Since I've moved to Calgary (7 years ago) this has not been the case. Our winters have been damn short. 3 - 4 months of snow at the most, with mild temperatures. Yes it can get cold (-30 celsius) but it usually only lasts a few days. Chinook winds are glorious.
Chinooks are AMAZING.....except for the migraines. Been living in Calgary since July (I'm on a 2-year assignment) and so far I dig it. It reminds me of Houston. Of course the weather is reversed. And people don't use the weather as an excuse not to exercise. And there's no good Tex-Mex. Both have sort of a suburban feel to them and have crappy nightlives and music scenes. As some who moved to Calgary from NY/NJ, I am having trouble with the fact that Canadians don't take bribes. Come on, already. And I prefer NY. Glad I am getting to live in Canada for a bit though. Banff is the ****.
Completely agree. However, I'd seen a majority of the world's major cities before visiting Vancouver, and was blown away by the place. It's a hidden jewel of North America, yet when I tell others about the place they claim I have geographical bias. No, it's really that good I tell them. You were just like Adam and Eve, oblivious to how good you had it Besides Portland and Seattle, I'm looking for a place to buy in Vancouver as a possible long-term shift. My boss has a second home there in the Point Gray neighborhood - too 'old' for me though, but he's recommended me some places based on preferences and where I live right now in Houston (Upper Kirby). I'm looking at the following neighborhoods: -Yaletown -Kitsilano -Kerisdale Can you share any thoughts on them?
i have a bunch of family in perth - they come over in groups to visit the states every few years - someday i will visit and never come back. out of the places i have actually visited i would really like to live in berlin.
Huh? Tokyo's a nice city. Great place to visit, take a day trip, hit the clubs, and just wander around and watch all sorts of amazing stuff. I would never want to live there in a thousand years. And I can definitely cannot fathom why any non-Japanese person would ever want to live anywhere in Japan.
That's harsh. Hokkaido and Tohuku were very beautiful and relaxed places to live. Very different from the hustle and bustle of Osaka and Tokyo.
I bought my first weed pipe on a street corner in Vancouver. I'll always remember it fondly for that and other reasons. It had a decent ethnic mix, which is more than I can say for other cities in that part of the world. But it's too damn cold to live there. Felt like I needed a jacket in August. I need some HEAT! I'll stick to my outrageous quality of life here in my beloved H-town, but Vancouver is a favorite place to visit. I mean, have you TRIED the bud.
Please allow me to retort, boring is a tad harsh, certainly maybe not as vibrant but depends what you want out of city, it is also much smaller, and much easier to get around than the big cities in aus like Melbourne and sydney. The food is outstanding, two of the worlds best wine regions within an hour, a great arts culture, becoming more progressive, some awesome beaches, I live 5 minutes walk from one, flat so very rideable, and most importantly very easy too live, its big enough for me, the cost of living us brilliant and now that have smeg jnr close to perfect.
I'm sure the murder was once I reasonable attempt at humour, but I never really found it either insulting or funny, the crime rate here is very small and nowhere near the much bigger sydney or Melbourne. As for weed completely agree, and the churches sure there are lots but very much in declining use.
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We're getting to where like music there's hipster cities, the "underground" places you "never heard of but should". But we won't tell you, you'll have to figure out for yourself. If you can
i live in tokyo, and i love it. the cost of living is expensive and there are too many people for me at times. and yes, i completely agree with you about why any non-Japanese would want to live there. i have friends from vancouver and calgary. some of the coolest people i've met.
I actually know where this is. Spent a year in Nice and had friends in La Turbie. That whole coastal area is great.
South of France, Monaco, Marbella etc. can get overly hedonistic. As a single person or a couple it's great, but in terms of starting a family, I'd want my kids brought up in a slightly more grounded place. So many hidden gems in Europe, depending on your personal preferences and where you're willing to be flexible. Vancouver is a beautiful and classy place, but it gets a bit gay and boring at times. People are way too friendly which obviously means they don't have much going for them. It lacks the soul of a place like New York or Madrid. Other times you have cities with the potential to be great, like Barcelona, but they're too engrossed in their catalan culture and can be close minded as a result. Australia kicks ass. Asia pacific has it's charm if you're earning in Dollars, Pounds or Euros. Eastern Asia just doesn't do it for me. The Middle East and Eastern Europe are up and coming - what draws me to them is their conservative past giving way to a capitalistic future and the hypocritical fusion that takes place. The women are interesting and alluring. I'll be publishing my own book about this in the coming years, I just have to get around to South America. And people will call me racist for avoiding Africa altogether... but I like what I like.
I visited Seattle a few years back, and I'm pretty sure it quickly became my favorite city in the US. It was awesome........but yeah.......Vancouver is better. Easily my favorite city that I've been to. I've been in Calgary for the past week and a half, and it really does remind me of Houston........just smaller and quite a bit colder. I've been staying at the Sheraton Suites downtown, and it is an okay hotel for business class travel. Like many hotels, they put a fridge in the room, but you can't use it.........it's filled with all that crap they are trying to sell you. Anyway, I'm a bit addicted to coke zero, so I drove out to Wal-mart the other day and stocked up on a several two liters. No room in the fridge, so yesterday, I got the bright idea to put them on the window sill--because it's always so darn cold when I get next to the window (even though I keep the room at a reasonable temp). Anway--I **** you not--I just went to pour myself some coke zero from the bottle on the window sill (INSIDE my hotel room)..............and it was frozen. And yes the windows are double paned. Crazy stuff. I see some other people in Calgary in this thread--of the subject, but I highly recommend "Without Papers Pizza." better than Dolce Vita in Houston.
