More Livable for Ducks
A short while ago, Vancouver was once again named one of the most livable cities in the world (It came in third, behind Geneva and Zurich, and tied with Vienna, out of 215, just like last time).
And once again, it’s raining like crazy.
It reminded me of a Mercer Report video that MJ (Urbanista) also pointed to:
For readers not in Canada, The Mercer Report is a is a comedy show seen throughout Canada which, like Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, satirizes News Shows, etc.
Yes, it is livable here in Vancouver, and this week I’ve been able to enjoy a bit more of it . I had a tasty pizza-for-one by the fire for lunch with a colleague down by Coal Harbour at The Mill, a spirited farewell party for another co-worker at 6 Acres in Gastown a decent Vietnamese dinner with Pam, last night, downtown (too new to have a listing or web site), and that’s not even counting last week’s outing at the VanDusen Gardens. Tonight, we will hopefully catch some more of our Canucks’ winning ways (the last game was their looongest ever, but they still came out on top!)
Still, sometimes I think some of those scenes in the video are not that far off.
On the other hand, I’m not too upset about Toronto-based Mercer kidding us about our high real estate prices and heavy rainfall. It’s just as well the ‘Most Livable’ moniker didn’t encourage too many more to move here and spoil it all. So let’s not try to talk them out of these caricatures, shall we?
5 Comments to “More Livable for Ducks”
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West End Bound
Posted: Apr 13th, 2007 at 9:57 pm1Very good, David … And after today’s weather, quite appropriate, too.
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MJ Ankenman
Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 1:14 pm2Ahhh…but there lies the rub.…because a morning like this morning ( the day after your post) makes up for it. Beautiful sunshine, walking along Jericho Beach all the way to Spanish Banks, was how I spent the am. Before I moved to Vancouver all I ever heard about was the rain, never the glorious weather that follows it. It’s my belief that it is a rainscreen (pun intended) by those living here.
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ddrucker
Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 7:31 pm3Right you are, MJ. We went out to do some shopping and other errands, got about 200 feet from the door and the whole panorama took our breath away. Rainscreen is a good name for it. Let them continue to overlook days like this one.
BTW, thanks for locating that YouTube video. As you can tell, it was the inspiration for the whole post.
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Jonathon Narvey
Posted: Apr 15th, 2007 at 10:24 am4Great video. To be honest, I had a bit of Mercer’s perspective on Vancouver when I first came here. Now, I would never leave.
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