Where do you live?
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I've lived in most of them, Nanaimo, Duncan, Victoria, Port Alberni, Courtenay and Sayward. MOst of them are good for different reasons, Victoria is too windy and an "attitude" seems to prevail. Nanaimo matches any of them for shopping opportunites, Courtenay is right up there for general liveability and Port Alberni has a little bit of everything and Sayward has peace and solitude.
Nanaimo is like the ugly older stepsister of Campbell River.
Well, you take Nanaimo and remove the great waterfront park, the seawall walkway, and the scenic beauty of Nanaimo harbour, and the general friendliness of the people, what do you have?? ....... Campbell River.....;-)
Ha ha, take away the Cruiseships going through Discovery Passage and seen from just about every house, the real seawalk at nearly everyone's door step that's loaded with gorgeous rollerblading chicks, and the huge public fishing Pier and replace it all with BC Ferries..you almost step down to the Nanaimo level.
Ha ha, take away the Cruiseships going through Discovery Passage and seen from just about every house, the real seawalk at nearly everyone's door step that's loaded with gorgeous rollerblading chicks, and the huge public fishing Pier and replace it all with BC Ferries..you almost step down to the Nanaimo level.
There is a lot of similarity between Nanaimo and Campbell River, both forestry and mining based, although Nanaimo is pretty well mined out now. Campbell has/had a little more vibrant fishing industry, their weather is similar, they both serve outlying islands. Nanaimo has a lot more history going back to the 1860s, where as I can remember a few short years ago when Campbell River was just a wide spot in the road. Which is better? Personal choice.
I thought Yack (sp) BC was waaay cool. I even had a shirt that said "I've been to Yack and back' when I was a kid. We used to camp near there.
lol It's not so bad as people make it out to be. But if you don't like 15 feet of snow in the winter, I would avoid the place, if I were you.
Sorry Kreskin but the Blue Ribbon goes to Nanaimo. Take a look at the entry into CR - not very attractive. It's rare to find anyone who has many good things to say about CR. We do have friends that love it there and my youngest was married there (because his wife lived there for awhile and because her Mom cont'd to live there until she passed away). Courtenay/Comox is a lovely little city to look at, however, it is one of the most un-friendly places I've lived. We[ve lived in both Comox and Courtenay. Ucluelet is a homely little fishing village but it's probably one of the most friendly places anyone can live (or at least it used to be). If I had to choose between Pt. Alberni and C.R. - I would choose C.R. I have never liked Alberni.Ha ha, take away the Cruiseships going through Discovery Passage and seen from just about every house, the real seawalk at nearly everyone's door step that's loaded with gorgeous rollerblading chicks, and the huge public fishing Pier and replace it all with BC Ferries..you almost step down to the Nanaimo level.
It was good of Juan to supply the link for the new Nanaimo Community Centre as I have not seen it yet. Looks lovely.
LOL - that would lead people to believe you are a bigger city than we are. I don't know your population but it certainly doesn't come close to here. I haven't been there for almost 3 years. Maybe things are better now. I know you have to be suffering from the same heat today though. People from all over town were talking about the fantastic lightening storm we had last night (we missed it) and they got to watch it along with the fireworks from Bathtub races. I realize you didn't have the fireworks but did you get lightening?
lol
Bigger isn't necessarily better. Used to be that if you didn't know everyone around here, you at least reconized their faces and said hello with a smile. Now we have foreigners moving in and they are really unfriendly. About every third person is someone you know or have said hello to. The rest would likely look like pez dispensers if they cracked a smile. And they whine about not having city conveniences here. Locals usually point out that if they wanted the peace and quiet of the countryside, they have to sacrifice the city life to have it.
Bigger isn't necessarily better. Used to be that if you didn't know everyone around here, you at least reconized their faces and said hello with a smile. Now we have foreigners moving in and they are really unfriendly. About every third person is someone you know or have said hello to. The rest would likely look like pez dispensers if they cracked a smile. And they whine about not having city conveniences here. Locals usually point out that if they wanted the peace and quiet of the countryside, they have to sacrifice the city life to have it.
The populations of Nanaimo and Campbell River are a hundred and thirty five thousand and about thirty two thousand respectively. What I like is that Nanaimo seems to have a lot of the perks of a larger town without some of the disadvantages like traffic jams, attitudes, etc.