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Originally posted by AppliedScience +1 Burlington is quite nice. quite white. Lived there my whole child hood. How the fuck did Winterpeg make the top 10?

i think you said the key word.... white.
majority of the cities listed are mostly caucasian population.
cant blame them though. brown people smell. black people steal. yellow people cant fucking drive.

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew source? I was told rent is DIRTY cheap in Vacouver

Vancouver is more expensive than Toronto.

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Originally posted by chinamon cant blame them though. brown people smell. black people steal. yellow people cant fucking drive.

Isin't Vancuver like all chinatown ?

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Originally posted by chinamon i think you said the key word.... white. majority of the cities listed are mostly caucasian population. cant blame them though. brown people smell. black people steal. yellow people cant fucking drive.

lol so bad but so true

How they could factor in crime and place Kingston on the top 10 is absolutely beyond me

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Originally posted by chinamon i think you said the key word.... white. majority of the cities listed are mostly caucasian population.

I went to Nelson HS for my senior year. As far as I remember, out of 1300 students that year, there were 17 visible minority kids. But Nelson was the worst. very money, very waspy neighbourhood

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew source? I was told rent is DIRTY cheap in Vacouver

Def told wrong. Prices are through the roof in Vancouver (no pun intended)

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Originally posted by Orko Def told wrong. Prices are through the roof in Vancouver (no pun intended)

it might be the area, but a friend of mine lives + works there, when she told me how much they are paying for a 2-bedroom I couldn't believe my ears

Yeah Vancity is disgustingly pricey.

Really not surprised that Toronto didn't make top 10.

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Originally posted by spitty I went to Nelson HS for my senior year. As far as I remember, out of 1300 students that year, there were 17 visible minority kids. But Nelson was the worst. very money, very waspy neighbourhood

I went to Central High downtown, from grades 7 - 12. Same issue. Bairly any minorities, not as 'money' oriented of a school though.

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Originally posted by Skipper Vancouver is more expensive than Toronto.

actually Toronto had highest AVERAGE rental rates for 1 bedroom, you will pay about $100 more in TO than in Vancouver, and Toronto was about $300 more than Montreal. Ouch. Now if we are talking about buying, Vancouver is in an astronomical class of its own

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/...-%20English.pdf

http://www.livingin-canada.com/house-prices-canada.html

Vancouver's gang-related murders have spiked but the city usually has a lower crime rate than say Winnipeg or Regina. I think it's finally cooling off now.

Toronto is typically the best for work, Vancouver the best for outdoor leisure and sightseeing (by far) and Montreal the best for nightlife, imo. I wish I could live in all three simultaneously for those reasons, not Ottawa/Kabul

The rest of Canada is one big giant meh if you're currently not busy with pressing domestic committments like family/kids...

...or internet/tv

woooo kingston

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Originally posted by Spin Laden Toronto is typically the best for work, Vancouver the best for outdoor leisure and sightseeing (by far) and Montreal the best for nightlife, imo. I wish I could live in all three simultaneously for those reasons, not Ottawa/Kabul

You forgot the most important thing, Vancouver has by far the best Sushi.

Barrie has worse air quality than toronto???? thats fucked up.

LOL this was funny ...

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Originally posted by Orko The simple fact that Kingston is on the list should be some kind of indicator. Kingston is a hole! Yes, it has its percs, but fuck, prisons, uni-drunkeness, the fuckin townies.

I was gonna say... I don't necessarily think that Toronto should be in the top 10, but the fact that Kingston and Peterborough are in there make me wonder what those reviewers were smoking (probably some nice BC bud, seeing as how they put Victoria at the top of the list).

Doesn't Toronto consistently make the top 10 places in the world to live list? How can it make that list (Forbes does it I think?) and not this one..lol. I'd like to see the weighting of each category in how they compiled the scores. Something tells me it may be tailored to the....I dunno.....65+ crowd.

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Originally posted by Burgoo You forgot the most important thing, Vancouver has by far the best heroin.

fixed.

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Originally posted by Spin Laden actually Toronto had highest AVERAGE rental rates for 1 bedroom, you will pay about $100 more in TO than in Vancouver, and Toronto was about $300 more than Montreal. Ouch. Now if we are talking about buying, Vancouver is in an astronomical class of its own http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/...-%20English.pdf http://www.livingin-canada.com/house-prices-canada.html Vancouver's gang-related murders have spiked but the city usually has a lower crime rate than say Winnipeg or Regina. I think it's finally cooling off now. Toronto is typically the best for work, Vancouver the best for outdoor leisure and sightseeing (by far) and Montreal the best for nightlife, imo. I wish I could live in all three simultaneously for those reasons, not Ottawa/Kabul The rest of Canada is one big giant meh if you're currently not busy with pressing domestic committments like family/kids... ...or internet/tv

Who bases anything on the price of rent :P lol

Price of owning a home is the most important thing to look at.

And like i was saying before, Vancouver is a beautiful city. Probably one of the nicest cities i've been too. But based on the criteria that it didn't calculate, ie. scenery, the mountains, there isn't much left in Vancouver.

Gang-wise, Vancouver is one of the highest in the Canada. Regina and Winnipeg only have high crime rates, but that's because of the Natives.

Based on the critieria of this article...Vancouver should not be in the top 10.

PS. Funky..here you go :P

For January 2009
CREA (Canadian Real Estate Association)

City /Average House Price/12 Month Change
Vancouver, BC / $536,000 / - 8.8 %
Calgary, Alb / $362,000 / - 11.4 %
Toronto, Ont / $344,000 / - 8.2 %
Ottawa, Ont / $291,000 / + 1.8 %
Montreal, Que / $252,000 / + 2.3 %
Halifax, NS / $243,000 / + 11.1 %
Regina, Sask / $214,000 / + 7.6 %
Fredericton, NB / $156,000 / + 7.3 %