What makes Vancouver #1 City in The World?

Typical dwelling for Vancouverite with $60k/year income.

Vancouver, Canada, has often been voted as "the #1 most livable city in the world" by a group of biased wackos since 2002. Now everyone is moving here, and we have a huge homeless problem.

Vancouver homeless population may triple by 2010 so Don't Move here, Please Go Away.

Vancouver's homeless population is growing at such a fearsome rate that it could triple to 3,000 people by the time visitors arrive for the 2010 Olympic Games, says a report released by an advocacy group Thursday. Source

So what do actual residents think of Vancouver? Well... the responses I found are funny, but not so flattering.

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Here's the question....

What exactly makes Vancouver the best city in the world to live in?

The Vancouver Forum has some interesting answers:

I will tell you what makes vancouver the #1 city in the world. every vancouverite can go skiing in the morning, then go sailing in the afternoon, then dock your boat by false creek, pick up your bike and bike to kits beach where you can soak up some rays, and have dinner at a fine dining restaurant in Kits.... and you can do this every weekend.

that my friend, is what makes vancouver #1 and every vancouverite is lucky to live here. - Jack

Well that sounds very nice but.. here's the reality:

jack's been smokin' crack - nobody actually does what he claims - why would you ski all day?

the other person doesn't realize that s/he wrote, "almost everyone gets alone", which is the truth about apartment living in most cities - you don't know anyone in your building!!!

And yet another interesting response:

Yeah Vancouver is the #1 city
and paradise for lazy ppl and criminals!

Pot is cheap
Teens can buy beer
People can be lazy
Can wear pajamas going to work
There is no cops at the street
Canadian Law is not strict

What about the weather?

Yea, and Vancouver gets what, like three days of sunshine a year? It is July, almost August for christ sake and people are walking around with winter coats on.....Paradise I tell you.

So it seems we've established that Vancouver isn't as good as they'd want you to believe.
But what about other Canadian cities? Well.. here are the top 10 reasons to live in each province.

Living in Canadian Provinces.....Top Reasons

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

1. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.
2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.
3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.
4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.
5. Weed


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA

1. Big rock between you and B.C.
2. Ottawa who?
3. Tax is 6% instead of approximately 200% as it is for the rest of the country.
4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of.
5. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country.
6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN

1. You never run out of wheat.
2. Your province is really easy to draw.
3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours.
4. People will assume you live on a farm.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA

1. You wake up one morning to find that you suddenly have a beachfront property.
2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes.
3. Nothing compares to a wicked Winnipeg winter.
4. You can be an Easterner or a Westerner depending on your mood.
5. You can pass the time watching trucks and barns float by.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO

1. You live in the centre of the universe.
2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.
3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election.
4. The only province with hard-core American-style crime.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC

1. Racism is socially acceptable
2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada.
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo *#!%!"


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK

1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.
2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.
3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick.
4. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA

1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.
2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to get drunk and wear a kilt.
3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island, you still got the big, new bridge.
2. You can walk across the province in half an hour.
3. You can drive across the province in two minutes.
4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea."
5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from.
6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night.


TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND

1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea.
2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse.
3. The workday is about two hours long.
4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding.