9 things nobody tells you about the Sunshine Coast, BC 

Thank you for all the great info. I'm always learning from you two. The bears also seem to love Gibsons :)

Being from Edmonton and having lived in Vancouver before, one of the best things living coastal (to me) was not dealing with mosquitoes!

My Grandpa had a home in Langdale. The Sunshine Coast is so special.

Could you please do a video on Sechelt? Schools, grocery shopping, house tour and rent prices. Thanks

Resident view: This podcast 2 years old now. Here is an April 2024 comment. Sunshine Coast BC real estate values are still increasing. So if you have real estate to sell or to rent to someone, you're in luck. If you are buying, what you want to purchase might cost more, fairly soon. A lot of millionaires live here. Many of their nice homes are set back from the roads, and the trees are left in place along the roadsides, so those roads don't seem to change much in appearance as time passes. The shopping malls compare very well to anything one could find in Vancouver. Now here's something. Even although some, like to live with wildlife, some do not. Because losing a garden to deer, or a having a beloved pet menaced by coyotes or, gasp, eagles, is not something to be complacent about. There are currently far too many bears, unafraid of people. This is very dangerous, and they should be removed to the mountains, not sauntering through our kid's play-yards and in peoples' driveways and homes. After all, if you have a really nice home and property, it's a good idea if you can use it in safety. For those who want wildness, there are roads into the mountains. Food? Produce farming, and teaching. Multiple restaurants, pizza deliveries. People of wonderfully diverse ethnic backgrounds share their interesting heritage. Other items, good beaches and Blue Ocean golf course. Children's animal pet farms, and places to become involved with horses. An Equestrian club, also horse riding trails. There are many groups, sports, clubs and activities. Swimming, Skateboarding, and Mountain-bike riding. Antique car shows, Model railroad gather, Gardening club, and a Quilting group. Churches and Support groups. Star study group and Sailing. A great cultural society for music, dance, authors, libraries and art. A variety of careers and professions prosper here. People of all ages find the life-styles that suit them on the Sunshine Coast, BC. And of course, the beautiful scenery, is an added plus.🙂

One of the best things I found about the sunshine coast , was not having to deal with impatient big city people . I have been here 20 years and the current influx of people from Vancouver/Toronto and China is making it so I can't water my vegetable garden from July to fall, there are no doctors, traffic jams at 3pm on a wednesday and ever increasing open air drug markets and burglary. I think the town is mismanaged and the current growth is absurd. The value of my home has increased 3x in the past 5 years. Lucky me you think? No just means I pay higher taxes, have less clean water , larger open air drug activity and no affordable rent for local workers and gigantic trucks roaring by 20 hours a day.

And no reasonable person would call it "charm" to encounter a territorial bear destroying their kitchen or car interior. They can and do break into anything. They are unpredictable, highly dangerous, and filthy. Their fur and waste infested with diseases humans can catch. And if a person walked around the corner of their house, or out on the porch and was suddenly a few feet from it, which startled and offended it, the gruesome result cannot be removed by "oh well, you upset the bear". They are seldom afraid of humans anymore. That attitude originated pre 1960's, and is no longer true nor valid. We have news photos of bears in homes, in cars, breaking into buildings, and hunting pet livestock. If a person wants to clue into the current realities of urban bear infusion, they would get a real view by reading the book titled, "Bear Attack". However, if a person just wants to live in a utopian fantasy, that's their business. To each their own. However, the rest of us don't have to. Bears aren't safe. And the public should not have to risk safety, nor be bullied into incessant deference to them. Giant predators should be removed from Human living areas. Not idolized.

Seems that bear topic has reared up again.if there is a bear in your yard it’s there for the very simple fact that YOU have attracted it there through negligence.Food attractants and livestock.Garbage cans,manure piles,compost heaps bird feeders,bbq.Food left in cars.Grocery bags ,dog food.Bears are opportunists so don’t supply the opportunity.The ones that trash the bears and call for their death are idiots ignoramuses.Get lost😂😂😂😂