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Ic3m4nZ · 02-08-2004, 09:13 PM

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Validus · 02-08-2004, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by BradShaw
We just moved offices out of gastown. 2 break in's in a year by druggies.

Do you still have offices in Vancouver?

funkmaster · 02-08-2004, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Validus

offices

... that is funny.

Dveron · 02-08-2004, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by quiet
thanks for the info

i've heard very good things about coal harbor as well. Where is English bay exactly? looking through the mls site, i've run across plenty of condos in both areas. checking out that link you posted now.

btw looking to spend 700K- 1M range. 2 bed + den (hopefully). yeah, i can't stand driving in traffic congestion - love to be able to walk everywhere day to day.

English Bay is pretty much the area from Beach Ave down to Stanley Park.

http://englishbay.com/eb/we-map.html

Should be able to get a modern/new 2 bed + den with views on upper floors pretty much anywhere downtown for 700k no probs

Spunky · 02-08-2004, 09:21 PM

Yaletown,Beach ave and false creek are the best downtown but the most expensive. Gotta pay for the views and accessabilty.

AWW - Kevin · 02-08-2004, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by quiet
thanks for the info

btw looking to spend 700K- 1M range. 2 bed + den (hopefully). yeah, i can't stand driving in traffic congestion - love to be able to walk everywhere day to day.

that kinda coin would get you a sub penthouse near/on one of the best beaches in the world right here!

talking about best cities in the world, ask any Melbourne person where they want to live once they retire and many will tell you
on the GC

fuzebox · 02-09-2004, 12:46 AM

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Originally posted by MaskedMan
On March 1st, I'm moving into the building next to the building that DH was in while he was living here. It's just between English Bay and Sunset Beach, right down on Beach Avenue.

Which means... that this too, shall be the view from my balcony as of the beginning of March

Nice

I'd like to move downtown next year, but Yaletown is more my style.

bhutocracy · 02-09-2004, 12:51 AM

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Originally posted by AWW - Kevin

that kinda coin would get you a sub penthouse near/on one of the best beaches in the world right here!

talking about best cities in the world, ask any Melbourne person where they want to live once they retire and many will tell you
on the GC

to be quite honest.. if i had to live in any city.. i would probably choose melbourne. But I don't see myself living in a city any time soon.

StuartD · 02-09-2004, 12:54 AM

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Originally posted by spunky1
Yaletown,Beach ave and false creek are the best downtown but the most expensive. Gotta pay for the views and accessabilty.

Yeah... t'is true. I am going to love living on Beach Ave cause there's no one out my window.... I gotta look straight down to see the street, then I see beach, then ocean and mountains off in the distance (and to the side)

TheJimmy · 02-09-2004, 12:57 AM

I love Vancouver, if I could talk the woman into it, I'd live there part of the year...

rip raster · 02-09-2004, 12:57 AM

Rip

AWW - Kevin · 02-09-2004, 01:04 AM

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Originally posted by bhutocracy

to be quite honest.. if i had to live in any city.. i would probably choose melbourne. But I don't see myself living in a city any time soon.

you don't remember our night at the crazy horse ?

Melbourne is a wonnabe European city

hershie · 02-09-2004, 01:09 AM

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Originally posted by MaskedMan

Yeah... t'is true. I am going to love living on Beach Ave cause there's no one out my window.... I gotta look straight down to see the street, then I see beach, then ocean and mountains off in the distance (and to the side)

Wait until you see the sunsets from your balcony over English Bay. They blow me away in summer. Its like a nighly light show that makes you ooh and awe out loud.

quiet · 02-09-2004, 01:10 AM

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Originally posted by hershie

Wait until you see the sunsets from your balcony over English Bay. They blow me away in summer. Its like a nighly light show that makes you ooh and awe out loud.

sounds awesome. does it really rain almost everyday, or is that overblown?

Brad Xtremepay · 02-09-2004, 01:12 AM

I love the island too.
Surrounded by mountains, water everywhere. I live 2 minutes from the beach.
Everytime I am in the Fraser Valley I just cringe at how there is no ocean breeze.

rip raster · 02-09-2004, 01:18 AM

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Originally posted by Brad Xtremepay
I love the island too.
Surrounded by mountains, water everywhere. I live 2 minutes from the beach.
Everytime I am in the Fraser Valley I just cringe at how there is no ocean breeze.

What he said

Rip

hershie · 02-09-2004, 01:22 AM

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Originally posted by quiet

sounds awesome. does it really rain almost everyday, or is that overblown?

I don't know actual stats, but I suspect that it has just as much sunlight per annum as most coastal cities in NA. When you factor in the considerations, like its moderate climate (no snow in the city yet sking nearby and annual golf...,), little humidity and no bugs/mosquitos, clean air quality, sun that doesn't set until 10PM in summer... on balance, the rain is a reasonable trade-off to deal with.

Brad Xtremepay · 02-09-2004, 01:24 AM

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Originally posted by hershie

I don't know actual stats, but I suspect that it has just as much sunlight per annum as most coastal cities in NA. When you factor in the considerations, like its moderate climate (no snow in the city yet sking nearby and annual golf...,), little humidity and no bugs/mosquitos, clean air quality, sun that doesn't set until 10PM in summer... on balance, the rain is a reasonable trade-off to deal with.

You think of writing a travelers guide? Damn that little speech got me wanting to visit vancouver like nothing before. ;)

hershie · 02-09-2004, 01:31 AM

I also defy anyone to show me a city in the world of Vancouver's size that can even approximate the amount of nature in and around it and amenities to experience it. Nothing can touch us. I went on a sea-kayak trip on the west coast of Vancouver Island where orca's were coming up to my kayak. To think that we have coyotes across the street from me walking on the seawall and I am downtown or my friend in North Van has grizzley bears and mountain lions in her backyard in a cosmopolitan city is amazing. I just saw pics of the largest concentration of bald eagles in the world just a short drive towards Whistler. You don't have to go far to experience what we have whereas in most cities I have visited, its a trek to go windsurfing, mountain climbing, white water rafting...

Mr Cheeks · 02-09-2004, 01:35 AM

what are the best 4-year colleges in the vancouver area? (public/state run colleges)

hershie · 02-09-2004, 01:38 AM

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Originally posted by Brad Xtremepay

You think of writing a travelers guide? Damn that little speech got me wanting to visit vancouver like nothing before. ;)

I love travel and reading about travel destinations...I love the message boards on LonelyPlanet.com and hearing others experiences. I was supposed to go last fall to Spain, Portugal. Morocco and Algeria but that didn't happen. My last big trip was almost 3 months of back-packing to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Malasyia a couple of years ago.

quiet · 02-09-2004, 01:40 AM

i'm really having trouble deciding what area i should focus in on.

StuartD · 02-09-2004, 01:43 AM

There's not as much rain as all the hype. Like hershie said, there's no more rain than any other coastal city. And besides, with Whistler, Blackcomb and other ski resorts about 45 mins away..... I'm quite happy to have rain instead of snow while I'm driving around the city

Mr Cheeks · 02-09-2004, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by alchemist
what are the best 4-year colleges in the vancouver area? (public/state run colleges)

uhuhh! colleges, anybody?

hershie · 02-09-2004, 01:45 AM

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Originally posted by alchemist

uhuhh! colleges, anybody?

The two biggies are University of British Columbia nd Simon Fraser University.

Mr Cheeks · 02-09-2004, 01:49 AM

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Originally posted by hershie

The two biggies are University of British Columbia nd Simon Fraser University.

thanx for the info. much appreciated

StuartD · 02-09-2004, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by alchemist

thanx for the info. much appreciated

That's the two big universities. There are tons of colleges of course, Vancouver Community College, BCIT, Douglas, Langara, Capilano, Vancouver Film School and tons more.

fuzebox · 02-09-2004, 01:58 AM

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Originally posted by quiet
i'm really having trouble deciding what area i should focus in on.

Spend a day walking around, you'll figure out what you like best really quick

ozmatt · 02-09-2004, 03:45 AM

view from burrard street hotel room and from stanley park.. these are about 1/5 the actual size of the pics.. if you want the full size ones hit me up on icq 46647757 I got 1 of montreal aswell in spring from mont royal. over 7500 pics from my time in canada

fuzebox · 02-09-2004, 03:58 AM

Personally I love the Seawall, do it 3 times a week in the summer.

ozmatt · 02-09-2004, 04:08 AM

hey quiet you living in banff? can you go to the post office and pick up a paycheck from safeway that is waiting there for me

Dveron · 02-18-2004, 06:52 AM

Pretty good article here about the current housing demand in Vancouver. Crazy Stuff

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/stor...c-81ed3d0ebbcb

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Brad Xtremepay So Fucking Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 2,000	I love the island too. Surrounded by mountains, water everywhere. I live 2 minutes from the beach. Everytime I am in the Fraser Valley I just cringe at how there is no ocean breeze.

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hershie Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,642	I also defy anyone to show me a city in the world of Vancouver's size that can even approximate the amount of nature in and around it and amenities to experience it. Nothing can touch us. I went on a sea-kayak trip on the west coast of Vancouver Island where orca's were coming up to my kayak. To think that we have coyotes across the street from me walking on the seawall and I am downtown or my friend in North Van has grizzley bears and mountain lions in her backyard in a cosmopolitan city is amazing. I just saw pics of the largest concentration of bald eagles in the world just a short drive towards Whistler. You don't have to go far to experience what we have whereas in most cities I have visited, its a trek to go windsurfing, mountain climbing, white water rafting...

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Mr Cheeks Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 901	what are the best 4-year colleges in the vancouver area? (public/state run colleges)

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