Originally Posted by aiminghigherYVR

Just to play devil's advocate a bit, I am from YVR and while it has many perks it lacks culture. Obviously that only matters if you happen to work in a cultural industry or are an avid arts fan. Otherwise, you replace the arts with nature and sports which is a perk if you're into that. Wish we had a place that had the best of both but for now, I have to base myself in YYZ where all the decisions are made. Also, as I'm relatively young, from my perspective YVR is beautiful but a bore. But I'm a city boy and the 2 month summers just didn't cut it for me. Travel from YVR is great though. Rarely a nightmare in my experience. And they have light rail transit to the airport. What a concept! And great for doing sfo/lax/phx/psp type weekends. Just my 2 cents.