We moved here from Vernon which is just around 30 miles from Kelowna. I love Vernon and if our kids didn't live here I would move back in a heartbeat. It is not a business town though. For ourselves and many other newcomers that we saw (business wise) we went down the drain. People there are very set in their way when it comes to who they buy from and what they buy. I don't know why people say bad things about Kelowna. It's a rapidly growing city and it is expensive to purchase a house there. Other than that - it's a great place. There are lots of wineries situated all the way from Vernon to Penticton and Oliver and Osoyoos. There are beautiful lakes and orchards. It gets more winter than we do and it can be a little gray in the Okanagan Valley in the winter but the winter is not that long there. More often than not there is no snow before mid November to early December and the end of Feb. pretty much signals the start of spring. What's not to like? January can get quite cold but isn't it everywhere across Canada?Thanks for anyone who actually answered my question instead of talking down to me. I appreciate it.
I'll repeat again that there are places that are friendly, & then places that are not. You don't have to agree with me, but I would appreciate not being lectured as to "every city has both" or the spiritual "you are a reflection..."
I'm not stupid & I have TONS of common sense. Thanks to the person who thinks he isn't mean with a comment like he made.
I find that kind of talk mean & that's what I'm talking about. If you don't have anything nice to say, then just don't say it.
You guys can say you are joking, but give me a break, I know a joke when I read one & if you don't know how to show people you are joking thru your written word, then I feel you shouldn't be on MBs writing.
I didn't realize Kelowna was that bad, Vancouver I already knew about, & the person over here who told me about Victoria.
VanIsle, yeh I can't afford to re-buy everything otherwise that would be an alternative Where did you move from?
Thanks
Michelle
Someone mentioned Kamloops, Prince George and Williams Lake. They are all cold places to live. Kamloops is sooo hot in the summer that I don't even like to go there to visit my sister at that time of the year. I've lived in PG and I vowed I would never go near it again when we moved away in about 1988 and I never have. I don't care for Billy's puddle much either. Wouldn't live in any of those places. A friend of ours described PG well. It's on the road to nowhere.
We are having a hot day today. I like to put these temps on for Shadow's sake. It is 33 degrees right now (5:20 PM) at the airport which means about 35 here in town. We seem to get a bout of this heat every Spring and then it levels off again.