Is Vancouver the best city in North America?

One of my favorite About Here videos on Vancouver is: When Do We Get a Skytrain to UBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=accrf6-vLJU

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.

Vancouver is no longer affordable for the average family.

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.

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.

Those "family" townhouses cost about 2 Million dollars. Ideal if you have a few kids and are just starting out.

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.

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.

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.

another comment about the pronunciation..it's "vanCOUver" not "VANcouver" It's "leviOHHHHHsa" not "levioSAAAAA"

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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 :)

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!

The pronunciation is killing me

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.

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.

Me as a vancouverite seeing this title: laughs uncontrollably

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

Summer: "VANCOUVER IS BEAUTIFUL! OMG LETS GRAB OUR BIKES AND GO OUT!" Every other season: (inaudible grumbling)

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.