seem concentrated to Hastings Street, but in reality, it’s spreading to many other parts as well. Sending my love to all struggling there and prey that a solution that works is realized. ❤

[@linyenchin6773]

1:50 "Leading to the highest rents..." - No. The plural of rent is rent, the word "rents" is NOT PLURAL OF RENT but proclivity to rent. STOP USING VERBS THAT END IN "S" AS IF THAT MAKES THEM DOUBLE AS "PLURAL NOUNS." *Stop perpetuating destruction of this language.*

[@jordan7077]

Lmfao 3:00 thats the same when visiting any place empty platitudes, good job showing this hellscape without actually calling a hellscape, literally reminds me of eastern Europe

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[@Aberdonianforlife]

I lived in Vancouver for seven years. The homeless are also in tents in Surrey. It doesn't sound like you went very far. The homeless and drug addicted on Hastings St is not new. This has grown, but has been a staple in that part of the city for decades. The homeless have moved down closer to Canada Place as well, which means that community has really expanded. Also, safe injection sites were in the city for a long period of time prior to 2023. Vancouver has had very high rates of crime for decades as well. It is not safe at all in certain downtown areas. I am from Toronto, have lived in Winnipeg and Calgary, and had never seen crime like Vancouver has anywhere else in Canada. As far as the weather, it rains, a lot. We were there for seven years and six of those years it rained pretty much all summer. It's a nice place to visit, It is not a nice place to live.

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[@GarethBushMusic]

Respectfully, this is just too much rage-baiting "Canada is DYING" content lately from this channel. I understand it's getting views from a certain political demographic, but it's definitely not what I subscribed for (stocks, investing, etc). I appreciate your content over the years, just passing along some feedback.

[@stuartdickson6251]

people acting like its only a Canadian problem, its endemic to big cities (some hide it better) and ya Vancouver is the end of the line and only moderate climate. The problem is wealth inequality to obscene levels and the subjegation of the post WWII middle class back into serfdom. The New Deal has been recinded by the obscenely wealthy. Coming to a place closer to you very soon.

[@TriniBruce]

Canada is dying bro... sorry but we're not just going to ignore it.

[@Airmaster360]

Its going to get a lot worse with lower interest rates, more money printing coming, they just ended QT

[@justinsimaluk314]

If you're just figuring out Vancouver has a lot of homeless people, I don't think you know Vancouver that well.

[@AnthonyHeadway]

Do one on the Comox Valley i hate it here

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[@johnnyboyvan]

Never go to Hastings and live on the beautiful west side of Vancouver. Glad I bought in 2000.

[@person51035]

Congratulations on being old. Younger generations need family money to achieve the same thing. Kids today would need $1.5 mil from mommy and daddy to by a detached house with an average salary.

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[@thomast704]

There's an easy fix to the problem. A 25% vacancy tax and 1% reward for reporting a case. The problem will go away in 12 month.

[@helenamaria710]

As a Canadian that left Vancouver in 2009 I am TERRIFIED reading these comments!😲 I may need to return for a few weeks soon, but I HOPE I will not have to!!!

[@RickB-l7w]

The same problem was in the same place in 2009. I walk all over the city with absolutely no fear. I would just not go on Hastings East at night.

[@helenamaria710]

@ It is not only the physical fear although I did have to clean a junkie's waste from outside the apartment door before I left! It is being in the depressing atmosphere of high cost for everything and economic hardship and stress that just gets worse and worse.

[@Mary6661]

I work on hastings. It's even worse at night. That's when the zombies come out.

[@CanadianBhaiSahab]

Forget buying a home, one cannot afford the rent in Vancouver. The average household income to sustain a decent living has gone to $150,000 for a small family, assuming both husband and wife are working. Single people cannot afford a single room apartment without sharing with a roommate(s). Income has been stagnant for so long that everything feels expensive. Taxes and low export has been the biggest reasons for the decline of Canada.

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