harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 31, 2013 - 09:56pm PT
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It's going Los Angeles, like, "cover me, I'm going to change lanes..."
Cry me a river, try driving a Boom truck and chipper around those neighborhoods with cars parked on both sides of the street.You have to drive by feel on your right side. Then there's the drivers that really should only have a hotwheel licence at best.
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Jim Brennan
Trad climber
Vancouver Canada
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Jan 31, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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BOO - HOO, civil servant. HAHAAHHAHAHAHHAA ! ! !
I don't have to be civil !
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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The Economist just published its semi-annual "World's most expensive cities" list, and Vancouver made the list as the most expensive in North America. Not up there with Tokyo etc, but at #21 it was well ahead of Los Angeles and New York (tied for #27)
Summary of the article is on the CNN website at http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/travel/cost-of-living-2013/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
Top ten in the world (and movement from last year) are:
1. Tokyo, Japan (+1 place)
2. Osaka, Japan (+1)
3. Sydney, Australia (+4)
=4. Oslo, Norway (+1)
=4. Melbourne, Australia (+4)
6. Singapore (+3)
7. Zurich, Switzerland (-6)
8. Paris, France (-2)
9. Caracas, Venezuela (+25)
10. Geneva, Switzerland (-7)
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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$15 for a gallon of milk and small block of cheese..plus tax
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Baggins
Boulder climber
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Im from the UK... lived in van 2007-2009, worked at UBC and lived in pt gray. First of all I rented a basement studio for $1000/mtn that was on UBC campus. This sucked hard, as it was essentially a locked off section of someone else's house. I moved to pt gray and paid $1300/mnth for an all-inclusive (utils phone inc.) 1 bedroom. This was a lot of money, but I was having such a hard time finding anything that I went up a bracket.
I wish Id found good flatmates, that wouldve been a better way to go, ie. live with grad students, but its tough to do when you've just got off a plane and living out of your suitcase.
In addition to everything else, the alcohol is also really expensive in canada. And their beer... leaves something to be desired lets just leave it at that. Sorry canada. But the mtns are frikkin amazing as is squamish. MEC rocks too. Enjoy.
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Tami
Social climber
Canada
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Baggins - Compared with British beer, yep, ours is expensive and nowhere near rates. I was shocked how cheap and good beer is in the UK (but I only ever traveled there - never lived ) .
MEC has degenerated. Looks like a big box outlet now - selling yoga togs and a load of stuff at discount ( which is nice for the consumer but getting a 19$ base-layer for skiing has me wondering what the Chinese slave wage is ).
Messy too - the backstock folks ( I used to work there :-D ) must be run off their feet getting all that crap onto the floor. Boring presentation of the goods for sale.........
But, yeah. Pt Grey is pricey and close to UBC but a long ways from climbing.
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Baggins
Boulder climber
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Well that sucks. Im now in the states and REI is a pale, plastic imitation of MEC, at least the old MEC I should say.
I dont know why Canada, or BC at least, isnt on board the microbrew revolution that exists down here. Granville island brewing is pretty poor and very conservative when you compare it to Oregon, Colorado & california's finest brews.
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Tami
Social climber
Canada
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I'm not much of a beer drinker - I prefer cider - so am not up on the latest of the latest with breweries, micro & otherwise.
Cider, on the other hand, is delicious and the availability of excellent quality ciders has, in the past five years, increased notably. Which makes me very happY !
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bell
Trad climber
Scotland
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2013 - 02:23pm PT
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would love to find a wee water front shack and paddle to work every day, and wont be anything new if the locals thought i was nuts!
guessing where ever i go im going to be closer to the good stuff than here in Scotland, or at least bigger stuff! so being able to commute to work easily will probably be the first priority, then i can look at getting my waterfront shack!
I assume there is a lot of crags accessable in the evenings after work? would i be right in thinkin it gets dark about 9ish in the summer - no super long evenings :-(
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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would love to find a wee water front shack and paddle to work every day, and wont be anything new if the locals thought i was nuts!
Well stand up paddle boarding is huge here so you would have to get in line to find a place to paddle to work.
The walk up from the beach to UBC is a biatch
I assume there is a lot of crags accessable in the evenings after work? would i be right in thinkin it gets dark about 9ish in the summer - no super long evenings :-(
Dark at 9 at the peak of summer, crags close to van....ya there is a collection of crap nearby, nothing to impressive except the traverse.
Better bet is to just make the drive to Squamish.
I was going to say have you checked out st johns college, as I heard good things about its residence but holy moly they want $950 a month for 250 sq feet WOW
http://www.housing.ubc.ca/files/van/pdf/contracts/st_johns_contract_12_13.pdf
http://stjohns.ubc.ca/live/life-at-sjc/faq/
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bell
Trad climber
Scotland
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Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2013 - 06:26am PT
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its me again, time for seriously hunting out a place to live!! thanks for all previous recommendations and on the basis of what people have said i am keen to stay in Kits area. i am looking on craigslist etc but if anyone knows of a room/apartment going please let me know! I am keen to share a place with climbers/skiers etc so if you know anyone looking for a room mate let me know! i will be arriving in Van end of may/early june
Cheers
Neil
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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Are you trying to get a place before you arrive?
The best apts often only get posted on bulletin boards in areas where other similar like minded folk may congregate....I am seeing a lot of postings here at UBC, and on my ride home through kits.
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bell
Trad climber
Scotland
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Topic Author's Reply - May 21, 2013 - 01:02am PT
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mmmm, yeh that is what i had heard. i have been looking on craigslist and there seems to be a lot on offer but not sure about comitting until i have arrived/seen/met people etc.
trouble is my work permit is taking ages to arrive and i may not have much time between arriving and starting work, so im trying to sort something out (even if just short term) prior to my arrival
cheers
Neil
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Cloudraker
Sport climber
San Diego, CA
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May 21, 2013 - 07:42am PT
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You can have my place for July 1 on 19th & Cambie for $600/month. Roommate is a tantra instructor so other than lube on door handles and having to listen to all night sex through paper thin walls it's not bad. No bed bugs. Just have earplugs at your disposal.
Fantastic location - half block from grocery store, restaurants, movie theatre, Starbucks, and about 5 blocks from train. Wouldn't be a bad ride to UBC. Unfortunately no climbers in the house but plenty in the neighborhood.
Edit: in fact it could be available as early as June 15 if interested
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