"We moved to the interior of BC years ago. We have friends and family in Vancouver, and we like to visit. But we can’t imagine living there anymore."

E.G. at VREAA 25 June 2011 at 1:56 pm-
“My family and I moved to the interior of BC years ago, and we aren’t looking back. We have friends and family in Vancouver, and we like to visit. But we can’t imagine living there anymore.
Yes, we get more snow in the interior. And the temperatures are colder for about four months of the year. But during those cold months it’s raining continually in Vancouver. So pick your poison. And during the rest of the year we’re as warm, or warmer. And the sun is out so much of the time in comparison… even when it’s cold.
We can’t imagine trying to buy a house in Vancouver. And we know that if we did both my wife and I would have to work, rather than having the option of one of us home with the kids. And, not only work, but commute a couple of hours a day as well.
So we decided to live in a city where we could have time with our family and time with our community – where we wouldn’t be slaves to our mortgage in terms of our money and our time. And lots of other people here have chosen the same thing. And because of those choices by others and ourselves we can enjoy neighborhoods that are much like south Burnaby – and so many other parts of the Lower Mainland – used to be.
On top of that, people here have well-paying jobs and, with lower mortgages and lower fuel costs, they have the extra money to go to Maui for a couple of weeks in the winter. Or to get that cottage by the lake. Or… well, you get the picture.
Of course, the average Lower Mainlander will read this and say, “well, yes, but we’d have to live in the Interior.”
Yup, you would. Either the Interior or some other part of Canada.”