My family has visited twice and absolutely love Vancouver. We have plans to move there in a few years. Thank you for this review. One of the main reasons why we want to move is for safety reasons associated with racism. True, racism is everywhere. But, there are different levels in my experience. My son is on the autism spectrum and I don't want to worry about him being perceived as threatening and getting shot from a paranoid person or police. In Atlanta, there's a large population of confederate flag waving people and I've experienced Neo Nazis and negative police interactions. I'm trying to reduce that exposure for my 9 yr old son. Can you elaborate more on the level of racism you faced in Vancouver?
I plan on going there next summer for vacation, I went to Nova Scotia last year and loved every day of it not to mention I'm looking at the dating scene and yes I'm an African American Man.
Are there any less expensive suburbs or small towns in the Vancouver area? I work remotely so at least on the face of it, I can work anywhere and I'm worried about the political situation in the States. I don't want to be here if a conflict breaks out because I'm pretty sure African Americans like myself will be targeted. I'm thinking of getting out before that happens. I spent a week in Toronto with my family in 2014 and LOVED the atmosphere - so much less anger than in the States.
Yes, there are "cheaper" areas but with real estate these days, everything is expensive. They have Richmond which is a short drive or train ride from Vancouver and is more affordable than Vancouver. There is also Surrey, and it is more affordable as well.
Downtown Vancouver or Toronto are expensive. They are big north american cities. Vancouver has outlying areas, North Van, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam. or 60km out you have Abbots Ford, or Squamish.
I can easily answer this….I lived in Vancouver for 10 years…if you want to see a bunch of Asians and be discriminated by every race even black ones then no…..Even the blacks there don’t like other blacks unless you’re part of the alphabet gang or wanna be white……I lived downtown on Granville street across from the Pacific Center so I know what I am talking about….it’s a beautiful place to live but the people there are all automatons(robots)….Everybody is racist against black….That’s the whole reason I moved back…I didn’t give a shit about the high ass rent….it was more about feeling comfortable about being black
One of the to0 beaches in North America is in Vancouver , rated by an American group the beach was rated as one of the most sexiest in North America , this was at Kits area
@@SHAKILASUGARLUX it seems you do not know Females are allowed to go topless any where in Canada , They won the right in a court case many years ago with the charter of rights and freedoms , equality the argument was if men can go topless then Females should be able to ,
@@SHAKILASUGARLUX The magazine is called Forbs Traveller , The beach they rated is called Kitts beach which is not any of the beaches on the Downtown area , This beach is toward the University of British Columbia and ranked in the top ten , part of the ranking was because of the mountain in the background,, Thank you ,
Shakila would you recommend a brotha vacationing in downtown Vancouver for a few days. I wanna see the picturesque Vancouver mountains. Should I bypass Vancouver.
As a Nigerian-Canadian who lives in Van, I'll say, "please leave that weird passport bro shit in the States please". Black girls don't need that wahala abeg.
@@freddy8479 I agree with Stephanie, I've spent a lot of time in Vancouver. The city is special to me, not because of options or what you might think, I love it due to the surrounding outdoor activities and quality of life. Leave that stuff in the states man.
Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area would be the best place in Canada for a black family. It's expensive, and the winters suck.. but there's a huge black population and very little racism. I've been there for 15 years and was called an N word once, by an Indian guy! STAY AWAY from Kingston Ontario.
