IS VANCOUVER ANTISOCIAL 

I also live in Vancouver. I started to keep people at a distance after they pretend to want to become friends with me when they only wanted favour, advice, and connections. That's just me.

Vancouver has sort of a groupism mentality when it come to making friends, it does seem like it exists everywhere but its quite prominent in Vancouver. People stick to their own friend groups and people they have known. I think when you arrive mainly for school and stuff its easy to connect with people and make friends because all are in the same/similar situation. As time passes if you have not made friends in that initial time period its hard to find friends or if you want friends outside of that small group it hard.

I moved from Australia to downtown Vancouver, honestly people here extremely rude I have no idea how Canadians got the friendly reputation.

Hey man, you're pretty young, as someone in my 40's I can tell you only 10 years ago people were MUCH more friendly. Ever since social media really took over in 2012 our in-person socializing has been in a nose-dive.

The girl at 8:32 is ignorant because for some people it isn't that easy to make new friends , people are quick to judge here especially if you're a guy like me who is Aboriginal it's hard to break through the stereotypes

I agree that's the impression i got when i first moved here 10 years ago from California . I find Canada mostly old school but at the same time liberated in other ways. Which can often be confusing and frustrating. People tend to be standoffish. People has the proclivity to stick to their own clique. All I know is that eventually i learned to keep to myself developed depression and anxiety : (

Captured this topic so well. Everything the social worker spoke about correlated with what people of all kinds (different age groups, different ethnicities, different genders, etc) had to say about Vancouver and its social environment. Saye has done it again! Great video and looking forward for more to come. Juan and I might come for a little game of some basketball.

If you meet people in Vancouver, ask them if they grew up in/are from Vancouver, chances are, they aren't. So don't blame the city, it's the people that move here. It's like a giant hotel, all travellers/guests.

Vancouver is very cliquey and professionalist. I lived there for a year

Notice on Reddit you only got 1 comment? That is because Reddit is the home of the anti-social. Those are the people who would never throw a party and have a diverse group of friends. Everyone has to think alike or they're offended. Ever since social media took over, you need to have the "correct" opinions or people will be offended that you think differently. Vancouver's culture has become extremely conformist since the place because more and more multicultural, the local culture is completely suffocated and replaced with this cold veneer of people in competition with each other. The moderators of /r/vancouver and /r/britishcolumbia also ban anyone who thinks differently. Welcome to 2022, it sucks compared to even 10 years ago.

0:13 That's not friendly, that's just helpful. And I agree, people will help you. But making friends doesn't happen outside of high school.

Awesome video and super cool to get interviewed by you man keep doing what you’re doing!!

Awesome vid brahhhh your listening skills are top notch keep up the good energy and content khoyaaa

Here first!!! Manz going all the way up 🛸🔝

Amazing video! Super insightful - I loved the part about seasonal depression, I think all Canadians can totally resonate! I wonder how seasonal depression impacts people’s ability to “reconnect” again similar to the way people are reconnecting post-covid. Excited to see more 🥳

Really great interviews, good interviewer. Are you french? cant pinpoint the accent

Magnifique vidéo comme d'habitude On veut plus de vidéo par mois

Toronto is way better in terms of meeting people and people hanging with different cultures. There are always new people coming. Vancouver is surface and superficial- you can meet people and stuff but it’s not on a deep level.

I totally believe it is anti social. Servers and tourist site employees are nice , but being an African American visiting Vancouver was a rude awakening. Being stared a whole lot like they never seen black people and with my wife being caucasian american it was like they never seen an interracial couple. Being such a melting pot of international people this vibe rang odd. Felt like we were under a microscope. Subtle racism.

No time for new friends. Too busy tryna earn enough to cover the obscene rents. ... Is what I'd expect if I didn't know that lower income Vancouverites are the friendly ones.

What you expect is what you get. If you believe other people's perception that Vancouver is boring or snobbish or whatever then you'll find more of that. It's called confirmation bias. Just keep an open mind and a chill attitude and see how easy it becomes to talk to people. I'm in Vancouver too. Come talk to me. I live in downtown too.

this city is so fucked up because of one word "CLASSISM" ---VANCOuVER B.C. THE BIG ONION

Yes, yes it is. But if you live in your privileged bubble or don't have enough points of reference (i.e., haven't lived in many places) you might never notice it ;)

VC has had the notoriety of being a stand-offish place pre-pandemic, pre-Great Recession and before then. Googling for residents' sentiments re. the city tells much of where things have gone wrong socially. From what I can tell that's been from the *beginning*. And let's not forget the city's official epithet, "No Fun City." Check out some of *Mike Martens*' commentary on the topic of living in VC.

Nice going brother, looking good!

Some people blame immigration as a reason of anti-social life in Vancouver. It s a BS. Go to California and see people from many many different backgrounds who are more friendly and kind and welcoming. I stayed 2 weeks in LA and became friend with all my sisters’ neighbours in LA . In Vancouver after 6 years, I don’t even know my neighbours. High rises with people who has no soul and reluctant to say even “hello” Extremely racist old people that you can realize the amount of their hate when you look at their eyes. Specially if you are a dark-skin.

"La guerre et le courage ont fait plus de grandes choses que l'amour du prochain." - Nietzsche

I think generally people in Vancouver are friendly enough and helpful. However personally I think somehow there is a matter of trust between people to build deep relationship.

Vancouver is smaller than Toronto, and does seem a bit different. I don't feel threatened by people, but people can demonstrate blatant specific interests when they decide to. Many people are standoff-ish, but it seems to represent many people's personality/character traits. This can be due to the mindset of the particular individual when not having as much interest to get involved or to explore anything outside their comfort zone. I feel many people have difficulties being comfortable with certain personalities and might be less helpful when being so. People in Vancouver can easily be put off while automatically contributing some people's openness as a negative experience. So many people in New York would take advantage of these lively moments to only enhance the experiences while many people in Vancouver would give the confused look to only write someone off as a nuisance. 😢😮. Owell, I had so many amazing experiences in Toronto, and it seems the Brazilians were ultra friendly while finding myself ending up at Brazilian house parties often, and I would meet so many successful/interesting people. This would almost never happen in Vancouver.

This is in most of major cities!

Yes, people here are cliquey. Stare at phones everywhere.

I don't think Vancouver or BC people are friendly compared to Alberta or Manitoba etc . They also have an irrational hatred for Toronto . I think it's because they know Toronto is much more of a world class city.

It's rare to find friendly people here in Vancouver nowadays. When I compare today from 10 to15 years ago, people are much more friendlier back then.

Love the video and the interactions yo!

The birth rate in this city is extremely low. People here are so selfish and unfriendly they are no longer finding love or relationships. Immigration is the only thing stopping this city from going extinct. Maybe it should happen.

If youre not in church or in clubs? This is a younger perspective, there are more barriers post covid. 6:10 social battery is low: 7:40 yes the winter blues

Amazing video

Nobody talks about multiculturalism and car dependency.

8:32 not always the case, that yt girl saying this is so ignorant I’m pretty sure she s not face discrimination and micro aggressions on a regular basis for saying stupidity like this 🙄

I’m going to leave this hellscape city as soon as my degree is finished

Awesome

Good job keep it up

Of course it is. You have a melting pot of mutli nationals who don't understand each other's mannerisms, distance, tone, body language etc which leads to conflict. If we were so cohisive Richmond wouldn't be Asia, Surrey/Delta wouldn't be India and so on and so forth. It's not a racist thing but a comfort thing, and it's my opinion sometimes that's ok.

Come to Toronto and make the same interview you won't believe it your self

In both cities there are snobs and pretentious people in the wealthy areas.

You should try Toronto it’s very anti social there

Very unfriendly city to make friends

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Toronto people are way nicer!

i bet 1000 usd that this guy spent all day interviewing ppl so he could cherry pick his answers and funnily enough for every video saying vancouver is nice theres 20 saying its worse than a 3rd world country... makes you think

Toronto is worsen you haven't seen nothing yet