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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 04:40 AM
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Poll question: Best North American city to live in?
Well, I'm Bias
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pfitz59 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 04:44 AM
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1. Vancouver is nice, but....
I prefer Victoria!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 04:46 AM
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2. Home of the newly wed and the early dead?
Yeah, I see your point, I dig Victoria too. But, Van-city has more good plays, musical sh9ows...etc... Plus the most Left wing governemtn in ..maybe the world (next to Cuba)
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pfitz59 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 04:54 AM
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5. V-City is just over two hours away...
Like Robison Street, Sky Train and Stanley Park. My kids dig it. better food than the US!
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:18 PM
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23. Yeah, Victoria is way nicer than Vancouver
They only get half the rain. Also, the downtown area isn't made up mostly of ugly apartment buildings with moss growing on them.

I lived in Victoris for three years in the early 80's, and I still miss it.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 04:47 AM
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3. You are bored tonight, aren't you?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 04:49 AM
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4. Perhaps
Maybe
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theoceansnerves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 05:14 AM
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6. i think mexico city
is in a district, like washington d.c.? i could be wrong.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 08:59 AM
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7. Distrito Federal. You are correct.................. n/t
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 09:21 AM
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8. Vancouver how are you loved let us count the ways.
You never get icy cold.
You never get sticky hot.
There's always at least a breeze for sailing or windsurfing.
You have great places to go scuba diving.
You have a ski hill in Town.
You are only an hour away from the greatest ski mountain in the world.
You have Lionsgate bridge.
You have lots of cool stuff to do.
But most of all my friend your loved because your not part of America.

moof bashing wall again and again with various body parts chanting

why didn't we move there when 1991
why didn't we move there when 1991
why didn't we move there when 1991
why didn't we move there when 1991
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 09:48 AM
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9. Vancouver! Because it's so close to Seattle!
Edited on Sun May-30-04 09:51 AM by flamingyouth
:evilgrin:
Actually, I think it's time we sang along a bit with the Smugglers. We haven't done that in a while:
"Rah, rah, sis boom bah! Well, I love Vancouver, Vancouver is my home town (Vancouver, BC, Vancouver BC)!"

And the Smugglers also had that great B-side called "Seattle Bound."
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 11:58 AM
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14. They have another called "Calgarians don't dance"
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:00 PM
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15. It's on the same EP, I think, "Live at Marineland"
on Nardwuar's label.:hi:
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richmwill Donating Member (972 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 10:04 AM
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10. NY
NY is THE city to live in. Although I did end up in Cincinnati last year while taking a trip- what a great, wonderful and under-rated city. So that would get my 2nd choice.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 10:23 AM
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11. Dang, The poll has been Canadianed...
:beer:

Can you surf there?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:01 PM
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16. Not In Vancouver
But you can head to the Island for that. COLD water though
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:14 PM
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19. I have a wetsuit for that, but that does not cure the problem of...
...shrinkage though
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:00 PM
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22. You can surf in Nova Scotia...
Edited on Mon May-31-04 11:01 PM by Hand
No kidding. Lawrencetown Beach has a great curl (I'm told)... but definitely bring your wetsuit or risk MASSIVE shrinkage.

:hi:
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 10:53 AM
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12. All you Vancouver responders...
tell me more! Well, specifically, tell me how much it'd cost me to buy a nice apt./townhouse. I've heard raves about the city, I'm originally from the west coast (California, but won't go back, couldn't afford an outhouse in that state) and would LOVE to get back to the Pacific. But I haven't found much reliable info on housing...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:02 PM
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17. Vancouver is insane
Very expensive...but if you want back on the Pacific check out Vancouver Island, Sechelt ...those places are cheap and in one of the most majestic settings in the world.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:18 PM
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24. Move to Bellingham WA instead
Bellingham is almost midway between Vancouver and Seattle.., I think closer to Vancouver though. .I'd say lving in B'ham is the best of both worlds....it's a little campus town (W. WA U) but it is scenic, cozy, and still slightly affordable...
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 10:59 AM
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13. Miami (nt).
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:07 PM
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18. Portland, Oregon.
There's a reason I stay here. Big city amenities and culture. Walkable. Bikable. Decent mass transit. And I'm in the mountains or on the most beautiful coastal area in the states in an hour. It doesn't get any better than this.

As for Vancouver, it's a great city, too. Though I'd rate it third in the northwest, behind Seattle.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:21 PM
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25. Portland is great
I've visited a couple of times, beautiful town. At least until Mt Hood goes off!
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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:46 PM
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20. Madison, WI
no contest.
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-04 12:48 PM
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21. San Francisco
Hey, HeyHey (teehee)

You misspelled my city! :)
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