FuturePorscheOwner at RE Talks Nov 27, 2010 1:33 pm – “I just came back from California after taking a month off, went to L.A, San Fran, San Jose, San Diego and got to see most of the smaller towns along the way. After talking with a lot of the locals,realtors and such, it became apparent that the market there is still pretty high. This sort of makes me conclude that maybe our prices aren’t that high, there isn’t a city in Canada similar to Vancouver, which has
-Beautiful women/beaches
-Good bar/club scene
-Decent weather all year round
-Clean in comparison to most of the cities I have been to in Canada (regina, toronto, calgary)
-Excellent transportation infrastructure (as compared to BART)
Vancouver is basically is a mix of the Bay Cities:
-Hollywood North (LA)
-Hippie Ville (Berkeley)
-San Jose (Companies like Microsoft, SAP come into mind)
-Pretty big GAY, DINK population (San Fran)
-Amazing beaches (Montrey)
Long story short, I think Vancouver is priced alright in the scheme of things, even going to some of the Uni towns like Berkeley, and Sunnyvale it seems like the prices here are pretty reasonable.”
The equivalents of Google, Yahoo, Cisco, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, 3Com, HP, Apple are also headquartered in Vancouver.
The name says it all. “”FuturePorscheOwner”
Delusion is the word that comes to my mind. Like a spineless RE agent trying to create a biased opinion in order to create more business
This post has no substantive arguments and seems very flaky. Is it worthy
of being posted on this blog or any reputable blog
You have to be kidding me! I lived in the Bay area for more than 10 years before returning to Vancouver recently, and Bay area it is not. BC beaches are like Monterey’s? That’s a good one…Decent weather all year round? Perhaps this guy hasn’t actually lived in Vancouver…
Vancouver is more like Portland, with splashes of the other cities of the west coast sprinkled on in places. Many of the reasons he cites are also true of Portland, and much more ‘flavoured’ like Van.
The only places in the Bay area you will pay Vancouver style prices for a home is in the very wealthy communities of Silicon Valley or in San Fran proper, and most of the time you will still get more house for your buck than here. Many people I know have homes which they bought for under $500,000 in recent years, with more quality and sqft than you will find here – unless you drive to Chilliwack.
LOL
I stopped reading to laugh after he said Vancouver has a good bar/club scene. Go to montreal, now that is a place that knows how to party. See how many bars or clubs are half full on a weekday in Vancouver (with the exception of canucks games at a few good sports bars). In Montreal you can go out any night of the week and find bars and clubs packed.
The good weather was funny too. I’m not saying its bad here, but when was the last time Cali had a high of -5 in November?
“The equivalents of Google, Yahoo, Cisco, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, 3Com, HP, Apple are also headquartered in Vancouver.”
This is a joke, right? Vancouver does not have the equivalent of what’s going on in silicon valley. (btw- neither does Seattle or Portland.)
And despite the vibrant computer industry, there’s still plenty of people who are underwater in California.
[Yeah, matt was making a joke. -ed.]
As other commenters have eluded to, this guy needs to compare the size of the Vancouver economy to the LA and San Fran economies. California by itself has a greater GDP than all of Canada.
Yesterday morning in Pasadena…. 15 degrees (C) at 8am (but warmed up to the low 20s by noon), seventh straight day of brilliant sunhine and dry air … flew into Vancouver in the afternoon, and, the 5 degree drizzle did not tempt me to head for what passes for a beach here. Just sayin’….
Wow, I guess all the pot stores are doing a roaring business in California and I tell ‘ya, it is always best judge a place by how busy the bars are, and it’s bitchin’ Beaches.
Shallow end, what shallow end?
Help me, Rhonda.
According to wikipedia, California has the 8th largest economy in the world. But why let an insignificant detail like that get in the way of you and your future home in Vancouver?