Not warrant to have its own thread, here's another typical dreamy-Vancouverism article I found when waiting for my AA plane to depart from DFW to YVR last week (bonus: the writer hails from Dallas).
http://magazines.aa.com/en/content/city-glass
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Gliding along the bay’s edge, a slightly cool breeze in my face, the park full of men, women and children young and old, of all nationalities — Vancouver is very diverse — it really did seem as though the city was more dream than reality. Vancouver, Coupland wrote, is not so much a city but “a dream of a city,” one where there is a “covenant” between the shimmering architecture, the water, the days of rain and occasional sun, and hordes of beautiful people that move briskly through it.
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Sure, Vancouverites are more fit than your typical Texas folk. However, I found the latter to be more open to conversation during my business trip down south. Maybe it's because of the 20 something degree weather, in spite of a tornado warning issued just outside of the city?