One of my favorite About Here videos on Vancouver is: When Do We Get a Skytrain to UBC: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5TGo5lsYtt_gLc
@Nswix5 жыл бұрын
Do you watch Michael Beach's videos? I'd like to know what you think of his stuff from a planner's perspective
@AboutHere5 жыл бұрын
Aw shucks thank you for the opportunity to let me and my messy hair make a cameo on your video City Beautiful :)
@steevf5 жыл бұрын
Opps, I ended up binge watching all of About Here's videos before returning to this video to complete it. I hope you understand, his content was really good. :)
@allamasadi79705 жыл бұрын
About Here is a great channel, so happy to have discovered it!
@CityBeautiful5 жыл бұрын
@@steevf His content is EXCELLENT. So happy to have people discover his channel.
@ashishkalam93372 жыл бұрын
Vancouver is like one of those Japanese sports car icons, amazing and underrated achievement, budget friendly but as soon as everyone realized how good they are, the price rose by 400%, and they kept in sterile garages and never driven. Vancouver is so good, that it has become priceless and unattainable. The ironies of this world i swear.
@adamwyne5062 Жыл бұрын
Yup, but you can also reframe it as an unavoidable negative consequence of an otherwise positive global change. *Aside from ruining the environment* Technological improvements and the pace of innovation has yielded a better quality of life to more people. That means that sure it is unfortunate that many people have become disproportionately rich and have priced out working class people for the most sought after real estate, goods and services, the quality of life for all classes has raised dramatically. Who knows where we'll be globally in 50 years but I don't think making the most wanted real estate cheap is the most important issue facing our country and world.
@fuckcanadafuckyoutubefuckc4596 Жыл бұрын
Actually, Vancouver is actually a shitty Kia for the price of a Bugatti that people try to delude themselves to believe is a Bugatti
@Walker9836 ай бұрын
Central Planning assumes that people can't figure things out for themselves; only Geniuses in some extraterrestrial level can handle it . . . there's a lot of wasted intelligence. I would'nt want to select Tijuana as a model for urban planning, but it was built rather in a Piecemeal style, at grassroots level; perhaps students of city planning should give it a visit.
@realAlexChoi5 ай бұрын
Funnily enough, one of my favorite automotive KZbin channels, Roads Untravelled, are from Vancouver! Apparently there's a big JDM scene there, and lots of importers due to proximity to the Pacific and the US West Coast.
@swoonify5 жыл бұрын
Vancouver is no longer affordable for the average family.
@vsedai5 жыл бұрын
Neither is its twin Seattle
@salvatoremangiavillano60845 жыл бұрын
Isn’t that the whole premise???? I don’t think every single place in the world gets that auto feeling like he mentioned the beginning of the video if it’s considered one of the best places to live gonna cost a bit LOL why do all of you seem so shocked?
@swoonify5 жыл бұрын
Diane Mangiavillano nobody is shocked more like frustrated. The neighbourhood I grew up in has turned from affordable family homes to a bunch of houses that all look alike with no one living in them. I love my city but it’s become unrealistic for most average families to live here.
@walter80255 жыл бұрын
True
@Andrew-gn9qp5 жыл бұрын
@@AthenaCannon Sorry to break your bubble that diversity includes rich foreigners who do not assimilate and buy up the property.
@livelifestrong3653 жыл бұрын
As a Vancouverite, I love how this video became a gathering place for other Vancouverites to come to the comment section to go “ehhh well actually…” and reveals the actual truth.
@thecommentator29253 жыл бұрын
If you like not being able to own a condone, because they're are close to a million dollars...(let alone a house) and pay $2000 in rent because the population quadrupled and there is a zero % occupancy rate that makes it a landlords paradise....than Vancouver is for you!!!
@22mrwright3 жыл бұрын
Calgary is a way better city to live for multiple reasons, I lived 30 minutes from the coast my entire life and never bothered me the slightest living in Calgary without it
@ronburd43623 жыл бұрын
Totally true, i HATE what this city has become. It is truly a story of what happens when the 1% of a population hides their faces in sand as the 99 run to anywhere they can afford
@Payton350012 жыл бұрын
I came here exactly for that comment lol
@slymarbo40462 жыл бұрын
@@22mrwright you wild I did 6 month's in Calgary and got homesick
@sylvainraudrant55813 жыл бұрын
I lived in downtown Vancouver, drawn by the misleading headlines of the world's most beautiful city. Everything felt amazing for 3 months. Later I realized that everyday life is expensive, half of the condos are stupidly empty while everyone struggles to pay their rent. Neighborhood life is non-existent, the majority of stores are large luxury chains, small merchants have fled the city, Vancouver feels soulless and cultural spaces are scarce (except the cult of sport and the wearing of leggings as only clothing). More than a year later, I have moved to Montreal, and I feel it is a much better city in North America.
@markrichards68633 жыл бұрын
I agree 100. Vancouver is a nice city to visit, but Montreal is amazing. We live in NYC go to Montreal for our cultural fix every year. It's such a great city to explore any time of year, great food, nightlife, multicultural with a french twist, great public transportation that's easy to navigate, interesting neighborhoods and suburbs. Montreal has it all. I wish I had discovered it when I was younger. It's great from NYC it's just a short flight. We used to stay at big hotels in the center of the city, now prefer Air B and Bs in neighborhoods. They really know how to live up there and the people are gorgeous.
@david_potvin153 жыл бұрын
“The cult of sport”. Someone hate fun 😂
@markrichards68633 жыл бұрын
That's actually an interesting perspective. We don't think about that as visitors having fun for a few days. I live in Manhattan, which is a similar experience around Midtown and the East Side. I find I hang out in Brooklyn and Queens more and more as time passes.
@hagron57023 жыл бұрын
@@markrichards6863 Thank you for the kind words on my city, Montréal. Though, I sure hope that the French part of it is more than just a twist. I hope the city greets you well again in the future. Merci :)
@markrichards68633 жыл бұрын
@@hagron5702 The French Language is one of the best parts. It's a completely different culture set in an awesome North American city. It's the best if both worlds. My fiancee speaks French proficiently. I don't speak much French at all, but never found that to be a barrier in Montreal. Montreal is the most hospitable city I've ever been to. Now Quebec City on the other hand could take hospitality lessons from Montreal. I don't always feel welcome in QC, especially outside of the central tourist area. In Montreal, I get on the Metro and go out to outlying neighborhoods and always feel welcome and safe.
@Relbl4 жыл бұрын
As a resident, I'll tell you if you like mild weather and love being out in nature it's great. But socially it's a black hole and if you don't have tonnes of cash you won't have much fun.
@katyroseable4 жыл бұрын
I don't have tons of cash and still have fun, not everything in life costs money.
@joeqiao16914 жыл бұрын
@@katyroseable Different in Vancouver. Part of the problem is the demographic living there (rich upper class business families), your social circle is generally these types of people if you are in Vancouver or Richmond, and their leisure activities are usually out of your price range if you are middle class.
@lihtan4 жыл бұрын
The endless days of dark clouds and rain make it really depressing in winter. Although the temperature doesn't get that cold, the humidity is so high, that you get chilled right to the bone. While the rest of Canada is blanketed in snow, it's very bright outside, never completely dark at night, and the dry cold is very tolerable, even if it's -20 outside.
@mak28664 жыл бұрын
Except for East Hastings!
@simetric65514 жыл бұрын
Mild weather !!!!! Canadians....😁🤣😂
@ziparis4 жыл бұрын
Those "family" townhouses cost about 2 Million dollars. Ideal if you have a few kids and are just starting out.
@freealter4 жыл бұрын
“Just starting out” with a 2 million dollar inheritance
@reeckoyoshi58874 жыл бұрын
Might as well move to Singapore or Hong Kong.
@ziparis4 жыл бұрын
@@reeckoyoshi5887 Oh, Hong Kong's looking like a lovely choice these days, especially if you like the smell of tear gas and would like to really get to know what it's like to live in a small prison cell, or a work camp :)
@tataatthedisco4 жыл бұрын
i mean if you want brand new and right by central vancouver yes, 2 million. my friend just got a townhouse for around 800k but in burnaby so if you're willing to live 20 minutes from central vancouver..greater vancouver is a bit better cost wise.
@ziparis4 жыл бұрын
@@tataatthedisco Yea, the ones he showed were in Yaletown. 800K is a bargain! Good grief, what is this guy's mortgage?
@BenNuProductions5 жыл бұрын
another comment about the pronunciation..it's "vanCOUver" not "VANcouver" It's "leviOHHHHHsa" not "levioSAAAAA"
@Rudenbehr5 жыл бұрын
It’s leviosaaaaaaaaaaaa😫😷🥴😖🙏🏿🍑💦💦💦💦
@Rudenbehr5 жыл бұрын
It’s leviosaaaaaaaaaaaa😫😷🥴😖🙏🏿🍑💦💦💦💦
@atomic322054895 жыл бұрын
Every time he put the accent on the wrong SYL-able, I cringed.
@Impeach-ThePimpYoon5 жыл бұрын
It's actually Hongcouver 😂😂
@BenNuProductions5 жыл бұрын
@@Impeach-ThePimpYoon go back home
@juicedboxes3 жыл бұрын
After watching this glowing video I can't help but think that some cities look amazing on paper but fail to truly serve the needs of its citizens. As a Canadian social worker, I know it as a place with poor mental health supports, egregious addictions services and high overdose fatality rates, and unaffordable housing. It is unfortunate that all the positives are overshadowed by its lack of affordability for the average Canadian, leading to a lack of true community feel.
@supermash13 жыл бұрын
The number of drug addicts in Vancouver only grows with increasing social supports for them. Time to admit this policy is a complete failure.
@michaelbrin64693 жыл бұрын
Vancouver is totally over-hyped
@donkeybrains123 жыл бұрын
well fucking said
@callmegary26222 жыл бұрын
@@supermash1 fucking true. druggies get 1500 a month on welfare + mental welfare, 1500. fucking 1500. my father volunteers downtown and says how the government refuses to give food stamps in exchange for a few hundred dollars of welfare because they want the homeless to be independent... lol meanwhile they are dependant on drugs. what a joke.
@baxakk73742 жыл бұрын
It's because of geography. Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island are the only places in Canada that offer a different option from freezing Arctic weather. 1. It attracts people with money from all over Canada, and foreigners who are not used to cold weather. It's impossible for it to be affordable to everyone with all that competition. 2. It attracts the homeless from all over Canada, again it's possible to survive in the streets. Not sure if it's true, but I heard other provinces give their homeless free one-way ticket to Vancouver. You can't expect Vancouver to be able to handle all of those without some federal help.
@Lyle-xc9pg5 жыл бұрын
VAAAAN-couver
@koichinishi90755 жыл бұрын
HONGcouver!
@GuppyLad5 жыл бұрын
Faccs
@firstlast54545 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too
@Tobyee5 жыл бұрын
*VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN*
@gabrielcarvalho60854 жыл бұрын
New best city in the world: exists International buyers: Here we go
@user-xg6zz8qs3q3 жыл бұрын
You could definitely name a bajillion small-midsize cities in Western Europe. Vancouver gets a tonne of hype because it's a lovely city in North America, and North American cities suck for the most part.
@gabrielcarvalho60853 жыл бұрын
@Yandri Susanto Yes but its not the best since early 2000. It has been ups and downs on the list, and that's why it happens in other cities around the world that holds the title sometimes
@gabrielcarvalho60853 жыл бұрын
@Yandri Susanto So why asians buy so many apartments in NYC, London, Toronto? Weather helps but it's not the main factor. They buy in hot markets, often in cities with this title
@GetOuttaTheJohnBoy3 жыл бұрын
??? That doesn't even make sense. How long have you been trying to communicate in English?
@calsavestheworld5 жыл бұрын
You have to understand that Vancouver's beauty relies on shoving out people who are not super wealthy. That is a major, major flaw because it produces a giant inner-city ghetto like in the United States and forces many people to live far away. It is beautiful, but a better design would encourage mixed income residents.
@Sanif5144 жыл бұрын
It's like in SimCity by in real life, where most cities are built for wealthy or upper-middle-class sims. It's honestly absurd that this happening to a whole city downtown, and no one saw the lack of affordable (low income) housing, many different things have to happen before a building is built. I bet at least a few dozen people knew the plans lacked low-income housing, just didn't bring up the issue in fear of standing out.
@raymond2894 жыл бұрын
85% Employer unwilly to pay is Employee a Fair hourly Waged. Earn $27/Hr @ 40 hours a week just to be on the Line. Earn below $20/Hr Stuck in Low Income Housing or Work to you are dead to pay Rent a place you sleep for 4 - 6 hours a Night.
@HypnoToad2484 жыл бұрын
hastings street
@HiAndHello-w9l4 жыл бұрын
A big issue is the acioring building permits and the massive lag time involved. Agordible housing projects can't afford the cost of getting there plans approved in a timframd that would make them viable leaving only luxury projects that can afford to great the weeks or even just pay someone to stand in line at City hall and badger them for updates.
@m2heavyindustries3784 жыл бұрын
No one needs poor fuckers in their area. they can do dope somewhere else.
@doggo29953 жыл бұрын
I think we can appreciate the amazing cities in Canada while also acknowledging the biggest problem in Canada in the 2020's and that is affordability. It is crazy and sad.
@stuffwithsoph82642 жыл бұрын
Yep, as a student in Southern Ontario, I've stressed myself more over working to make rent than my studies
@kobeb24132 жыл бұрын
Keep voting Liberal lol
@rickygill6612 жыл бұрын
And this garbage country loves milking covid
@portalfan123452 жыл бұрын
@@kobeb2413 what?
@bananian2 жыл бұрын
And really only the Vancouver district is "beautiful". Everything outside looks like a dump (except for coquitlam where all the rich retirees live). It's literally a shiny billboard for outsiders.
@marsgal425 жыл бұрын
VanCOUver does a lot of things really well, but has some serious issues. The insane price of real estate is just one issue of many. Vancouver is rapidly becoming a playground for the wealthy with a dirt-poor underclass cleaning rich peoples' bathrooms. I'm one of the few who was actually born in Vancouver. In early 2019 I left.
@superafins5 жыл бұрын
Hey Laura! I'm curious - did you leave because of the housing crisis? I have a few friends (well educated, well-paid professionals in their mid-thirties) who had to move out because they just couldn't afford it anymore.
@superafins5 жыл бұрын
Got it. Multiculturalism is probably the one thing I love about Vancouver and big cities in Canada in general. I find it fascinating to go for a walk in Toronto and hear all the different languages.
@Lanja19915 жыл бұрын
I would rather have a peaceful life than staying in the rat race of Vancouver
@jacobl.s.94675 жыл бұрын
In mid 19 I left too. Born and Raised also.. it's a beautiful city in summer and from a drone camera overhead but in the streets its ugly..overpriced, drugs and fairly dull.
@dcell70375 жыл бұрын
Jacob Sweedler-Luke yeap... I've lived in Vancouver for 28 years now, and here it is 2019 and I'm moving away just like the rest of us. Vancouver is a great city to visit but you don't really wanna live there and try to make a go of it. It's really no different than almost any city in the world if you have lots of money then it's a great place to be
@robwillie2265 жыл бұрын
The pronunciation is killing me
@CityBeautiful5 жыл бұрын
Sorry!
@randay2065 жыл бұрын
+1 from Seattle
@a.j.petrarca22685 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one! VanCouver not VANcouver haha
@andrewlonghofer5 жыл бұрын
(edit to fix my rhotics... right-side-up Spanish-style r vs. upside-down English-style ɹ is hard to remember)
@jturf5 жыл бұрын
Locals say it Vang-couver
@azbacnikorange4 жыл бұрын
If a city isn't affordable for at least the median person or family, it's NOT a livable city, it's a livable city for only certain types of people
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
And we're okay with that. For everyone else there is winterpeg or cowgary.
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
I believe you, I passed through one summer and it was -7C , not a temperature one associates with summer.
@racimegacar2 жыл бұрын
just say Chinese and white rich people...
@racimegacar2 жыл бұрын
@@xboxrules8472 Or Europe very soon...
@ahmedzakikhan76392 жыл бұрын
Vancouver's problem isn't due to its housing policy. Its because lack of good-weather places with ocean and mountain-views in Canada. 99% places in Canada are freaking cold. Sounds bold to imagine for a massive nation like Canada, but it is what it is
@Cathee452 жыл бұрын
The sad part about living in Vancouver is those very long periods of time where all you do is work and don’t really get to enjoy the beautiful scenery cuz you’re so stressed :)
@Swiss2025 Жыл бұрын
,because it rains from october to april
@yyy222y25 жыл бұрын
Summer: "VANCOUVER IS BEAUTIFUL! OMG LETS GRAB OUR BIKES AND GO OUT!" Every other season: (inaudible grumbling)
@kingboru77445 жыл бұрын
It's so true
@Jarekthegamingdragon5 жыл бұрын
Found one of the many californians that moved to the northwest. It's water. People in the northwest don't care about rain. It doesn't even get that cold.
@CityBeautiful5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I love the Cascadian climate!
@flopunkt36655 жыл бұрын
@@CityBeautiful if it's cold or raining, you just need to get an adequate coat. However if it's unbearably hot you can't have an AC on your bicycle. That's why a climate like the one in Vancouver is more suitable for riding bicycles than let's say Los Angeles.
@koohikoo5 жыл бұрын
@@Jarekthegamingdragon am a local, literally everyone jokingly complain about the weather.
@TysonPower5 жыл бұрын
Lived here 10 years without the need of a car. Saves SOOO much money I instantly lost on rent...
@zidongwang80675 жыл бұрын
Tyson power tru
@ThePlutarch445 жыл бұрын
I live in Toronto and, while it's not as byootiful as Vancouver, it's not a bad place to live. The city fronts on Lake Ontario which is easily accessible by public transit. There is water -- it's only Lake Ontario, but still it's water and unpolluted (mostly). The city has been replacing what were old industrial buildings with cycling paths, residential towers and green space. Sadly, there are no mountains to provide a backdrop, so Van wins on that score. If Van gets a score of 10/10, I'd give Toronto an 8/10. Then there's Montreal -- but that's "autre chose."
@mastersonogashira17965 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha so accurate. But I think that goes for every major city depending on the block
@dalepeto96205 жыл бұрын
Try Pittsburgh, house 50K, 10 miles from downtown.
@parkerhartzler5 жыл бұрын
I'm riding an e-bike I bought to uni everyday (in gas town from hastings sunrise) and I'm saving 1500 this year on parking fees so (y)
@hohohaha9994 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Vancouver(van-COO-vr), your pronunciation is killing me, as well as foreign buyers.
@isidoreaerys87453 жыл бұрын
Oh god I’m from the west coast and the way he’s putting the emphasis on the Affix is killling me
@lemonade41813 жыл бұрын
Yeah, as a Canadian: I took that personally.
@damdog743 жыл бұрын
I’m from Toronto and he’s pronouncing it like everyone else. Idk maybe locals pronounce it differently.
@axisboss16543 жыл бұрын
Same
@axisboss16543 жыл бұрын
@@damdog74 I’m from Vancouver and he is saying it weirdly
@lfmars982 жыл бұрын
I just came from visiting Vancouver. It’s a beautiful city, but the people are not very friendly and walking down Hastings street and Chinatown area seeing all the homelessness and open drug use was one on the saddest sights I’ve ever seen in my life!
@globaljobs18552 жыл бұрын
Did you visit Toronto as well?I d like your opinion
@Swiss2025 Жыл бұрын
Toronto is the same as VAncouver .... homeless, high crime city , no soul, USA car culture , no identity with copprupred mayors and Doug Ford (PM) . Toronto is becoming India . 10 most dangerous cities in CAnada are in Toronto ( Statistics CAnada ) . Toronto has a fake time square ... so creative @@globaljobs1855
@chumba4214 жыл бұрын
Vancouver is great but I'd never in a million years want to live there because of how absurdly expensive it is
@brooke46084 жыл бұрын
Zo Kay i would rather live in a different place and be able to have a 3 story home with a huge backyard and be able to afford trips to Vancouver and even better places. Much better than living in Vancouver but putting all your money into living and food rather than being able to travel and have extra money.
@workerworker79614 жыл бұрын
Zo Kay Sacrifice some money on living expenses, 40% of your income, two fingers, and your firstborn son. All for a squalid hut. Yea, T-bone 😂
@venus_envy3 жыл бұрын
@@brooke4608 This is the way.
@Boby93333 жыл бұрын
People in Vancouver move by walking, bike and public transit not because it's good but because they don't have money for anything else. Also by 1969 metro Vancouver reached a population of 1M people, in 2002 metro Vancouver got 2M and right now in 2021 Vancouver have 2.6M. The city growth so late it did benefit from seeing how other city around the USA/Canada and Europe growth and understood that huge sprawl is bad but they still fucked up so bad that you're typical family can't afford to live in that city. I seriously fail to see why some magazine/news article say Vancouver is a great place to live. Sure design wise it's pretty good except everyone is living in a huge concrete box and housing is ridiculously expansive. Montreal is probably the North American city with the most green space and the old part of the city is dense with mid-rise & good coverage of public transit & is cheaper than pretty much any city of it's size.
@jackjacny94983 жыл бұрын
@@Boby9333 as some one who lived in Vancouver for 20 years I agreed. It’s so Unaffordable now, it’s so ridiculous. It was great 10 years ago when things are still manageable but not now
@bruno27565 жыл бұрын
It is really expensive though ... and this is something that really matters when picking a city to live .. Vancouver sure is pretty and well planned... but if you have to struggle so much just to survive in it , is it really worth it? It looks like it is a gentrified city ...
@kingboru77445 жыл бұрын
really it isn't. You have a large amount of opportunity job-wise yet become so far behind financially that most people just get further and further into debt. News outlets have been taking notice at Vancouver's rising median debt level. So no, it's not, unless you are some of the lucky few that are able to afford such living.
@chengyanboon5 жыл бұрын
For me the transit and lack of car dependence really goes a long way. Same with the accessible green spaces. I remember reading a study mentioning that Vancouver's residents were the healthiest in Canada as the green spaces and higher use of active transportation led to more active lifestyles. So if you can ditch the car, gas, insurance and parking payments, as well as a gym membership and amortized medical fees, it's still expensive but it's way more doable if that lifestyle is the kind that you want.
@olympian35 жыл бұрын
I think its a city for people who have decent income from something that they love. If it wasn't for that I'd stay in cold ass Calgary. Soon enough I'll make enough I think. Till then..... I wouldn't want to live in a vancouver suburb.
@BrandonSchleifer5 жыл бұрын
It's expensive because 1) the reasons explained in this video, 2) low interest rates cause asset price inflation (same reason the stock market is so high), 3) supply and demand, 4) money laundering, 5) over regulation causing higher development costs and slower development speed reduce supply and improve quality, which also increases material and construction cost, 6) BC's feud with Alberta is increasing cost of fuel by preventing increased production to allow for an economy of scale to reduce unit price while simultaneously biting the hand that feeds and encouraging retribution, 7) the Canadian urban economy has shifted from low wage low skill manufacturing to high wage high skill tech jobs, meaning you have more people with more money, causing inflation, 8) immigration has exceeded construction, meaning we are running out of empty units. There's more reasons, but the point is, it's a complicated issue.
@carlosrubio42305 жыл бұрын
That's correct. It's awesome but expensive. Home prices are crazy! If you want to leave in one of those fancy buildings downtown featured in the video, you better sell one kidney or an eye.... LOL
@KhAnubis5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, Vancouver is one of my favorite cities in the world. Too bad it's so expensive nowadays...
@ahrlj245 жыл бұрын
Vancouver, San Francisco, Edinburgh and Istanbul are the best cities in the world.
@paxundpeace99705 жыл бұрын
@@ahrlj24 All of them are expensive.
@ciello___83075 жыл бұрын
@@paxundpeace9970 That's why its expensive! people want to live there
@person93665 жыл бұрын
@@ahrlj24 nope. The most livable cities are Vienna, Melbourne & Tokyo
@djdevyn19675 жыл бұрын
@@person9366 vancouver is top 5 for quality of life
@joeyenniss90993 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the best city in North America is the one that people don't know about yet. Like Seattle 20 years ago or Salt Lake City 5 years ago.
@brianandtarryn3 жыл бұрын
My choice would be a city of up to 100 000 somewhere in Tennessee or Florida.
@Quaaludio3 жыл бұрын
SLC has been a shithole for a while longer than 5 years though.
@squamishfish3 жыл бұрын
My choice would be Victoria BC for best place to live , modern , lots of lakes , ocean front ,golfing, Great fishing
@ccapp33894 күн бұрын
Fort Collins Colorado is solid
@martinpiko80854 жыл бұрын
Vancouver is the best Cities: Skylines project on Earth.
@maxwellvigil60844 жыл бұрын
I know look at the buildings it has a cs vibe
@ericwang10364 жыл бұрын
Scenery yes
@siqueira7974 жыл бұрын
Cities in the United States look like slums compared to cities in Canada.
@kristoffersparegodt4204 жыл бұрын
Only because it’s compared to other North American cities... but it is good
@anonymousperson67134 жыл бұрын
5dastral I think Singapore would be the best in my humble opinion. They were able to provide enough social housing to increase housing affordability to countless people, yet not disturbing the free market of real estate investment. It’s amazing how 90% of the population own homes, and 80% of 5.7 million population live in social housing. I guess they’ve successfully made social housing safe, high quality, affordable, and available for everyone rich and poor. They’re able to allow capitalism run free together with good welfare for their citizens. It still wows me to this day, they have such low taxes, such free market, yet they have such low unemployment, poverty, and very good welfare. It truly is a model city I should say. Where the free market doesn’t affect their citizen’s welfare. But I guess Vancouver would be better compared to many American cities.
@yiujun40665 жыл бұрын
Why do you keep emphasizing “Van” when you say Vancouver.. as someone born here that annoyed the crap out of me.
@LandofFrost5 жыл бұрын
He's from California, different accent.
@littlemittromney5 жыл бұрын
it annoyed the crap out of me and im from seattle lmao
@davidonfim23815 жыл бұрын
@@littlemittromney same, and English isn't even my native language
@cloroxbleach72625 жыл бұрын
I’m from Ontario and it hurt
@daytongilmour5 жыл бұрын
I’m from VANcouver and it’s killing ne
@paulmcewen73844 жыл бұрын
"Affluent, cookie cutter, and exclusive". An excellent description of what is just not quite right about false creek, I've always had that feeling about it. Great video, I feel like this was an excellent quick overview of the city.
@denise21692 жыл бұрын
Great analysis of Vancouver, where I was born and lived for 50 years. I don’t miss the traffic and commercialism (I now live in Switzerland in the beautiful countryside), but Vancouver still hold a lot of great memories for me. One thing you forgot that Switzerland doesn’t have: a lot of great, but inexpensive restaurants!
@AverytheCubanAmerican5 жыл бұрын
They have the busiest bus line in Canada and the US, and hosted Expo 86 and the 2010 Winter Olympics. It looks nice but expensive
@Zveebo5 жыл бұрын
Looking is all you’re going to do unless you have several million dollars going spare. 🤷♂️
@paxundpeace99705 жыл бұрын
In Germany it is common that kids up from the age of 8 or 10 years are up for there own outside. Best cities are often expensive. + In Hamburg a 1.5 Million ciites in Germany with compareble Density there is although come kind of this issue . But every new projekt with more then 12 units for residential use hat to inculde a a share of 25% of affordable social housing.
@innosam1235 жыл бұрын
Zveebo A bit hyperbole, more like half a million and a job.
@markseto11725 жыл бұрын
The roads are not nice, we aren't either
@Makoto7785 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah the 99B-line carries the ridership of what more normally expected on a subway line.... They really should have done the skytrain extension a while back.
@maxkauffman62895 жыл бұрын
my tiny pet peeve is that i’ve always emphasized the “couv” syllable rather than the “van” syllable
@user-vn7ce5ig1z5 жыл бұрын
I've never heard anyone emphasize any part of the word, it's just a smooth flow of phonemes. That said, emphasizing the COUV isn't too bad, but VANcouver is just awkward and sounds almost intentional.
@VoIcanoman5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's how most Canadians pronounce it. vanCOUver. Calgary is a more interesting case, because I've heard (some) people FROM that city call it calGARy. That just sounds weird to me.
@Zeyev5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing it out. There's also a difference in the pronunciation between the Vancouver in the State of Washington and the Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia. Both place the stress on the middle syllable but that syllable is slightly different in pronunciation [but not always]. So complicated.
@maxkauffman62895 жыл бұрын
Zeyev wow i’ve never noticed that! as a seattleite i’ve always pronounced them the same
@Zeyev5 жыл бұрын
@@maxkauffman6289 It's a subtle difference and isn't said by all Canadians. Like I said, it's complicated, like everything else in the English language.
@VOKZEL4 жыл бұрын
0:24 Ignores "most expensive city"
@Montabaurhood4 жыл бұрын
VOKZEL 8:57 he doesnt ignore it
@gregorythompson58264 жыл бұрын
Expensive compared to what? Detroit?
@Ahmed-un4up4 жыл бұрын
Gregory Thompson it’s 1mil cad for a shitty run down 2 bedroom house with a puny backyard and a shite driveway
@antheatan93314 жыл бұрын
Double Ton it’s literally more than 1 million 😭
@eelexa4 жыл бұрын
@@Ahmed-un4up I've seen literal shacks on less than a quarter acre go for over $1m in Richmond.
@JC-DH3 жыл бұрын
I settled in Vancouver when I moved to Canada and lived in east Vancouver, the city itself is really beautiful and there is so much to explore but I haven’t really felt home. Apart from that the rent is through the roof even in Burnaby and surrey far away from actual downtown Vancouver. Idk it just felt sterile and way too good I would say. I then moved to Calgary after 5 months, where rent is like half and it’s still a fairly beautiful city with the Rocky Mountains in view.
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
I passed through calgary one summer and it was -7C, no thanks.
@d.rabbitwhite2 жыл бұрын
To me, Calgary is like a poor man's Kansas City. At least KC has great art museums and amazing sculptural fountains.
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
@@d.rabbitwhite kansas city GDP: $142,503 USD calgary GDP : $110,470,000,000 CAN Yikes, calgary's GDP was over 775,000 times that of kansas city.
@andrewyoung97512 жыл бұрын
@@xboxrules8472 lol. I was about to say the same thing! Its be a better comparison to say Calgary is a poor man's Dubai.
@d.rabbitwhite2 жыл бұрын
@@xboxrules8472 I'm not talking about gdp (which I find a false evaluation) - I'm talking about culturally and progressivley, and the evolution from cowtown, which both cities started as.
@21enty4 жыл бұрын
"vancouver has a lot of foriegn buyers" Richmond: *observe*
@raymond2894 жыл бұрын
Chinese-Jew bought UP Richmond
@VoltsAnBolts4 жыл бұрын
@@raymond289 chinese jews. Really?? Really??
@casey95594 жыл бұрын
Surely just not allowing foreign investors that don't have ties to the city such as a business or family to purchase property would be a big step into changing it for the better. I don't think it's too late, but I'm not sure how it would be possible to do this quickly. In order for my idea to be a resolution, current foreign owners would have to be bought out or forced out which isn't likely to happen. It's a shame but it's like that in every city, Vancouver, London and New York are other examples but Vancouver is prominent, especially with thr high interest from wealthy Chinese individuals... It was definitely an oversight by the city officials and might be too late, i hope not but most likely is.
@JB-yb4wn4 жыл бұрын
@@casey9559 Should have been done 10 years ago. Let only Canadian citizens buy residential property.
@Youngmentor4764 жыл бұрын
Richmond is 74 percent Asian
@normangalimski5 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave, love your content however, I have a critique about your "Vancouverism" video. As a born and raised Vancouverite I'd like to respectfully point out that focusing on downtown is by no mean a representation of Vancouver city design. Sure DOWNTOWN is nice blah blah blah, but that's a small part of the city. Im actually surprised you didn't even touch on the Vancouver Special or hwo traffic is restricted to say ~10 major streets in the city. While here did you manage to go to Main st, Commercial st, UBC, Hastings st, or East Van? The City of Vancouver, as I describe it, is like NY city in the downtown and then a giant suburb surrounding that peninsula. Very spread out, grid-like, and suburban with islands of highrises spotted throughout. This is the Vancouver 95% of peopel live in. I was hoping for your thoughts on the city as a whole because, as you pointed out, whenever you search Van up you'll get results such as "the best... etc" and that does not raise issue with the city as a whole, the real Vancouver. Thoughts and your professional opinion?? P.S. Vancouver is pronunced with the stress on the second sylable VanCOUver.
@mseaton285 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with you Norman, I too have lived here my entire life, 39 years, This video heavily glosses over the main parts of Vancouver, what is described in this video is the ritzy tourist attraction parts of van, due to poor city planning the areas most desirable to live in van are overpriced rentals and Airbnb with tourists coming off of Cruzes ships, many of the locals who live and work here are slowly being forced out of city proper to find more liveable homes, many of those towers have units so small that only a single person could comfortably live in them.
@edata58985 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Richmond and south Vancouver are well connected by transit. However the other areas that are not expensive are not well connected to the city center. They probably need to expand there commuter rail system to service the suburban areas where people live.
@deathbygrapes55 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow Vancouverites, I think Coquitlam isn't getting enough representation because, well yeah, I also know that that is the right syllable
@trentdabs52455 жыл бұрын
This guy must have bin paid by the City/ government If you don't have a car go luck getting to work on time.
@innosam1235 жыл бұрын
Norman Galimski Metrotown, Coquitlam Central, and Richmond aren’t suburbs.
@DMWayne-ke7fl5 жыл бұрын
It's the best city to launder Chinese money.
@trentdabs52455 жыл бұрын
You got the right you don't even have to put your Name on it, You can just put it in a Number company.
@ReasonableRadio5 жыл бұрын
Toronto is a close second
@ManifestingDaily11115 жыл бұрын
D.M. Wayne land of junkies
@ExpiredSausage5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and guess where the fentanyl comes from
@rod-abreu5 жыл бұрын
True thing, Canada wont ask for more information where your money came from
@yes22082 жыл бұрын
I went to Vancouver for a 2 week visit and ender up staying for 15 years. I love Vancouver 🇨🇦
@baileyyordnoff24095 жыл бұрын
Not sure you're putting the emphasis on the right syllable there.
@defaultmesh5 жыл бұрын
vanCOUver
@mycolebrown47195 жыл бұрын
Also I'm pretty sure City beautiful labelled Richmond as "VANcouver" though I might be remembering wrong.
@CalvinLiangTheGeek5 жыл бұрын
Every time he says Vancouver I cringe 😂 good video besides that though
@woahfarout87935 жыл бұрын
Seriously? Half the people who live here can't pronounce it properly! XD
@DevinHeida5 жыл бұрын
@@woahfarout8793 brother moved there a couple years ago and always calls it Vanc, ugh I don't know what is worse that or VANcouver.
@nolananderson61394 жыл бұрын
I remember staying in Vancouver for 2 days before going on a larger trip, and I didn’t expect it to become such a big part of the trip. It was one of the most fun parts on that trip.
@justaname41363 жыл бұрын
Me as a vancouverite seeing this title: laughs uncontrollably
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
Easily the best city in NA, easily.
@stevejeffrey112 жыл бұрын
@@xboxrules8472 hell no
@GH-yt7eg2 жыл бұрын
@@xboxrules8472 vancouver fucking sucks. Weather sucks, gas sucks, car insurance sucks, east hastings sucks, education sucks, and food sucks because of how expensive it is.
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
@@stevejeffrey11 It is and Brian Burke even said it himself, kid.
@Lobo_Loco12 жыл бұрын
You're a Vancouverite? So you're a sensitive little snowflake with no character? lol cause that's basically what you're saying when you say this.
@wesleyjones11692 жыл бұрын
I live in Southern California and I've been wanting to visit Vancouver since I was 12 years old and I was planning on doing a road trip to Vancouver but then the pandemic hit and it delayed my plans. Still determined even though it is extremely expensive to live there I can't help how beautiful that city is. Los Angeles would be cool at first but it you would get bored. Seen it once seen it all. Vancouver is just one of those cities I've been obsessed over and I always been so fascinated with the Pacific Northwest.
@halcyon-cg2eb Жыл бұрын
Have you visited yet?
@ryan_alexander Жыл бұрын
Imagine Downtown LA/Skid Row expanding to the whole city, but with the views of San Francisco. That's Vancouver. It's not worth it.
@henrytsao13 жыл бұрын
your "Vancouver" is basically only downtown area, the most expensive area. If you want to live instagram worthy places, be prepared to pay high price.
@funtimes82963 жыл бұрын
If you want to live anywhere in Vancouver it's super expensive.
@rs112005 жыл бұрын
Well I’ll probably have to move out of the city in a few years because I can’t even afford a studio for 700k
@feifeijay5 жыл бұрын
you can get a studio half hour away in surrey for less than 300k
@KK-jg3hq5 жыл бұрын
Vancouverism: thought of the urban design, but never of the demographic design.
@lozoft94 жыл бұрын
That's not exactly their fault though. Foreign wealthy parking their wealth in property (and the realtors and developers who marketed to them) had a lot to do with it.
@ammanite3 жыл бұрын
@@lozoft9 yes, that's their fault. Damn neoliberals. You don't have to allow foreigners to buy up your whole city, and you can also build or promote building more affordable housing so the locals can live there. These are all policy and budget decisions. They didn't just randomly happen.
@ammanite3 жыл бұрын
@@trol4889 yeah, well thankfully Vancouver was planned before neoliberalism took hold, so that's where the good planning came from. Neoliberals then got to privatize and use that substantial public investment and planning to sell off the city to the highest bidders from all around the world, making it one of the world's most expensive cities and unaffordable to most of the actual inhabitants. That's not a good thing, especially in a city that doesn't have a very good job market, unlike its larger sister city to the south (Seattle). Additionally, while there are a lot of similarities and overlaps between them, liberal neoliberals and conservative ones are a bit different.
@jesssandhu94322 жыл бұрын
It's the new China. 60% of Vancouver is Chinese origins and barely 30% is white
@YungGandalf3 жыл бұрын
Adding to the chorus of former Vancouverites who have left the city. Every time I go back there I wonder, “wow, why did I leave?,” but it’s a mirage. Great place to visit, but it’s extremely hard to meet people and make friends, I think in part because everyone is working so hard to afford being there. The social scene and nightlife is pretty lacklustre, especially because most music acts play West Coast American cities Friday, Saturday, and then by the time they play Vancouver it’s a Sunday or Wednesday or maybe a Thursday if you’re lucky. It feels like you’re close to nature, but if you go anywhere on a weekend it’s insanely busy, especially Whistler on Saturdays. I much prefer living in smaller ski towns where everyone is more chilled out, friendly, and not struggling so much. It’s a shame because it is a beautiful city, but they need to do a lot more work to make it livable.
@joseaguirre7445 жыл бұрын
What a coincidence. When you googled “Vancouver is the” I paused to see what my city was. I’m from Memphis so I google “Memphis is the” just before you did.
@Nswix5 жыл бұрын
All I get is "Madison is the capitol of which state" 🙄
@andrew_ray5 жыл бұрын
"Boston is the best city in America." Also, "Boston is the city of" and "Boston is the new Boston sign." Whatever that's supposed to mean. Thanks autocomplete.
@ElLapiz245 жыл бұрын
Yu Wish I got “Milwaukee is the new Portland,” seems like a much more fitting title for Madison to be honest haha.
@howtubeable5 жыл бұрын
Fellow Memphian here. Yes, Memphis is the most dangerous city. Recently, there were two teens shot to death on the sidewalk on my block. Also, the song "Walking In Memphis" is garbage written by a New Yorker in New York City.
@thomasgrabkowski82835 жыл бұрын
@@howtubeable st louis is actually the most dangerous city
@EliasBac4 жыл бұрын
Well, when you're rich enough to (comfortably) live in Vancouver, you can get yourself a nice lifestyle in a lot a places lol
@DenGaming184 жыл бұрын
"extremely narrow" residential streets of only 66 feet (20 meters) had to listen to that 3 times to make sure I heard it right, how is that considered narrow?
@pimdeboerr4 жыл бұрын
North American definition amirite
@weirdcommenter49564 жыл бұрын
You cannot imagine living in Southern Italy. I will not explain.
@interrobangings3 жыл бұрын
@Damir H. Jesus. Remind me to leave the driving to the locals when I visit after the pandemic calms down (Main reason I wanna go is because of this Bosnian deli near my old apartment, food was insanely good and the old ladies who ran it were sweet as pie)
@redditstop16533 жыл бұрын
Streets in chicago are around 50 feet. Vancouver's streets are not narrow
@Boby93333 жыл бұрын
@@redditstop1653 Our Avenues in Montreal are 12m/39-40 feet from sidewalk to sidewalk. Those are among the largest street/roads with housing on them. The closer you get to downtown/old town the narrower the street are, even in west Island the street are narrower than that etc. The only exception are boulevard/collector roads but if we're talking about residential street than 12m is about as big as you need. I usually like his video but this one is just bad.
@Strommunism3 жыл бұрын
I only got to spend a few days in Vancouver when I was traveling to Nanaimo for work. But I thought it was really really cool and would love to go again. I see all the complaints about housing prices. That is really sad that it isn't affordable to live there. I spend a lot of time in Seattle, and I thought Vancouver was a much nicer city overall.
@graemewoodward92004 жыл бұрын
It’s all fun and games until you have to pay almost six thousand dollars a year in car insurance as a new driver
@ziparis4 жыл бұрын
Yes... and in a city with a LOT of rain.
@thezackseven4 жыл бұрын
Blame the NDP for that monopoly which is illegal in Canada.
@Toxic98134 жыл бұрын
I did that in Ohio after getting into two at fault accidents at 19. Not exclusive to Vancouver lol
@lipby4 жыл бұрын
They don't have public transportation in Vancouver?
@sm36754 жыл бұрын
Asians....🙄🙄if you know what i mean....
@finnbickel82964 жыл бұрын
I think that you were surprised by the children walking around without parents shows that there is a big Problem in the US. In Germany Children start go playing outside and on the streets without their parents when they are 7 or 8 years old and in my opinion this is an important step to grant that your children can take care of themselves.
@LeahandLevi5 жыл бұрын
Awe man you covered my hometown! So cool!
@ItsTheMunz2 жыл бұрын
I live in Vancouver. There’s lots of unique and beautiful traits the city has to offer like the breathtaking nature backdrop. All that said, the place is utterly up its own arse. It’s wrought with corrupt politicians and it’s desirability is heavily based on the fact it’s the only city in Canada that doesn’t get much winter.
@Swiss2025 Жыл бұрын
But depressing .... 7 months of rains, no sense of community , no soul ... The rocky mountain is also in the USA not unique to VAncouver .
@SB-xu8pi5 жыл бұрын
Townhouses on Cordova, the ones shown that are "great for families" cost between 4 million for a 2 bedroom, and up to 12 million for a 3 bedroom. And don't for get to add your property tax and strata fees totalling $4500 or more, per month on top of that mortgage.
@hosmerhomeboy5 жыл бұрын
And all the ridiculous bylaws about every single thing you own too. Can't forget that.
@fuckcanadafuckyoutubefuckc45965 жыл бұрын
That moment when some irrelevant crackhole far leftist undeveloped town is more expensive than Monaco
@innosam1235 жыл бұрын
Shaan Simple. You don’t buy townhouses in Downtown. You can’t buy cheap townhouses in downtowns in general. What did you expect?
@SB-xu8pi5 жыл бұрын
Fredinno That’s my point. Nice that you agree. Too bad the video is so misleading.
@innosam1235 жыл бұрын
Shaan Well, yeah- thing is that Downton became a prototype that every other municipality in Vancouver (aside from a few) tries to emulate to an extent with their town centres. People DO have families in Vancouver Downtown, same as they do in Manhattan, but it just isn’t for the vast majority of people who need them.
@Prairielander4 жыл бұрын
I moved to Edmonton from Vancouver when I was 19 and I have lived here 13 years now. I miss some things like the ocean and the mountains. But overall I think my quality of life here is just better. I own a house and I have a good paying job plus I live close to a river valley which is a green belt running through the city. Most of my friends still there are struggling and the ones who are not there parents died and left them a house to live in. I don't think there is going to be much of a future for average families there.
@ktowniecity72694 жыл бұрын
Smart
@user-xg6zz8qs3q3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Edmonton between 2015 and 2019. I struggle to find positive things to say other than: NAIT is a great school with fantastic instructors and I never thought donuts could taste this good. Overall, Edmonton feels boring and sprawled out. The downtown doesn't have much other than offices, a mall, a casino and a hockey stadium. White Ave. is definitely feels a little bit like Montreal (if only the Chevy dealership didn't take up half the street). The rich don't even live near Edmonton, but rather in the suburbs like St. Albert and Sherwood Park (and that says a lot about Edmonton). The River Valley is nice, for like 3 months in the year when it doesn't freeze. I'll concede that my experience of Edmonton was tainted by the oil recession. It was impossible for me to find regular work, and Edmonton is expensive AF. Moving to Paris (France) for work was the best decision I have ever made. And c'mon! Paris is cool
@stevedavenport12023 жыл бұрын
Edmonton is a surprisingly green city.
@hagron57023 жыл бұрын
My company has offices pretty much everywhere in Canada, including Montréal (where I'm at right now), Toronto (head office), Edmonton, and Vancouver. Even though I'm sick and tired of cold snowy winters, Edmonton would be my first choice if I had to switch offices.
@brianandtarryn3 жыл бұрын
Vancouver has better summers as well as warmer and very wet winters when compared to cities in Alberta, it also has better scenery. Alberta has advantages like a much, much lower cost of living that will allow opportunities to save money for toys and/or visits to your choice of beautiful destinations local or international.
@shogged4 жыл бұрын
If Vancouver is the best city in North America, that’s really depressing
@lillianfletcher50224 жыл бұрын
Needs to be a major earthquake there to clean up all the filth and overdevelopment!
@diegoperez20904 жыл бұрын
It's the best city in North America according to researchers. But to me, as an ordinary citizen with income of less than 100k, I'd take Calgary, Sarasota or even Houston over Vancouver any day.
@ktowniecity72694 жыл бұрын
@@diegoperez2090 Calgary is boring as hell. Montreal is the most affordable, lively city in Canada
@tonypeterson53164 жыл бұрын
@@lillianfletcher5022 u r sick, bad karma for u
@tonypeterson53164 жыл бұрын
Maybe u expect too much??
@meaganmackenzie5068 Жыл бұрын
As a Canadian, the concept Vancouver as a the best city to live in is odd to me. They're notoriously known as the most expensive city in Canada.
@shauncameron8390 Жыл бұрын
And a haven for out-of-province junkies.
@portxer8 ай бұрын
It is expensive to live in places that everyone wants to live
@dd_tags5 ай бұрын
yeah and i thought that title was given to calgary?
@curlybrace014 жыл бұрын
"It's van-COU-ver, not VAN-cou-ver" - Hermione Granger
@mikedrown27214 жыл бұрын
That's right!
@saransh20074 жыл бұрын
Proper name can have multiple pronunciations. Easy peezy
@iksaxophone3 жыл бұрын
This is what I came for. Thank you, kind stranger.
@vacafuega3 жыл бұрын
YES i love this
@TiagoCotrim3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment. Even VANcouverism, I can't even say it, not even a proparoxytone anymore!
@aesopsamuel14635 жыл бұрын
I lived in Vancouver for a year and it was the greatest year of my life
@koichinishi90755 жыл бұрын
HONGcouver.
@charleskummerer5 жыл бұрын
Just avoid the giant part of downtown with people casually shooting heroin in the street... Also, super duper expensive.... I do love the city though. One of the best for sure
@davidbergmann89485 жыл бұрын
Heroin is the healthy alternative to alcohol or nicotine 🤔
@deathbygrapes55 жыл бұрын
Yeah, as a Vancouverite, overdose is a every day thing, when I visit east side, China town, I avoid Hastings at Main at all cots
@MuchomorekStudio5 жыл бұрын
How can I like this comment more than once.. jesus.. Last year, my family and I went on a trip to Vancouver. We were walking what was officially downtown Vancouver and never felt more scared in my life (take in mind we are coming from EAST EUROPE, which westerners think it`s shit.. ah the irony). It was literally like the Walking dead. Oh an these beautiful mornings, when we were casually grabbing coffee in Starbucks.. with ten other shaking drug addicts!! ....
@flomccanuck80955 жыл бұрын
ArmchirWarrior - Good on you for clarifying that - I live in East Vancouver on Commercial Drive, a GREAT neighbourhood - tons of ethnic restaurants, good music & people - and it's safe. The dangerous part of town to avoid if you come for a visit is referred to as the downtown East Side.
@JohannDowa5 жыл бұрын
but without that part of downtown, they would have to shut down many of the government-funded "non-profits" that so many people work for in Vancouver which are supposed to help those people.
@gwarlow3 жыл бұрын
If by “best” you mean unaffordable, then yes, Vancouver is the best North American city.
@berniebogner3 жыл бұрын
just google, it is one of the most livable cities in the World
@Kumiko0265 жыл бұрын
I recently moved out of BC after living in Vancouver for about 20 years. Sure, the city is nice, but the people not so much. It has changed so much since I was a kid. The place is way too expensive, and so cluttered, that I had to leave. I miss the parks and the ocean, though I am glad I left.
@enkaipritie49555 жыл бұрын
@Mustafa Alam Why is not great? i do not live there but i suppose that rent prices are one fact since there is a lot of people, i find people very friendly and open in Canada and the country is way more safe comparing to Europe for example and ask yourself why Europe is not safe as it was before. And multiculturalism is okay but at some point is not, is full of immigration, immigration is okay but when it is too much quality of life decrease for both local people and immigrants that are looking for a better life.
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for leaving, good start
@happybureaucrat13115 жыл бұрын
Metro Vancouver and the San Francisco Bay area will look like a huge Detroit in a few decades.
@Serentropic5 жыл бұрын
I've visited Vancouver a few times recently, and my experiences pretty closely match what you've outlined. My favorite part was definitely the easy transition between residential and commercial spaces; countless eating and shopping options were always a block or two away. But I could never quite shake a bit of claustrophobia, feeling boxed in by the ubiquitous glass midrises even in the city's green spaces. I suppose the latter is a reasonable tradeoff for the former, and I'd certainly consider moving there if I could afford it. But the housing prices there are comically out of reach.
@djdevyn19675 жыл бұрын
its awesome, its my 4th city that I've lived and gone to school in and its definitely my favorite, also housing is doable if you rent
@derricklovell5 жыл бұрын
it's an amazing place to live if you show up there already minted.
@Boby93333 жыл бұрын
@@djdevyn1967 If you rent? Like if you split renting cost with two or more people you mean!?!
@Ag3nt0fCha0s5 жыл бұрын
I live in Athens. Google says it is the new Berlin. I assume it means immediate post 1945. I used to live in Moscow, which Google thinks is the 3rd Rome. I assume it means immediately post fall.
@Drannn545 жыл бұрын
Ag3nt0fCha0s athens is shit
@Drannn545 жыл бұрын
Ag3nt0fCha0s sorry but this is truth
@Hey-py2hb5 жыл бұрын
@@Drannn54 r/woosh
@honkhonk80093 жыл бұрын
Google says Vancouver is the most liveable city. its fucking cap lmfao. People really beleive these news sites that get paid off for saying stupid shit like this.
@stuntmonkey003 жыл бұрын
I live in Vancouver, and I've lived in LA. We're spoiled. Downtown LA empties and night, downtown Vancouver is still thriving because people live there. But the big problem with the rest of Vancouver is the same as anywhere else: single family housing. The city of Vancouver proper has way to much single family housing even if the lots are much denser than the typical American house. For all of the highrise density, city of Vancouver actually needs much more medium density housing, which the suburbs in the larger greater Vancouver area do better.
@connor63945 жыл бұрын
I would agree with everything that is said in this video. I live in the Greater Vancouver area and have spent a lot of time in Vancouver proper. The city is beautiful but it's insanely expensive, my family as well as the families of many of my friends can't afford to live in Vancouver proper because of the insane price, meaning we live out in the cities surrounding like Surrey, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, etc. The construction in Vancouver is insane and it's expanding outwards as the value of land skyrockets. The house my parents bought in the late 2000s has nearly tripled in value since they've bought it. The amount of homeless people on some streets is horrific, something needs to be done but I really can't think quite what. Really the only other major complaint I have for Vancouver is the horrible traffic when trying to get to BC Place on the night of a Lions game lol.
@purpleghost1064 жыл бұрын
Top 3: Rent control, purpose built rental buildings, and a government run rent registry. (Quebec city has that last, the land and building are assessed and so that landlords can't renovict to jack up the price, because it's external to greedy whims.) Many problems are removed if we prevent the rents from spiraling up out of reach, make sure there are always a healthy number of places to rent, and make sure that the person who is setting the price isn't the same person who can benefit from unfairly increasing it. (Seriously, landlords having power and being corrupted to take advantage of it-- it's almost like we have sayings about power and corruption and could have seen that coming. 😒)
@purpleghost1064 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of other things we can do though. Starting with building and increasing public safety nets. New Westminster is implementing an emergency fund to be used by renters to stop themself becoming homeless if something dire happens, and then pay back after the crisis has ended. Every city should have one. More projects should be done with habitat for humanity, to give otherwise low or middle income people a chance at housing. More public housing to give seniors, disabled, and otherwise low income people, stable long term housing. Increasing pensions and disability rates to above, because both are below the poverty line and are insufficient to make rent, making both groups at risk for homelessness right now. -- People who literally can't work shouldn't be ending up on our streets because of it. Also, directly related to that more temporary housing for those experiencing medical distress. My cousin went homeless because he broke his leg, even though he didn't lose his job, he just didn't get paid enough while on leave. I feel like that shouldn't even be possible in Canada.
@iroxursoxwithjello4 жыл бұрын
@@purpleghost106 all your ideas are bad and require far too much government involvement and bureaucracy, maybe we just defend out local real estate from rich foreign money launderes and work to establish a urban plan that isnt functionally crippled by the fact it's all planned on a peninsula. Why didnt they build in Fairview in the 80s?
@xboxrules84722 жыл бұрын
If you want to do something about all the bums on the streets you'll need to start by making toronto, montreal, calgary, ottawa, edmonton , winnepeg, saskatoon warmer in the winter, so good luck with that!
@jasonreed75222 жыл бұрын
Fundamentally you need jobs (that pay above poverty line wages and aren't government), with those most people cam support themselves and the local government will have enough money to pay the social programs needed for the rest. Admittedly its much easier said than done to create jobs that pay and affordable housing options. And if Vancouver is the only Canadian city that has a survivable winter for the homeless then all Canadian cities need to work on their homeless creation problem and provide sufficient shelters so they aren't forced to move to Vancouver or litterally die to the Canadian Winter.
@jaimearango26984 жыл бұрын
Stunning city full of homeless people 💔
@danopticon3 жыл бұрын
Alas, that happens anyplace worth living: people flock there from various backwaters looking to make their fortune, so a) unless housing is well-regulated, speculators drive prices up up up, and b) one way or another, a number of the newcomers either flame out or were a little unstable to begin with, and homelessness goes up up up. In Caracas in the ‘70s, we could see whole shanty towns spring up on the mountainside across the valley literally overnight!
@monotonexylophone16233 жыл бұрын
@@danopticon its mostly that almost no one can afford a one bedroom arpartment
@interrobangings3 жыл бұрын
@@danopticon no, you've missed the point, vancouver has the largest tent city in the entirety of canada
@monotonexylophone16233 жыл бұрын
@@interrobangings *had, the gov tore it up i think
@interrobangings3 жыл бұрын
@@monotonexylophone1623 damn, really? it was still there in 2019 when i went on an Alaskan cruise poor folks... :(
@eelexa4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your highlighting of the cons of Vancouverism. It's easy to glamourize what planners have successfully done here, but we have to remember that for a huge portion of people, it's not beneficial or viable. And the ripple effect is felt for renters and middle-class folks. And now, cities all over the province are feeling the effects, as those markets become more popular for people fleeing the expensive big city. It's a very complicated issue here, and I'm glad you didn't ignore it.
@Vlad65WFPReviews3 жыл бұрын
Like other cities, Vancouver became a victim of its own success. We are now over-crowded, over-priced and over-regulated. Our bridges and roads are horribly inadequate for our bursting population - and still more people come here. And we now don't go to other parts of the city such as Stanley Park or concert venues due to traffic, endless construction detours and draconian parking regulations. If there were a major poem about my hometown it would be Paradise Lost.
@PNWGuitar5 жыл бұрын
I love Vancouver, it's a beautiful place to be but because of that it's so insanely expensive to live. You have people trying to rent closets for 1500 per month, ICBC insurance that has rates through the roof, foreign buyers scooping up property like crazy. Like I said I love Vancouver but even the best places have their issues.
@williamwang42954 жыл бұрын
After I move here I finally realize they only mean “Vancouver” is the best city to live not “ Greater Vancouver”
@althepal2344 жыл бұрын
Lmao yeah Surrey ganggg
@apple-eg5xl4 жыл бұрын
north shore :D
@redditstop16533 жыл бұрын
Yeah suburbs suck
@Joraultechy3 жыл бұрын
@@redditstop1653 north shore is actually so nice though
@redditstop16533 жыл бұрын
@@Joraultechy *Car dependent suburbs
@thefuture9305 жыл бұрын
If you’re a fentanyl addict or a Chinese billionaire, I suppose it’s the best.
@gebusdatrapgod5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the future. True
@canman50605 жыл бұрын
A century ago people said you have completely lost your mind by saying all the people living in the lowest dirt 'billionaire'.They couldn't even count to billion !!!!
@highdough27125 жыл бұрын
As someone who is neither, and lives in Vancouver, I disagree. There isn’t a city I would want to live in more.
@ryanolfert27645 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Future 😂😂
@rixx464 жыл бұрын
highdough only because you DON’T live here. The tourist view quickly fades in the reality of shameful homelessness and unaffordable basics.
@richardnelson3227 Жыл бұрын
I have lived in Iowa for all my life except the 2 years I went to university in Vancouver. And yes, Vancouver, and particularly North Vancouver is North America's best city. I just visited last week, last November, and I will visit again very soon!!!
@baronvonjo19293 жыл бұрын
Title: How GREAT Vancouver is! Comments of people who live there: About that....
@Ziebenator63-jj9ej4 жыл бұрын
As a native born Vancouverite from many, many years ago I will say that Vancouver falls under the “used to be” category.
@AlexisVVV4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. 45 years in Vancouver. It stopped being Vancouver 20 years ago. Getting out was the best decision I made in a long time.
@Ziebenator63-jj9ej4 жыл бұрын
TKP Sadly, me also. Moved out to the Fraser Valley. Now it’s getting bad too.
@paulnewstead96934 жыл бұрын
Ugh! Another tourist oppinion of our city.
@Ziebenator63-jj9ej4 жыл бұрын
@MARKO Have you seen what's been going on in Canada lately? Pfft.
@Ziebenator63-jj9ej4 жыл бұрын
@MARKO You need to "edumacate" yourself there paley!
@olympian35 жыл бұрын
Its like Hong Kong, except instead of rich British colonizers on chinese soil, you have rich Chinese colonizers AND rich British colonizers on aborignal soil!! Lol Also I said it on another comment, Vancouver seems like a place that's prebuilt for the future economy of alternative workers, people who work on the internet and own their own businesses etc and also make enough money..... KZbinrs even! World's changing fast and not many cities have the structure this new class of people are looking for. I subscribed to you a while ago, really nice to see you do my favourite city!
@jesssandhu94322 жыл бұрын
There's no british people now in Vancouver. It's almost all just chinese. It's the new China
@stevejeffrey112 жыл бұрын
nothing like feeling like a foreigner in the country you were born in....lots of street signs in north van are not even in English!! whole city has a dirty feel to it, all of the hong kong $$$$ money laundering
@terrygelinas45932 жыл бұрын
It would be good for you to compare Vancouver to Montreal. Check out the latter's bike lanes, large inventory of mid-density / signature local multiplex housing, and extensive metro system (with future REM). I like to toot my horn about Canada's 3 largest cities (Toronto, Montreal, Vanc) - each one is vibrant/liveable and each has its pro's/con's.
@AboutHere5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for SUCH a thoughtful and nuanced take on Vancouver!
@paxundpeace99705 жыл бұрын
Impressive and great Video productions. Thank you.
@dexterhine31155 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Can’t wait for the next one!
@90s_2k95 жыл бұрын
I love Vancouver, I’m from Mexico almost every year I go to Canada, my brother lives in Alberta
@feifeijay5 жыл бұрын
te encanta Vancouver
@coastaku19545 жыл бұрын
Go to Toronto, it's way better
@jameschampken7704 жыл бұрын
@Yu Kay have you even been to Toronto? It's got more mix of different cultures population then Vancouver does. Vancouver is heavily based on huge Chineese heritage population, while Toronto is more mixed of many different countries.
@NationalismDjazair4 жыл бұрын
@@jameschampken770 no stop lying there is only white people in toronto.
@jameschampken7704 жыл бұрын
@@NationalismDjazair yeah, you havent lived in Toronto then. 😂
@timmyfung016 ай бұрын
I spent two years of my high school years in Vancouver, but I had to moved to Calgary in 2006 because of family reason. Back then I cried because I didn't want to leave the city. Looking back now, moving to Calgary was a blessing in disguise. My high school best friend also moved out to Saskatoon for job, and when we talk, we are both happy that we left the city we once loved, we had no desire to visit it anymore, too much problem with drugs, gangs, and problems with Vancouver. sad thing is, Calgary is slowly following Vancouver footsteps.
@Ping63ms6 ай бұрын
Surrey has gang problems not vancouver
@dxkaiyuan41775 жыл бұрын
Vancouver: exists Concord Pacific: its free real estate
@feifeijay5 жыл бұрын
yeah that was a modern example of buying manhattan for $20. Just like the manhattan, the developers still had to develop it into what it is.
@yeswecanhk4 жыл бұрын
1626, the Dutch brought Manhattan for 60 guilders(amounts $1,100 in 2012 dollars)
@whiskybitness70163 жыл бұрын
Ironically, as person from Memphis, we are actually facing almost the same problems you highlighted regarding trying to bring the suburban folk that fled during the white flights of the 40s-80s, so it's interesting to see similar problems from not exactly, but similar, origins for two different cities. I'm new to urban planning but I'm a GIS student with an undergrad and MA in anthropology and getting to learn more about urban planning the way you share things with particular interest in how these planning decisions are affecting people's lives has helped motivate me through the more grueling material I'm trying to learn, so, thanks!
@TravelingisFREEDOM3 жыл бұрын
This is a very charming city, I hope I can return to visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!
@alkaiable2 жыл бұрын
you want a charming city go to Montreal, seriously beats Vancouver .
@cmbbfan783 жыл бұрын
Still fixed mass transit (tram, train, S-Bahn) is the development direction.
@CB04085 жыл бұрын
It's an awesome place to live, provided you have an awesome bank account.
@ytyt39225 жыл бұрын
Or speak Cantonese
@AthenaCannon5 жыл бұрын
Don’t be so cynical. An awesome job will do, too.
@h.cgammer59115 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in bc Canadian I can say city of Vancouver is awesome. The people are... not so awesome.
@kbtitan24645 жыл бұрын
Lol why u say that?
@BAR4755 жыл бұрын
@@kbtitan2464 the people are assholes really uppity clicky and everyone's a homeless druggie downtown
@housesoap97775 жыл бұрын
Borna Arabi I live in new west and I would say it’s better than most of Vancouver
@BOLPutube5 жыл бұрын
@@BAR475 That's like every major city on the West Coast lol
@coastaku19545 жыл бұрын
@ Toronto is the best city in Canada
@IndiumInk5 жыл бұрын
Before I watch the video: No, because the cost of the average house is like $1.1 Million CAD After: yep lol rip van city
@DevinHeida5 жыл бұрын
Toronto is the same way. There was a huge house boom in early 2010's that eventually led to the surrounding citys near Toronto also going through a boom. Houses had almost doubled in value over a few years.
@IndiumInk5 жыл бұрын
@Dunn123 The average cost of a house in the province of New Brunswick, Canada is like 187K CAD supposedly but yeah, Vancouver is messed.
@IndiumInk5 жыл бұрын
@@DevinHeida I read somewhere that Toronto was the fourth most expensive city to live in, although I'm not sure if that includes the GTA or not. Either way yeah screw living in a metropolis.
@DevinHeida5 жыл бұрын
@@IndiumInk I'm not even in the GTA though, that housing boom extended all the way to the other side of the lake and almost to Niagara falls.
@hrb2505 жыл бұрын
$1.1M is the current price for an ok 2 bedroom condo in Vancouver. A detached home at $1.1M would be very rare within the city limits, certainly be a tear down, and nowhere near any of the amenities outlined in this video (just as a heads up).
@Sly88Frye3 жыл бұрын
I've actually googled it and it is possible the research is wrong, but the average rent in Vancouver is actually considerably lower than the average rent in my hometown of Santa Rosa which is just an hour North of San Francisco and the largest city in wine country. So if I was able to afford taking a long trip to Canada and had plenty of extra money I could move to Vancouver technically and probably be doing better there than here.
@amirsayyar50335 жыл бұрын
Its all nice and cool till you have to pay 1700 for a small ass apartment in east Vancouver
@vsedai5 жыл бұрын
My daughter lived downtown Seattle 3000 a month for a studio.
@mememaster93935 жыл бұрын
vsedai canadian dollars are slightly less than american dollars, so to him, that may end up being near $3700 for rent
@caelin185 жыл бұрын
Lived in Vancouver for most of my life. It's a very pretty city. But that's about it. People in vancouver dont actually live here for the city. People live here for the mountains and the ocean. The downtown life doesn't hold a candle to Toronto or Montreal (for canadian cities). I haven't lived in the USA but working for an airline I've seen a lot of it. Some of the worst transit I've seen worldwide is in vancouver, the second you leave the DT area your difficulty rises exponentially. I could rant for hours about the problems of this city, but hey, its home I still like it. Best in NA though? Nope.
@elmodogood53445 жыл бұрын
in Coquitlam most buses come every 30-60 minutes, it's pathetic
@discoron775 жыл бұрын
Downtown Sacramento, was just there! We were on a trip to Yosemite.
@paulburley79935 жыл бұрын
Did you like YOSE-mite? 😆😂😁🤣
@balohna3 жыл бұрын
Living in the suburbs isn't so bad with the skytrain. Particularly if you can walk to your nearest station. Surprised the public transit didn't come up at all. It could be better, but it's very reasonable to live in a place like Burnaby or New Westminster and commute! Even Surrey isn't so bad.
@valentinventures4 жыл бұрын
I literally couldn’t get through the whole video because of how you say Vancouver 😂
@jalami4 жыл бұрын
VAN!!!!! -couver
@voxer994 жыл бұрын
Me too. Funny how these trivial things can be so irritating.
@spencermatthews59423 жыл бұрын
His pronunciation is absolutely horrible!!! I could only watch two minutes before being completely annoyed!
@jefffinkbonner95513 жыл бұрын
Absolutely unwatchable. I muted and read the closed captioning. -___-
@mokuu33133 жыл бұрын
In America I believe that’s how it’s pronounced. I literally don’t know any way else to pronounce it
@OpalSea3 жыл бұрын
Great review of the pros and cons. Thank you for mentioning the high expense, rich foreign speculators, and homelessness that makes living in Vancouver a struggle. I have friends there who love their lifestyle, but had to work hella hard to make ends meet. Yes! We need a Van 2.0!
@Tommy88-4 жыл бұрын
I’m from Ohio lmao and I’ve been to numerous states and throughout Canada and Vancouver has something majestic to it that I’ve found in no other city.
@TheMrMediacow4 жыл бұрын
@Lee Judd probably the abundance of homeless people.
@MichaelHolloway4 жыл бұрын
mountains
@ktowniecity72694 жыл бұрын
Vancouver traps you! Visiting and living there are two different things. I love to go back to visit but living there was misery
@TumblinWeeds2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Vancouver, we only have 2 seasons: rainy season and wildfire season. In rainy season it drizzles all day every day, and in wildfire season the sun burns down the rainforest until smog fills the sky.
@privateauthor70375 жыл бұрын
With untold thousands of homeless people everywhere and apparent wealth everywhere. More like a pretty cesspool.
@m2heavyindustries3784 жыл бұрын
Jealous much lol, too obvious man got to hide your jealousy better
@iroxursoxwithjello4 жыл бұрын
@Zo Kay that's dumb propaganda, studies show 60% are from bc. Maybe try dealing w ur problems
@VoltsAnBolts4 жыл бұрын
@@iroxursoxwithjello even if thats accurate,60% is not very high. By your numbers, 4 out of 10 homeless in Van are from elsewhere which is extremely high. Its a known fact other provinces give homeless one way bus tickets to Vancouver.. its warm here in the winter so they stay.
@KutWrite4 жыл бұрын
@Private Author: The heartbreak of central planning.
@lillianfletcher50224 жыл бұрын
Vancouver is a rathole joke!
@meech.883 жыл бұрын
That city breaks my heart ... You can't truly settle down there because it's just SO bloody expensive 😭.
@honkhonk80093 жыл бұрын
People like calling the US a shithole, while Canada out here being california on steroids.
@sander99513 жыл бұрын
@@honkhonk8009 canada is a bit better but generally north america is pretty shite
@nutterinherbutter50803 жыл бұрын
@@sander9951 still better than brazil tho lol
@trolololololololololololol61243 жыл бұрын
@@honkhonk8009 America and Canada have there pros and cons. To be fair every state in the U.S is different and province in Canada is different
@coleslawsalad8232 жыл бұрын
And there’s tons of homeless near downtown east side near Chinatown
@23ofSeptember4 жыл бұрын
I've lived and worked in Vancouver, have family there, and I've also lived in a few other cities in Canada and in Japan. Visited Hong Kong, Bangkok and several other major cities. Vancouver is quite expensive and if you can afford to live there, you might say its a great city. However, there is high crime and drug addicts wander the downtown East side like zombies. The weather is ok and there are many activities to do around the city in every season. Traffic can be a nightmare sometimes and the Skytrain needs expansion. The surrounding areas like Langley, Surrey, Richmond are cheaper to live in. I don't think its the best city in the world.
@BMF6044 жыл бұрын
What city’s do you prefer
@ktowniecity72694 жыл бұрын
@@BMF604 Saigon, Taipei are world class cities with better food and much, much cheaper. if you can make a Western salary abroad, it's pointless to live in Vancouver. Most likely, if you live in Vancouver you already are working remotely as there are few good jobs in Vancouver. I find it completely pointless to live in Vancouver. Its a foreign investor city, thats it
@BMF6044 жыл бұрын
Ktownie city see that’s the problem tho for me I won’t work remotely although I do make quite a large salary 120k a year I could probbaly work half the year and live somewhere else the other half
@roquefortfiles4 жыл бұрын
Every city has crime and drug addicts. There is always going to be the bottom rung no matter where you go.
@Whooshta Жыл бұрын
I love Vancouver. I live in Seattle and Vancouver just feels like the amazing Aunty city that spoils you when you visit.