Let someone else tell you something about your city

[HEyHEY]

I'm from Vancouver B.C. - tell me something about my city. Then I'll tell you something about yours.

This is meant to gage what the impression of your city is to those not from there.

[WMliberal]

1. the ocean is really cold where you are

here in Va Beach, it's nice.

[HEyHEY]

3. I get an impression of lots of green leafy trees in your area

Am I right?

Also, it may be cold - but we stillllll go in brrrrrr

[WMliberal]

5. how'd you know!?

ok. fair enough. I'm now going to guess that no one speaks with a thick southern drawl.

[HEyHEY]

8. If I was right, just from Pictures I've seen and the movie

"I know what you did last summer." LOL. I know that was supposed to be carolina - but.

As for accents, I've been TOLD (May not be true) that most people have trouble understanding Vancouverites because they all speak very fast and kinda slurry.

Not quite like HST though

[Lefty48197]

2. NO WAY!!!!

Everytime people talk about Detroit, they say bad things. They just don't know...
I've heard that B.C. is pretty cool though, bud.

[HEyHEY]

4. I've always wanted to see detroit

But my impression is that it is a blue collar hotbed

[LDS Jock]

39. Detroit.. home of Diana Ross

Its not all bad lefty if its home to Diana.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

6. Lots of mountains, lots of water, lots of skscrapers, asians.

....thats what I seem to recall about Vancouver...strictly from the mediasphere, having never been there.

I live in Dayton Ohio...lol....

[HEyHEY]

11. I remember Mr Carlson said "we'll kick their butts"

If Dayton ever tried to invade Cincinatti.

Dayton, I get a sense of flatness, a lot of industry

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

47. flat, industrial, and boring.

pleasant suburbs, though.

[LisaM]

7. I like Vancouver - lots of energy, easy to get around, they have hockey...

Good shopping, streets are clean.

Now. Where do I live?

[HEyHEY]

9. I remember

Beautiful coastline, majestic waters and about a 20 minute ferry ride from where I did my internship

[flamingyouth]

10. "I love Grouse Mountain, I love to surf the slopes

being dragged up a hill, hanging onto a rope!"

Had to quote the Smugglers yet again! ;)

Now you say something about Seattle!

[HEyHEY]

12. I always remember the first time I went through that underground highway

I also think of the rolling suburbs there...short abrupt hills

[flamingyouth]

14. Underground highway?

Are you talking about the Battery Street tunnel on Aurora Ave., or I5 under the convention center? Either is an experience!:hi:

[LisaM]

17. Maybe he means the Mercer Island tunnel?

It's part of I-90.

[flamingyouth]

24. Oh yes, could be that one too

The Lid.

[HEyHEY]

21. Well, the one I'd see driving through to Oregon

[LisaM]

13. I think he just did --- I am from Seattle!

I think Vancouver is more beautiful but maybe it's just because you can go out after 10:00 p.m. and no one thinks you're weird; also, they clean the trash up on the streets.

[flamingyouth]

16. LOL - didn't read through the whole thread first!

:D

[HEyHEY]

18. Oh, oops

I thought you were from Vancouver Island - but I think that's just plain "Lisa"

Anyway, It's all pretty well gorgeous and all in our neck O the Woods

[LisaM]

23. Yes, "Lisa" was taken so I had to be "LisaM"

"Lisa" does live on Vancouver Island. I have never met her, though.

[Shoeempress]

15. Vancouver is a gorgeous city on the ocean, with beautiful

Mountains. Wonderful restaurants, great shopping on a small island which you can take water taxis to. Balmy temperatures even in the winter, a huge park named Stanley where people bicycle and jog. And finally incredibly friendly helpful people, none of whom can give directions, including those in the Tourist information booths. (i admit I cheated, I've been there and I loved it, although not once did anyone give us correct directions. You're very lucky to live there)

[HEyHEY]

19. I wonder if there is a reason for the direction thing

Like local mindset or something. Cause I know whenever I need to find a place, I just go to W georgia and figure it out from there

[Race4Peace]

20. I live in Savannah, GA

and San Fransisco, CA is the best place to be. just the way that it's the birthplace of critical mass, and there's a protest there somewhere, everyday. and the place is pretty cool, temperature wise. and the air is really cool and cood for riding a long distance.

[HEyHEY]

22. You're in Savannah

I'd love to visit there.
I get a sense of a laid back, kinda "hey relax" town. With a neat old south look to it

[ChoralScholar]

25. I live in Russellville, AR (halfway between Fort Smith and Little Rock)

in the heart of the Arkansas River Valley

[HEyHEY]

26. Yikes, I don't know

Maybe someone else will

[LDS Jock]

42. Home of Corliss Williamson

lead the Hogs to a national title. Home of Arkansas Tech. Nice town.

[ChoralScholar]

43. I played basketball with Corliss in junior high.

He packed my lunch more than once.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

48. Ive been to Russellville...very Southern...ate at a cafeteria there..

...back in 1969. like something out of one of those southern movies.....

[ChoralScholar]

50. a cafeteria, huh? Could it have been the Old South? EOM

[Wcross]

27. I am near Nashville

I have heard of B.C. Bud before!

[HEyHEY]

29. Well, obviously for Nashville - country music and neat street vendors

[tXr]

28. I get an impression of a clean, modern city ...

surrounded by beautiful trees and having clean, fresh air to breathe. Aren't there also mountains there? I think it also snows, since Vancouver is so far north. But what the hell do I know, I'm in Houston!

edit: spelling!

[HEyHEY]

31. Houston

Flat, spread out and with many neat little districts.


Clean in Vancouver is a dead dream. The moutnains sock it in until it rains, which thankfully happens often...we actually don't get much snow though.

[tXr]

46. Yeah, Houston is huge, flat and HOT!!

Doesn't Hollywood use Vancouver for a lot of movie settings?

[gollygee]

30. Vancouver is absolutely beautiful

not that I've ever been there. But I've seen pictures :)

What do you know about Kalamazoo, Michigan?

[HEyHEY]

33. Oh oH

The first thing that comes to my mind is a book I had a s a kid about two birds that move to Kalamazoo.

I've always had a desire to see it. I think it would be a neat town with alot of cool nookes.

[nikatnyte]

32. It's incredibly clean

Every time I visit Vancouver I'm struck by how clean everything is -- the streets, the air, the people. That's also true of other Canadian cities, but Vancouver tops the list. Mind you, I do live in l.a., where it's pretty much the opposite. Whenever I think of a city that is the definition of "civilized," it would be Vancouver.

[HEyHEY]

35. LA

I always think of confusion I don't know why.

[Magrittes Pipe]

34. Dope and whores.

I come from Springfield, OH.

[HEyHEY]

36. YEEHAA!

I'd say Dope and Whores for Springfield too!

[Magrittes Pipe]

37. Nah.

Unless you're just talking about the first 18 years of MY life in Springfield. In which case, yes, you are completely correct.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

38. Vancouver hosts and Indycar race

Was last month, in fact:

http://www.molsonindy.com/vancouver/index.php

[HEyHEY]

40. Yeha, I had free tix to the time-trials but didn't go

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

44. I went to the last-ever Rio 400. Nyah nyah nyah.

Got the autographs from Montoya and De Ferran to prove it too. :spank:

[eyesroll]

41. "Isn't that in Washington?"

I live in Waukesha, WI...a sort-of suburb of Milwaukee if that helps...

[Pithlet]

45. Memphis

Do you have that huge mall? I watched a documentary about the world's larges mall in Canada, and I remember it was in the western part of the country. I've heard Vancouver is beautiful.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

49. Memphis..."southern"....sunsets over the Mississppi...treelined streets..

...parls. old victorian and shotgun houses, smokey blues clubs in the shadow of downtown skyscrapers...hot and humid....

[LWolf]

51. Vancouver is on an island to the NW of me;

it is cooler, moister, and greener than my home. I've heard that it is a beautiful city, which is saying a lot, since I've never seen a city I thought was beautiful. It is part of a less corrupt nation than mine, relatively speaking.

Tell me about Palmdale, California.

[Xithras]

52. A beautiful city with lots of drugs and hookers.

Sorry, that's the impression I get from my BIL, a Vancouver resident for the last two years.

Here's a fun one: Modesto California. For an added challenge, try to do it without mentioning either Condit/Levy or Laci Peterson :)

[miss_kitty]

56. ahhh modesto American Graffiti

oakieville californ-eye-ay! it has an archway at some entryway. it says something on it...just north of turlock and Cary Stayner and Ellie Nesler are from around there...have they picked up willie yet? lotsa methamphetimine in the area.

[Shananigans]

53. Vancouver seems like it would be a great place to visit...

I have only heard good things about how beautiful and clean it is. I also hear that the people are really laid back and lots of fun. Never been there so I wouldn't know if it was true. But the impression seems to suit you.

What about Minneapolis? Any impressions? It's not my hometown (I am from a really, really small town in Northern Minnesota), but it is where I currently reside and I guess call home.

[GoneOffShore]

54. You get a lot of movie and commercial

work up there.
Good tax breaks for production companies.
And so we don't get the work in Philadelphia.
:grin:

[Gothic Sponge]

55. Most people that live in Vancouver B.C. like to eat food....?

I live on Long Island.

[Shananigans]

57. I bet you talk with a thick accent,

wear a leather jacket, eat a lot of pizza and walk everywhere you go. No basis for this. Just my impression.

[Noodleboy13]

58. Pretty Skyline

Cool People. Legal grass.


What do Canadians think of Minneapolis?

[BuddhaGirl]

59. I'd love to visit Vancouver sometime...

I've never been there...and Canadians are cool! :-)

I live in Mill Valley, CA - just minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge - anyone know it? :-)

[mitchum]

60. Vancouver had the greatest girl-on-girl live sex shows ever...

mitchum (Athens, GA)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

61. Your city is really cool

and people speak French.

Wait, is that Quebec?

Anywho, I'm from Dallas, have fun with that.