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Originally Posted by pip
Nice! Is Vancouver perfect? Stunning city
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Those are fantastic pics and Vancouver is truly stunning and has a parks system legends are made of. Vancouver has done so many things right. From density, commercial at the base of buildings, walkability, good transit, good cycling system, and a vibrant pedestrian realm.
Nice city but far from perfect. Vancouver has the nation's highest poverty & child poverty rates and highest socio-economic stratification. It is also home to Canada's only urban slum with thousands of homeless and open drug shooting right on the streets. It is consistently rated the LOWEST quality of life in the country because livability requires the financial ability to actually live and Vancouver is HYPER expensive. The rents are the highest in the country by a long shot as is the real estate with the median price of a SFH being $2.8 million and gas at $2.40/litre {$10 a gallon} is the most expensive in the Americas. This all backed up by low wages and no head offices or major manufacturing........the city lives on money laundering in its real estate sector.
Vancouver offers a great quality of life but only if you have the right parents.
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