where is the BEST place to live up in canada?? Options

[RUNNIN-LOW]

well throw it out there, where is the best place to live up there??
explain to me why you like it and why would live there too? thanks

This post has been edited by RUNNIN-LOW: Feb 18, 2009 - 2:14 PM

[Sinyk]

Kelowna, BC is pretty good. For starters, it's BC. The best and most beautiful province in Canada

http://www.tourismkelowna.com/

+'ves
- Consistently pretty good weather but the Okanagan is known to have the weather change in half an hour.
- Fairly hot summers (100 ish for you Americans) and reasonable winters. Can get quite cold, but we don't usually see a lot of snow. This year has been a bit of an exception.
- Tons of recreational activities.
- If you like to golf, there's a TON of courses in and around the city.
- There's 3 ski mountains within an hour drive, Big White was voted as having the best snow in North America) There's probably 6 within 2 hours.
- Beaches galore and the babes to go with them.
- Small(er) town feeling, but is the largest city between Vancouver and Calgary.
- Tons of wineries, if that's your thing. Kelowna is fairly touristy.
- Lots of lakes if you like to fish, or go boating/camping.
- Did I mention it's in BC?
- Mountains. You never realize how awesome they are until you go somewhere between calgary and the atlantic and see nothing but flat (or lumpy hills)
- You can drive down the road and never see another 6gc for weeks!
- Big trades work place if that's what you do. Construction is big here, but in the current market, it's slowing down after like 10 years of going crazy.
- Is only a brief 1,643 mile drive from your current location.
- Lots of local sports and activities. We also have a WHL hockey team.
- 3 1/2 hours from Vancouver, which is nice too, but too big for my liking (and is rapidly turning into the gang capital of Canada).


-'ves
- Living in the nice places costs more. Housing can be expensive, gas here tends to be some of the highest in Canada (93.9 right now, avg in Canada is 88.3).
- I think it's the 2nd largest retirement community in BC (possibly Canada).
- Growing like a weed. (maybe not all bad. we did get a new bridge last year which greatly improved traffic)

That's all I can think of.