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So here I am actually ... in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the first time in 30 some years. Somewhere within this sea of highrise condo buildings, is an old historic city with old buildings and architecture. It spawls all over the inlets and mountainsides. It's a grand city, one of the world's finest. A curious mix of Seattle and San Francisco, if you are looking for comparison.The streets are teeming with a curious mix of humanity. Lots, lots I say, of Asian folks. I'm told that this is the largest concentration of Chinese people in North America, surpassing San Francisco in that regard. Recently due to the mass influx of escaping Hong Kong citizens prior to and during the Chinese takeover. The wealthy ones who could leave, did. And by coming here, the cost of living in Vancouver is through the roof. This used to be a place for non-residents to vacation and shop for bargains.
But that was then, this is now. Further, I've been told that the local universities, U. of British Columbia for one, which used to be great learning institutions, are now failing standards because they can't pay professors enough to live here.
Mind you, this is all I have been told while visiting here, so don't form a lynch mob if not true.
One thing above all stands out. The legs. My God, the legs. These women dress to more formal standards than typically seen in the states, and you will graphically notice this when walking downtown streets. If you are a single male, get your butt up here. I think there is a Canadian law banning cellulite.
Follow Ups:
go visit the Capilano suspension bridge in North Van, Stanley Park, Georgian Bay where all the seafarer lives, Granville Island which is famous for Emily Carr Art Institute School (where I spent some of my formative years) fish market and the best bagels that you can eat outside of Tim Horton’s. In addition go visit the Simon Fraser University which famous for its architecture, The Vancouver Art Center, The subterranean mall which is underneath the Scotia Mall, Gas town. If you feel like having a drink go visit the Orange 54 in Gas town and if you get hungry later on there is the Trader Vicks nearby.If you want to visit one of the nearby mountain all you have to do is head south on Marine Drive until you come to the second Narrow bridge. Then proceed to head north by the time you come out from the bridge you should be on the foothills of the Grouse Mountain.
Anyway, I hope you get all that…there is so much to do on that city besides gawking at the women all day.
find a good place for dim sum. An influx of people from Hong Kong can only mean there are some spectacular restaurants there. Then you need to find a good night spot. What appears more formal in the day surely changes after dark.Enjoy! I need to get up there myself.
It is a nifty city - I wish I could get there a bit more. Janita is there a bit more than I (for business) and she loves both Vancouver and Victoria - Vic a bit more.
As I understand it, the folks in Hong Kong, prior to the take-over, sent their children to Vancouver to be educated and to set up business and then the kids brought over their families when the change was imminent.
The old folks had it all planned out a decade or more ahead of time. A lot of the same thing transpired here in Edmonton - where there also is no shortage of Oriental population - or any other type of humanity for that matter. Arabic, Indian, European, Nordic, Brit, Latin (both S. American and S. European), African, Aussie... a veritable salad bowl of culture.
And I dig it.
jac - desperaudio
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