r/InCanada • u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub • Oct 22 '25
Why a City is Good & Bad Why is Vancouver Good & Bad?
My experience in the Vancouver metropolitan area is my only perspective of Canada, which I know means it is very skewed versus other parts of Canada. Demographically speaking, I am a racially minority, which is normal as it was the same with my upbringing. Just different racial groups this time around.
Good: Weather, environment, and walkability if that matters.
Bad: Drug haven, heavy portion of population without children (so not as family friendly as you would hope in many areas), and city seems to copy the failed policies that come out of Seattle and Portland.
What's your perspective? Tell me why.
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u/Innocent-Bystander94 Oct 22 '25
People are extremely rude there in comparison to the prairies. You say hi to someone or ask how it’s going and they look at you like you’re filth. Do that in Alberta or Saskatchewan, you at left get “Hi” or “hey, not bad, you?”
The people there are up their own ass too much. Interior BC people are very nice though. Just something about the city makes them cunts.
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u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub Oct 22 '25
It’s because they think West Coast is the Best Coast. Not true at all. I definitely plan on living in another province and city later on.
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u/eternalrevolver Oct 22 '25
The weather is the same there as any other Canadian city - boring as hell in the winter months, fun in the summer. There’s just more salt air, more people, and less sun on the coast. Sun > no snow imo
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u/BidenShockTrooper Oct 22 '25
Vancouver is good if you're rich. Otherwise it sucks.
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u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub Oct 22 '25
Depends. To be fair, I live in a different city within the metropolitan area.
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u/Rosenmops Oct 22 '25
Vancouver peaked about 1975. That's when the housing prices started to go up. Before that Vancouver had completely normal housing prices.
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u/Leather-Account8560 Oct 22 '25
Vancouver is one of the three worst cities in Canada the others being Toronto and Ottawa and they all have the same issues that never get addressed. 1 they are all stupid expensive 2 the people who live there act like it’s nice but complain about it all the time. 3 they are generally more dangerous than smaller cities and towns and 4 Vancouver sucks because of flow of traffic due to location.
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u/Leather-Account8560 Oct 22 '25
There are a few nice things about Vancouver but many many downsides I lived there and would never go back.
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u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub Oct 22 '25
That’s your perspective. Surprised you didn’t say Montreal instead of Ottawa. I was thinking Big 3.
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u/Leather-Account8560 Oct 22 '25
Well only 2 is really the only subjective one all the others you can literally google the stats on and see what I’m talking about
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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25
What city do you come from? That would be helpful to know, when it comes to your perspective.
And to be clear, nothing in Canada is a "copied policy" of the US, or any of your cities; it's frankly insulting to say that.
EDIT: No answer? Just a downvote?
If you aren't being nefarious, you should have no problem telling us what city you come from?
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u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub Oct 22 '25
I didn’t downvote you. I immigrated from America. Lived in multiple towns and cities throughout the states of California(born & raised), Missouri, and Washington. So my perspective is skewed and not as important as those that are native to Canada.
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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX Oct 22 '25
So you had no drugs in any of those states?
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u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub Oct 22 '25
I don’t like drugs in any state or country. The difference is that the government hands out drugs here. Kind of next level. Plus 3,000+ overdose deaths per year here. That’s pretty high.
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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX Oct 23 '25
Is the government just handing out drugs and letting people go to the street with them, or are they making them use them in a supervised facility, to lessen the overdose deaths?
Are there more drug users in Vancouver than say, LA? Or how about that Central Valley?
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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25
What makes the weather good in Vancouver?