Seattle and Vancouver Compared

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  • Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2019
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    Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Cascadia's two largest cities, Seattle and Vancouver. #geography #compared #cascadia
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    Two cities which, at first glance, seem very similar to each other. Although Seattle is an American city and Vancouver is a Canadian city, both are part of the same region, known as the Pacific Northwest, or sometimes known as Cascadia.
    Both have a temperate oceanic climate known for their generally cool temperatures and rainy weather. While both have four seasons, it never gets too cold in the winter and never too hot in the summer. Both can get snow in the winter and get A LOT of precipitation from November through January. Yep, those three months are cold, dark, and rainy.
    Both are in the infamous Ring of Fire, an area where lots of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions tend to occur.
    Both have about the same population in the actual city limits. (V- 675,218, S- 724,745). However, Seattle’s metro population has about 1.5 million more people. (V- 2.5 million, S- 4 million) But you could say Vancouver is a bigger deal in its home country, as it has the 3rd largest metro in all of Canada, while Seattle has the 15th largest metro. Seattle has been the fastest growing American big city of the past decade.
    While both are ethnically diverse, Vancouver is more so. 40% of Vancouver’s population is made up of immigrants. Around 28% of Vancouver residents are Chinese. It’s been called the “most Asian city outside of Asia.”
    Both have low pollution and are environmentally friendly. Both have pledged to go carbon neutral by 2050.
    I mean, overall both have a high quality of life, and thus...both cities are really expensive.

Комментарии • 4,3 тыс.

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat  4 года назад +677

    Which two cities should I compare next?
    I got Seattle's minimum wage wrong. Its minimum wage is $15 in general. Employers can only pay $12 if they contribute at least $3 for health care and tips, and $16.25 for large corporations.
    A special thanks to Peter from the channel Stacks and Facts for reading over my script! Check out his channel: ruclips.net/channel/UC37J30wHpQOtc1vzuN6OdDA
    Check out J.J. McCullough's Vancouver video: ruclips.net/video/a3SxUWbsPKw/видео.html

    • @naathan5897
      @naathan5897 4 года назад +42

      Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Monrovia (Liberia)

    • @elliotsodergren2270
      @elliotsodergren2270 4 года назад +14

      Maybe Plymouth (UK) and a significant American seaside city? Great video btw

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +23

      @@naathan5897 I love that suggestion.

    • @henrykerr9386
      @henrykerr9386 4 года назад +28

      Edmonton and Calgary please

    • @xrisingwolfx8466
      @xrisingwolfx8466 4 года назад +11

      @@iammrbeat Indianapolis and Louisville

  • @Yahriel
    @Yahriel 4 года назад +2425

    Seattle: America's Vancouver
    Vancouver: Canada's Seattle

    • @HAA0603
      @HAA0603 3 года назад +154

      Toronto: Canada's New York City
      Ottawa: Canada's Washington D.C
      Montreal: I have no clue
      Calgary and Edmonton: I have no clue either

    • @alistairt7544
      @alistairt7544 3 года назад +159

      Calgary and Edmonton I'd say is kind of like a smaller version of Dallas and Houston, since AB is like the TX of Canada lol

    • @NationalismDjazair
      @NationalismDjazair 3 года назад +39

      Hassan Abanur Montreal could be boston

    • @NationalismDjazair
      @NationalismDjazair 3 года назад +8

      Hassan Abanur mixed with philly architecture

    • @MarksCar-rs1nm
      @MarksCar-rs1nm 3 года назад +25

      Vancouver WA: America’s Vancouver BC

  • @LCTesla
    @LCTesla 4 года назад +3191

    as a Dutchman it's funny to me that two cities that are almost as far apart as my country extends longitudinally are considered "close".

    • @user-sh2ch8ct6m
      @user-sh2ch8ct6m 4 года назад +204

      Yes + that Canada has only the double count of population than the netherlands

    • @ima245
      @ima245 4 года назад +91

      Neophyte hahahaha wtf I’m from Oaxaca, México and my state is more the double the size of netherlands 😂 hehe and for me we have little states compared with the states in the US 😂

    • @dananderson4026
      @dananderson4026 4 года назад +2

      @ Neophyte Maybe it should reunion De Nederlanden once again. Nahhh, still small,)

    • @EdhellenCuar
      @EdhellenCuar 4 года назад +3

      Maxim look at the twin cities

    • @leorusso2480
      @leorusso2480 4 года назад +44

      Haha that’s insane, I live in the state of São Paulo In Brazil and I took once 5 hours to cross the state. During my euro trip I took only 1 hour and half to cross the entire Netherlands. My fave country in the trip btw!

  • @leonardpriestley6822
    @leonardpriestley6822 3 года назад +1829

    I was born in Vancouver. The few times I’ve been to Seattle, it’s felt like a parallel universe version of the same place.

    • @rags2riches970
      @rags2riches970 3 года назад +48

      Leonard Priestley I live in van aswell and thats how i feel whenever we long drive to seattle😂😂

    • @Aisa-cu9pj
      @Aisa-cu9pj 3 года назад +7

      Exactly!!!!

    • @dubsteppwarrior
      @dubsteppwarrior 3 года назад +13

      Play Waves the comment meant that the similarities that are there make it feel like your in the same place or a version of it, not that they are exactly the same..everyone knows that are not the same exactly, I have the same feeling about a few places where I live now compared to another city I used to live in..they are not exactly the same but close that it’s actually kind odd how similar they can be

    • @denizgul6131
      @denizgul6131 3 года назад +1

      It totally does omg

    • @EmperorSheevPalpatine
      @EmperorSheevPalpatine 3 года назад +2

      Well said

  • @samsonwilkinson8090
    @samsonwilkinson8090 2 года назад +747

    "It's never too hot."
    That didn't age well.

    • @E-damnn
      @E-damnn 2 года назад +31

      For real tho

    • @IIzachBuilds
      @IIzachBuilds 2 года назад +5

      ikr😩

    • @KOKOBC
      @KOKOBC 2 года назад +8

      I just went to Seattle like 8 days ago and the temperature was actually really nice, maybe I just got lucky

    • @bluenationprez9348
      @bluenationprez9348 2 года назад +8

      We don’t have ac In Seattle
      (Or most)

    • @E-damnn
      @E-damnn 2 года назад +32

      @?????? I think it got up to like 108 degrees at one point a few weeks ago. People from Arizona might be used to that, but that’s insane for people in Seattle, and to make it worse, lot of people in Seattle don’t have AC because it’s not usually very hot outside.

  • @michaelhurley3171
    @michaelhurley3171 4 года назад +2654

    To make things even more confusing, I believe there's a Vancouver in Washington.

    • @commentslol6549
      @commentslol6549 4 года назад +87

      Michael Hurley there is

    • @corymartino8283
      @corymartino8283 4 года назад +259

      Which is a Portland suburb!

    • @bottled9683
      @bottled9683 4 года назад +70

      Yes, there is. Right next to Portland on the columbian border

    • @aidanpayan6919
      @aidanpayan6919 4 года назад +66

      Yeah I used to live there but it’s more a Portland, Oregon suburb than a Washington city.

    • @vedsharma6248
      @vedsharma6248 4 года назад +41

      There is also a Boring in Oregon. There are some funny names in Cascadia...

  • @doublebaconchaseburger
    @doublebaconchaseburger 4 года назад +1660

    Coincidentally The distance between Seattle and Vancouver, BC is the same as the distance between Seattle and Vancouver, WA.

    • @andrelawas186
      @andrelawas186 4 года назад +86

      Which is a suburban city of portland, or, another major city in the pnw, 😂😂

    • @Yahriel
      @Yahriel 4 года назад +72

      which is in no way confusing for people who move to Seattle from out of state.

    • @denelson83
      @denelson83 3 года назад +52

      Seattle. The largest city between two Vancouvers on the BC-to-BC Highway (Interstate 5).

    • @spacefightertzz
      @spacefightertzz 3 года назад +47

      I live in Seattle. Once a while I'll have friends that are going to Vancouver. I don't even ask which one because I will just see from the photos. But if a friend ask if I want to go to vancouver with them, I always ask "BC?" to clear up the confusing. And ya its always been BC. I never been to Vancouver, WA.

    • @justinmorgan7564
      @justinmorgan7564 3 года назад +15

      @@spacefightertzz Yeah. sometimes i'll just ask "hollywood or meth?"

  • @Ashchi5150
    @Ashchi5150 3 года назад +658

    I'm japanese.
    This is easy to listen and good listening practice.

  • @xxxqwertxxx
    @xxxqwertxxx 2 года назад +135

    I was born and raised in Seattle and I always felt right at home when I visited Vancouver. It’s a beautiful city and the people are great. Love it.

    • @be.A.b
      @be.A.b 2 года назад +14

      I was born in Seattle, and when I lived in Texas everyone seemed really mean. They had decorum/superficial politeness, but would get really aggressive and try to dominate if they perceived you as weaker.
      Also, always implied im ditzy, and “not common sense smart.” I’m considered an intelligent woman at home 😑 maybe It’s cause im brown.. who knows lol.
      I don’t understand when people say Seattleites aren’t friendly tbh. Never living outside of pnw again 😣 Seattleites and Vancouverittes complain without knowing how good we have it ❤️

    • @lotusgrl444
      @lotusgrl444 2 года назад

      Lucky! I wanted to move there but its soo damn expensive😭 and I have a JD degree and its still out of my budget

    • @mortensenvick5711
      @mortensenvick5711 Год назад

      @@be.A.b Quite funny, I think people in Houston more sincere than in Seattle. I was born in Washington state, I lived 10 years in each city, Vancouver, Seattle and Houston.
      My preference would be
      1) Vancouver
      2) Houston
      3) Seattle
      Now i'm moving in a small city in north Australia (Darwin) will be fun to see how it compares to the trio

    • @reservoirfrogs2177
      @reservoirfrogs2177 Год назад

      @@mortensenvick5711 Them being a brown woman definitely effects how she was treated. Being a white dude I'm sure Texas is full of kind people lmao

    • @SanePerson1
      @SanePerson1 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@mortensenvick5711 I grew up in Seattle and live in College Station, TX. I'd never want to live in Houston.

  • @stuntmonkey00
    @stuntmonkey00 4 года назад +1531

    "Seattle is the Northernmost major city in the continental USA. The people there dress like it's Alaska. Vancouver is the warmest city year-round in Canada. The people there dress like it's California." - Douglas Coupland, or words to that effect.

    • @feifeijay
      @feifeijay 4 года назад +24

      didn't know they wear canada goose in cali .. lol

    • @aidanpayan6919
      @aidanpayan6919 4 года назад +135

      I live in Alaska and I am constantly in Seattle, they do not dress like it’s Alaska 😂.

    • @bobbiusshadow6985
      @bobbiusshadow6985 4 года назад +8

      All complaints must be addressed to Douglas Coupland.

    • @waterboy9096
      @waterboy9096 4 года назад +8

      So I'm thinking you haven't visited either.

    • @maryjsaunders
      @maryjsaunders 4 года назад +25

      I think the video is pretty representative. After living in both places. Style in Seattle: flannel, glasses, converse, grunge influenced, still stuck in the 90s. Vancouver: More European, more stylish, simple, hipster, and asian influences.

  • @dariopavlovic8640
    @dariopavlovic8640 4 года назад +1254

    Lived in both. Currently in Seattle. Can confirm, the cities are both very similar and very different. I like them both, but do prefer Vancouver as it's a lot more walkable and a LOT cleaner.

    • @fifermcgee5971
      @fifermcgee5971 4 года назад +108

      And Vancouver has a smaller number of homeless people living on the streets.

    • @danielgalan2321
      @danielgalan2321 4 года назад +30

      Dario Pavlovic same here. I lived in both, currently in Seattle, but like Vancouver best.

    • @kevin_lin
      @kevin_lin 4 года назад +54

      @@fifermcgee5971 I wouldn't say that necessarily, I work in the Vancouver DTES and theres a LOT of vulnerable homeless people down there. Not the safest place to walk around imo

    • @UFCMania155
      @UFCMania155 4 года назад +27

      Hongcouver is a shithole and full of crackheads and heroin addicts

    • @dariopavlovic8640
      @dariopavlovic8640 4 года назад +49

      @@UFCMania155 you sir, are a complete, utter, primitive. Glad people like that don't inhabit Vancouver.

  • @barnhall4395
    @barnhall4395 3 года назад +30

    The different liquor laws affected our family. A 19 yr Seattle resident came to Vancouver for a beer, maybe two, and now we have to go to Seattle to see our daughter & grandchildren

    • @steviie_b
      @steviie_b 11 месяцев назад +1

      hell na 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @silassadia5787
    @silassadia5787 3 года назад +157

    If you want to work, go to Seattle. If you want to live, go to Vancouver.

    • @Sp00kq
      @Sp00kq 2 года назад +9

      Washington is actually the best state to live in out of all 50 states

    • @WeavementSesestea
      @WeavementSesestea 2 года назад +1

      Good ol' Nexus never fails us, even through a pandemic.

    • @ImMamba
      @ImMamba 2 года назад +2

      What if you want to do both??

    • @WeavementSesestea
      @WeavementSesestea 2 года назад +1

      @@ImMamba Like I said, get a Nexus pass. Live in Vancouver, and since you'd be regular crosser, get Nexus express pass to avoid long border waits, work in Seattle, and return home using Nexus again.

    • @loandiparet4029
      @loandiparet4029 2 года назад +1

      There is a lot of work in Vancouver .-.

  • @paulmcewen7384
    @paulmcewen7384 4 года назад +371

    Vancouverite, and I love Seattle too. Would be really really really really really cool if that high speed train thing happens to become a reality connecting our region. I think the Cascadia region could become a super-hub of tech and creative culture. Also it would be sweet if Seattle had an NHL team and we could get a good rivalry going on.

    • @hawkz1271
      @hawkz1271 2 года назад +58

      Well you got the hockey team wish!

    • @FirstLast-mk7iz
      @FirstLast-mk7iz 2 года назад +7

      Paul come look!

    • @jordankashuba3467
      @jordankashuba3467 2 года назад +10

      It would be cool if Seatle's NHL team was called The Seatle Kraken.lol..both cities miss their NBA teams

    • @cathydoane8059
      @cathydoane8059 2 года назад +5

      we do now the Seattle Kraken

    • @Student0Toucher
      @Student0Toucher 2 года назад

      No Canada is our enemy

  • @stephaniebeaton3939
    @stephaniebeaton3939 4 года назад +226

    In Vancouver most of the waterfront is public park. In Seattle, most of the waterfront is private. You can walk around False Creek in Vancouver, quite a large distance. But you cannot walk around the perimeter of Lake Union in Seattle. The demolition of the Alaska Way Viaduct will help. But there will still be a large road along the waterfront to replace it in Seattle right next to the pedestrians which is not the case in Vancouver. A public waterfront is one of the features that makes walking in Vancouver more pleasant than walking in Seattle. I have lived years in both places.

    • @harry12
      @harry12 4 года назад +2

      i mean the lake union park, gas works and the park near sand point i forgot the name are not bad, but yeah there are more waterfront public space in Vancouver bc

    • @dwightstjohn6927
      @dwightstjohn6927 4 года назад +17

      Most architects and city planners in Canada are actually from Europe, where land use is at a premium everywhere, so you have to PLAN plan plan. American got sloppy, and even with the (obvious) example north didn't get it for decades. NOW Seattle, San Diego, are going high rise condo, land use, access to waterfront, but they're half a century behind. Arthur Erickson and the Bosa Bros., both based in Van. along with Jack Poole had to go south to show "how it's done".

    • @joseaguilera9533
      @joseaguilera9533 4 года назад +2

      Wow I didn't know beaches could be private? I've literally never heard of that.

    • @moseswalker9719
      @moseswalker9719 3 года назад +2

      @@joseaguilera9533 its no beach. Lake union like she said is a Lake not a waterfront. Even our downtown waterfront overlooks the puget sound and is not very walkable. You can go to the other side of Seattle, west Seattle and its extremely walkable. Plus there are beaches in West Seattle. I cannot accurately compare it to Vancouver but it looks like Stanley park but farther away and much much bigger. (from what Ive seen in the video)

    • @Jacks.Outback
      @Jacks.Outback 2 года назад +1

      I don’t think your going to the right places in Seattle but yeah Vancouver has more

  • @benellison5668
    @benellison5668 4 года назад +67

    I was born in Vancouver but live in Seattle. The cities are substantially similar except there is far more business in Seattle (10 fortune 500 companies are headquartered there) than in Vancouver (zero). Also there is more a focus in Seattle on the water (people regularly have boats) whereas Vancouverites usually look to the mountains (Whistler)

    • @sallybrite1530
      @sallybrite1530 10 месяцев назад

      Exactly. Vancouver is a resort, not a real city. There's the obscenely rich; the ones serving them, who can barely afford rent with roommates (or live in a van); and there's the homeless addicts who are offered free drugs by the government, instead of help. Seattle on the other hand has some serious industry and more well-paid jobs.

    • @ianstuart5660
      @ianstuart5660 10 месяцев назад +3

      @sallybrite1530 Are you sure about that Son?

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      No. You still live in Vancouver.

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      Edit your comment to say “But live in Vancover” and not “Seattle”.

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      You can’t be in the US due to you being waaaaaaaay too p00r.

  • @chrisogrady28
    @chrisogrady28 3 года назад +82

    Vancouver is my absolute dream place to move to from the UK. IMO its the most beautiful part of the world

    • @stevecarson4162
      @stevecarson4162 3 года назад +14

      I moved here myself from the Canadian prairies, many years ago, and I've never regretted it. I'd never live anywhere else. English Bay, the mountains, Stanley Park, cultures and cuisine from all over the world.... It's an expensive city, especially real estate -- but if you've ever walked down Beach Avenue on a sunny July afternoon, you know what heaven looks like.

    • @chrisogrady28
      @chrisogrady28 3 года назад +10

      @@steves3460 I hate hot weather, don't mind the rain, and love forests and mountains. So to me SoCal is just a desert

    • @awsomemodels
      @awsomemodels 3 года назад +7

      @@steves3460 Actually san diego isn't hot ! It's has mild weather all year around , kinda like Vancouver but obviously warmer and a lot less rain .

    • @fuhrfhrei3441
      @fuhrfhrei3441 2 года назад

      @@steves3460 lol San Diego is 60s in the winter and 70s in the summer. (For the most part) I live there. I am in Seattle for the next month though

    • @zaspalia
      @zaspalia 2 года назад

      @@fuhrfhrei3441 San Diego is so nice. Especially Coronado Beach. I get why people like the Pacific Northwest but it’s way too gloomy, wet, and cold most of the year for my liking.

  • @RoboJules
    @RoboJules 4 года назад +136

    Vancouver has much better urban planning than Seattle, making for a much more lively city. Seattle's not bad, but you drain so much life from a city when you build a 10-lane highway in the middle of it.

    • @AmbientMorality
      @AmbientMorality 4 года назад +28

      Like most American cities, unfortunately

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 4 года назад +5

      Yeah... but try and get to downtown Vancouver, and then leave.
      I mean.. I guess it works for me. The traffic is so horrible that I take the Sky Train from the airport to downtown when I fly and usually park at a park and ride in Surrey if I have my own car and need to go downtown. But man it is ever inconvenient if you have to go off the Sky Train or Sea Bus. You can’t easily bus it to Stanley Park, or Granville Island, or Kitsilano, or to take a ferry.
      Had to take a cab from Langley to YVR. Haven’t been that way in a decade. Take the #1 west (which was chockablock) to the new Port Mann Bridge... but get off onto this new section of Hwy 17 to go to the Alex Fraser Bridge. Cool.. neat.. because the HWY 91 east west connector is always the fastest way to get from east to west in Richmond as long as you can get to Richmond. But from 17 you need to go through two traffic lights rather than interchanges to get to the 91. It was gridlock. Each light change would get one or two cars through. You had one fricken job!!
      2.5 hours. I literally could have driven 30 more minutes and made it to Sea Tac!!

    • @j2174
      @j2174 4 года назад +8

      Most Canadian cities are more liveable than most US cities. The States destroyed their cities when they put their 'freeways' through them.

    • @mostbestjia627
      @mostbestjia627 3 года назад

      There's a Lid I-5 initiative going on right now in Seattle, I think thats a brilliant idea!

    • @tameramorrison8966
      @tameramorrison8966 3 года назад +8

      Seattle is surrounded by water. The other side of the lake is where the rich people live. There is simply no place else for the roads to go.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 года назад +563

    Here’s two cities, Pyongyang and Minsk

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +113

      Username still checks out.

    • @bikr2381
      @bikr2381 4 года назад +26

      How about Vladivostok instead of Minsk?

    • @Sam-bd8gs
      @Sam-bd8gs 4 года назад +24

      Why not pyongyang and ashgabat

    • @TheLiamster
      @TheLiamster 4 года назад +10

      Minsk is better than Pyongyang

    • @CallieMasters5000
      @CallieMasters5000 4 года назад +7

      A.k.a. Bad and Worse

  • @mahonie3002
    @mahonie3002 Год назад +40

    Hi From Scotland I lived in Vancouver for 2.5 years and loved it!!! I visited Seattle several times and enjoyed it. At first glance I found the 2 cities very similar, but later started to notice the differences. Vancouver is much more like European cites, I noticed in Vancouver that people lived, worked and played in their city, the city centre was very busy in the evenings and weekend, like European cities. When I visited Seattle we tended to stay in hotels in the centre, but realised the city centre basically shut down in the evenings and weekends, and we had to get buses to other areas of the city to visit pubs, cafes, entertainment etc, which I found sad as there was some great places in the city centre we wanted to go to in the evenings but they were closed. This may have changed since 20 years ago, although I also lived in St Louis for 18 months and it was basically the same there, deserted city centre in the evenings and weekends, so seems to be a feature of big US cites. ...I don't know. I also found the food/ restaurants were much better, more varied and cheaper in Vancouver. Loved both cites, but if I had to choose, where to live again, i would pick Vancouver every time.

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      Nah. You didn’t go to Seattle. You never went to America even.

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      You couldn’t go to America due to you being too p00r.

    • @mahonie3002
      @mahonie3002 4 месяца назад +1

      whatever

  • @Sp00kq
    @Sp00kq 2 года назад +48

    As someone that lives near Seattle, I can say that the last few years (since 2018 maybe?) we've had unreasonable amounts of snow. Like, I know people that got very close to a foot of snow in a day and a half. And that's been the case every time we get snow for the last 3 or 4 years. One year the snow stayed on the ground for a whole ass month.

    • @TheAidanodian
      @TheAidanodian 2 года назад +1

      Also live in Seattle but am from Spokane. Reading this I wanna say “suck it up, buttercup” so bad, but yeah I feel ya there. The roads here get horrible when the snow sticks and it sucks.

    • @BMXICANx462
      @BMXICANx462 2 года назад +1

      Working for a tow truck company that has locations in both Spokane and Seattle: Spokane gets more snow for sure, but when Seattle snows, all hell breaks loose!

    • @Sp00kq
      @Sp00kq 2 года назад +1

      @@BMXICANx462 yuuup. Even if there's just a freeze, all hell breaks loose. We had a really cold week back in February, and it got down to close to 15 Fahrenheit in the morning. Just sirens constant for an hour from first responders going to accidents. Even the road by my house was just COVERED in black ice

    • @BMXICANx462
      @BMXICANx462 2 года назад +1

      @@Sp00kq I think remember that week!

    • @professorcube5104
      @professorcube5104 Год назад

      @@BMXICANx462 i remember what happened in 2017, good times

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 4 года назад +260

    And both cities are NOT the capital of their province or state.

    • @jameson1239
      @jameson1239 4 года назад +2

      Vancouver should very much be the capital but all be dammed if my I have to vote for Vancouver to be changed I’m voting to keep it where it is

    • @ragellejean
      @ragellejean 4 года назад +4

      @Jameson Dymond the nearby city of New Westminster was previously B.C.’s capital prior to the switch.

    • @ems1135
      @ems1135 4 года назад +5

      @@yechanchoi8580 Toronto is the capital of Ontario, but not Canada. Edmonton is the capital of Alberta.

  • @chandlerseanspears9404
    @chandlerseanspears9404 4 года назад +372

    From what I’ve heard... it almost seems like Seattleites think Vancouver is bigger and fancier, and vancouverites seem to think Seattle is bigger and fancier 😂

    • @curtisbme
      @curtisbme 4 года назад +37

      Vancouver certainly seems bigger, not sure about fancier but that is probably just because it seems more contained whereas Seattle area is more spread out. Here you don't really hit country until after tacoma, everett, and redmond (or issaquah) so the sudden density of humans doesn't hit you as hard as when you go to Vancouver.

    • @HOTPLATEGAMING
      @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 года назад +5

      Curtis B
      North once you pass marysville. Pretty country til you hit Bellingham
      Once you get pass olympia. Thats country til you get to the other Vancouver

    • @dndna2713
      @dndna2713 4 года назад +49

      Giraffe Juice I’m from Vancouver and I think Seattle is a shit hole, lol.

    • @raviermcparaiso2291
      @raviermcparaiso2291 4 года назад +9

      Giraffe Juice| It’s not a shithole until you visit east hastings

    • @galactus192
      @galactus192 4 года назад +4

      @Giraffe Juice Then your either a liar or dillusional

  • @aaronwhite1479
    @aaronwhite1479 2 года назад +9

    I lived in Seattle for 10 years and in Vancouver for 20 years both, and there are a few more differences that strike me. First, Vancouver has done a much job of reserving ocean shorelines for everyone by creating parks all over the waterfront. Second, Vancouver feels like a bigger city when you walk around in it. Third, Seattle has far more fresh water swimming access because of Lake Washington. Fourth, Vancouver drivers seem more polite. And fifth, Seattle has a significant Black population while Vancouver has a large minority who have emigrated from India. Both are delightful cities, and I love them both.

    • @harry12
      @harry12 2 года назад

      seattle metro has tons of indians as well

  • @nhlblak58tv58
    @nhlblak58tv58 3 года назад +40

    And now, Seattle has an NHL team with the Kraken set to play next year. In the same division as the Vancouver Canucks. So that should make for an interesting rivalry for Northwest Hockey.

  • @galacticmaui2
    @galacticmaui2 4 года назад +531

    Vancouver sounds like the better place to live where Seattle sounds like a better place to visit.

    • @BaronSaturday66
      @BaronSaturday66 4 года назад +21

      Yes. And yes.

    • @fluffysharkdatazz9460
      @fluffysharkdatazz9460 4 года назад +53

      Couldn’t agree more. Basically I have lived Seattle and loved it. However, 5 years and $10,000 in medical debt later (with good insurance) and they still won’t send me to a specialist without 2 more tests that I don’t have but it’s required..so I gave up cuz I can’t afford it. No point in falling in love if you just fall apart.
      My friend with the same condition who married in Canada and moved to Vancouver misses the architecture and hills, but is much healthier and actually sends me some of their meds so I can feel better some days too. Wow kinda dark now that I look at the words.. no you definitely right.

    • @Ondulado.
      @Ondulado. 4 года назад +56

      Quite the opposite you would make more money working in tech or minimum wage in Seattle of course it's US dollar so you could visit Canada or anywhere else and the U.S. Dollar is always worth more. The minimum wage in BC will go up to $15 but that's only about $12.50 U.S. Pretty much everything is more expensive in Vancouver even with the dollar. Websites like Numbeo don't always give the full picture for cost of living u have to do your own research.

    • @edata5898
      @edata5898 4 года назад +32

      Vancouver doesn't really have that many large companies compared to Seattle, so it is harder to find good paying jobs. Vancouver has better architecture and scenery than Seattle does, so it would be a better place to visit. Additionally housing in downtown Vancouver is more expensive and it is harder to get around if you live outside the city itself or Richmond.

    • @halfvolley11
      @halfvolley11 4 года назад +56

      It is the opposite. Seattle offers better job opportunities and cheaper homes to buy or rent. Vancouver is more modern and sexy.
      Seattle has WAAAAY more job opportunities. Canadian economy SUCKS --- coming from a Canadian.

  • @f0nk3m0n
    @f0nk3m0n 4 года назад +143

    The most ambitious crossover in history

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +8

      and geography! hee hee

  • @spencermatthews5942
    @spencermatthews5942 Год назад +11

    Best thing Vancouver city ever did was to not build ugly, noisy, barrier, gridlock freeways!
    Also, Vancouver hosted the 1986 world exposition, and has one of North America's largest Chinatowns, which is also a huge tourist draw along with Lonsdale Quay/Shipyards, False Creek, Commercial Drive Yaletown, and Queen Elizabeth Park to name just a few.

    • @eriklakeland3857
      @eriklakeland3857 10 месяцев назад +1

      Also the SkyTrain in Vancouver is one the of the best transit experiences in the US and Canada. It is so much better than Seattle’s Link light rail. Seattle should’ve modeled their transit after the SkyTrain.

    • @hybbfr727
      @hybbfr727 Месяц назад

      @@eriklakeland3857 unfortunately translink (the company that manages skytrain and other transit in vancouver) is currently underfunded so we don't have as much skytrain as we should

  • @thirtienyne3581
    @thirtienyne3581 3 года назад +178

    Seattle has a ridiculous amount of homeless people here too. There are multiple ‘tent cities’ here

    • @MrLennybach
      @MrLennybach 3 года назад +27

      Hey So does Vancouver Rock City. lol it’s my city I was born there. I enjoyed both cities. I got trashed at a punk show hosted by Duff Mckagan & Krist Novoselic.

    • @sitdowndogbreath
      @sitdowndogbreath 3 года назад +5

      So does Miami

    • @za6765
      @za6765 3 года назад +36

      Every city does.

    • @sitdowndogbreath
      @sitdowndogbreath 3 года назад +7

      @@za6765 yeah but on the West Coast it seems beyond normal

    • @atttalvarez
      @atttalvarez 3 года назад +44

      Seattle was the first city I visited in the States, and I was flabbergasted. It seemed to be a dream. It reminded me a little bit of Europe. Some neighbourhoods reminded me of London, actually. But then I started seeing dozens and dozens homeless people and beggars. They were everywhere. That was as if someone had thrown a cold glass of water on my face. The USA spends millions in building up an image of a superpower modern democracy, but the truth is that there’s a high percentage of their people living in extreme poverty.

  • @HOTPLATEGAMING
    @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 года назад +131

    Funny thing is I’m from Vancouver and watching this in Seattle.

    • @HOTPLATEGAMING
      @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 года назад +12

      Ken Lompart
      for the vibes and scene definitely Seattle
      food definitely Vancouver

    • @enagyatesik5112
      @enagyatesik5112 4 года назад

      Ahah. Beautiful city in the north west.👍

  • @henrykerr9386
    @henrykerr9386 4 года назад +698

    Edmonton and Calgary would be interesting

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +63

      I've been to Edmonton, but not Calgary yet. I do get that suggestion a lot.

    • @da_ostrichyeet7999
      @da_ostrichyeet7999 4 года назад +29

      Mr. Beat ohhh yes please please please do Edmonton and Calgary

    • @milohrnic2023
      @milohrnic2023 4 года назад +6

      @@iammrbeat Calgary is a super easy flight from Seatac

    • @grahamrothphotography
      @grahamrothphotography 4 года назад +6

      YES!

    • @UFCMania155
      @UFCMania155 4 года назад +13

      Edmonton is literally 100 times better. I lived in Edmonton for 6 years and lived in calgary for 12...and still do. There's nothing to do in this shithole city

  • @extremelucky1
    @extremelucky1 Год назад +1

    Love these comparisons. This is what was missing on RUclips. And you filled the void!

  • @micahmullen4976
    @micahmullen4976 3 года назад +19

    Hey, that’s me in the kayak at :54! What a fun surprise.

    • @minibagels
      @minibagels 2 года назад

      Then I don’t know if you’ll understand what I’m talking about, but the boat port right near the kayak shot is actually in Kirkland, not Seattle! It doesn’t make much difference, but I just wanted to point it out.

    • @micahmullen4976
      @micahmullen4976 2 года назад +1

      @@minibagels yes! Off Carillon Point!

  • @picscarl
    @picscarl 4 года назад +225

    I have lived in Vancouver for one month. Man did I go broke. I am living in Ottawa. It is not so exciting but lots more reasonable to live in. Yes Vancouver and Seattle are beautiful cites. British Columbia is called BC for a reason = Bring Cash and lots of it when you go there.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +18

      lol I've heard that, too. Bring Cash

    • @davidbarts6144
      @davidbarts6144 4 года назад +21

      Except there's more to BC than just Vancouver, and once you get away from the Vancouver metro area, the rural parts of BC tend to have inexpensive housing. (Cost of land is the biggest variable in housing cost, and there's a _lot_ of land to go around in rural BC.)

    • @sindraxo9249
      @sindraxo9249 4 года назад +3

      I live in Vancouver but I never carry cash lmao

    • @momomai7761
      @momomai7761 4 года назад +4

      There are more places in bc than just vancouver

    • @saxopio6280
      @saxopio6280 4 года назад +2

      Vancouver is only expensive for the cheap.

  • @ShaneHummus
    @ShaneHummus 4 года назад +229

    Live in Bellingham so I'm smack dab in the middle and I've spent a lot of time in both places. My opinion on both:
    Seattle: An amazing tourist town, awesome place to visit. The Space Needle, pikes place, Amazon building etc etc. One of the best tourist towns but it does get old after awhile and you do sort of run out of things to do. Great place to live if you're in software development as pay is almost as good as silicon valley but not nearly as expensive.
    Vancouver: Not as good of a tourist city but grows on you over time. Like the person that's sort of boring at first but has a lot of depth. You will never run out of things to do. People are extremely friendly and also have that laid back west coast vibe going on.
    Overall I love both cities but Vancouver wins for me :)

    • @sarapatrick2143
      @sarapatrick2143 4 года назад +13

      But we all know bellingham is the best (especially Fairhaven)

    • @rosssmith8481
      @rosssmith8481 4 года назад +6

      Love Bellingham. Vancouver used to be a laid back city back in the 80's. But since we felt the need to double the population, not so anymore. We must make sure all this scary overpopulation going on everywhere in the world, should be referred to as economic growth. That way no one notices.

    • @fifermcgee5971
      @fifermcgee5971 4 года назад

      Another plus for Vancouver, BC, the American dollar goes further.

    • @sarapatrick2143
      @sarapatrick2143 4 года назад +2

      @@fifermcgee5971 not really. Living right by the border its way cheaper to cross and shop in the states even with exchange canada is expensive and they have way more taxes

    • @xtho7999
      @xtho7999 4 года назад +10

      Disagree that Vancouver is not as good as a tourist city. It's one of the best.. downtown, 1hr + from Whistler, Ocean, hiking etc. The whole place is tourism!

  • @elwin38
    @elwin38 3 года назад +8

    I love Vancouver!! When i was in the Navy, my ship visited there in AUG 1987. We visited Seattle in AUG 1988.

  • @riainangaeilgeoir4595
    @riainangaeilgeoir4595 3 года назад +3

    I don’t know why but I started to laugh when Mr Beat said “folks immediately started sticking their chewing gum on the wall again.” I guess it was the way he said it! Also at the very end where he said "it feels like you're in a whole other country, because you are." I love these kind of videos with the comedic undertone. It makes the video fun to watch.
    Keep up the great videos!

    • @letsknow3753
      @letsknow3753 2 года назад

      But it was funny that how people still after the wall is cleaned want to make it dirty

  • @travix9580
    @travix9580 4 года назад +29

    Born and raised in NC but I take 1 annual trip to Seattle. The clouds and rain, the mountains, the water, it just feels like home. Sending love to the PNW.

  • @eeeecccc
    @eeeecccc 4 года назад +283

    Easier to walk around in Vancouver as Seattle is hilly.

    • @guinessbeer
      @guinessbeer 4 года назад +27

      Ed Childs yep not many fat people in Seattle

    • @drumdude123
      @drumdude123 4 года назад +14

      And it’s not chopped in half by a major freeway

    • @420JackG
      @420JackG 4 года назад +14

      The traffic in Vancouver is a lot better than Seattle. Our transportation is like 50 years behind down here.

    • @craigkowald3055
      @craigkowald3055 4 года назад +8

      If you get tired of walking around Seattle, you can always lean against it.

    • @bobbiusshadow6985
      @bobbiusshadow6985 4 года назад +2

      Newest Top 10 worsts in North America (Business Insider):
      10-Ottawa
      9-Toronto
      8-Houston
      7-Washington DC
      6-San Francisco
      5-Tampa
      4-Seattle
      3-Miami
      2-Vancouver
      1-Los Angeles

  • @carlosfurukawa6133
    @carlosfurukawa6133 4 года назад +6

    My heart beats faster when arriving in Vancouver.. seeing those logs down the river while arriving in the airplane makes my heart sing!

  • @coledevlin3984
    @coledevlin3984 3 года назад +121

    Love the video, but it’s pronounced “Gr-ao-se” mountain. With the same sound you would say if you stubbed your toe: “OW!!”. Named after a very stupid bird that is hunted very easily.

    • @dougdavis8986
      @dougdavis8986 3 года назад +2

      Is your nickname 'grouse'?

    • @Larch_Lane_Puppies
      @Larch_Lane_Puppies 3 года назад +3

      Groose 😃

    • @Inbal_Feuchtwanger
      @Inbal_Feuchtwanger 3 года назад +2

      When I was a teenager we used to drive around the woods in a truck looking for grouse, jump out, then shoot them. It was really that easy. There was a spot on the trial we called "killer grouse corner" where one would fly up to the truck and try to attack us through the window. It was the craziest thing, Im guessing it was a mother or something. We left that one alone.

    • @jugaloking69dope58
      @jugaloking69dope58 2 года назад

      ya you got to think aboot it as plural not a single bird, like goose and geese

    • @ShadowIscat
      @ShadowIscat 2 года назад

      finally

  • @PeruvianPotato
    @PeruvianPotato 4 года назад +260

    JJ in a Mr. Beat video? We live in a awesome timeline

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +24

      It's weird that we didn't collaborate sooner!

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough 4 года назад +16

      @@iammrbeat I agree!

    • @carljohnson7168
      @carljohnson7168 4 года назад +1

      I thought I wouldn't live to see the day

    • @Ricky911_
      @Ricky911_ 3 года назад

      2019: We live in an awesome timeline
      2020: I'm bout to do what's called a pro gamer move

  • @marsgal42
    @marsgal42 4 года назад +231

    As a Vancouver native who is (unsurprisingly...) familiar with Seattle, the biggest difference I always feel is that Seattle is an integral part of the U.S.A., while Vancouver is its own little bubble largely alienated from the rest of Canada.
    Seattle is a lot hotter in the summer.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +11

      Thanks for sharing that :D

    • @liamtahaney713
      @liamtahaney713 4 года назад +41

      Interesting to hear that perspective, as an American from the north east who has been to Seattle, I feel totally differently... Seattle always feels like a strange alternate universe version of America. It's in my experience a very separate place....crazy to think Vancouver is even more separate from her home country!

    • @yodorob
      @yodorob 4 года назад +35

      From having been to both places (and living in Montreal, spending quite a bit of time in the US Northeast and Ohio, and having been to much of Canada), I could indeed attest that Vancouver is utterly different from the rest of Canada and is in its own little corner along with Victoria and Vancouver Island. And yes, Seattle does feel quite a bit different from the eastern US - even the vernacular residential architecture in the Pacific Northwest is different from the Northeast and Midwest.

    • @funkymonk816
      @funkymonk816 4 года назад +9

      @@liamtahaney713 I grew up in the Midwest and now live in Portland but visit Seattle and Vancouver frequently. Definitely agree that Seattle feels very different from the east coast, but it feels fairly similar to the rest of the west coast (I also lived in LA and have family in SF). I haven't been elsewhere in Canada, so hard for me to say if it feels different form the rest of the country

    • @jnyerere
      @jnyerere 4 года назад +32

      @@liamtahaney713 To be fair, the entire Western seaboard feels different from the East Coast. Completely different culture generally speaking.

  • @Traveleryvr
    @Traveleryvr 4 года назад +74

    It’s pronounced “Grouse” like the bird.

    • @jimervin387
      @jimervin387 3 года назад +1

      Right. I noticed that too.

    • @TiagoCotrim
      @TiagoCotrim 3 года назад

      I was looking for this comment ^^

  • @Robert_St-Preux
    @Robert_St-Preux 4 года назад +1

    Strangely, the admission at 5:31 during the advertisement was the most informative part of the video for me. As an avid (or rather, passionate) reader of classics, memoirs, letters, historic literature, etc, I have wondered oftentimes how many teachers have actually _read_ the texts they teach, or do they simply read extracts in textbooks that they in turn teach out of textbooks? And if so, how long has that been going on? (The first time this thought occurred to me was in reading _War and Peace_ , and being surprised how much of it, especially in the first couple hundred pages or so, was satirical, and often exhibiting a tongue-in-cheek humour. Reflecting how I had _never_ heard of that aspect of the novel, I began to wonder how many "experts" had actually _read_ the thing!)

  • @ragellejean
    @ragellejean 4 года назад +850

    I call Seattle “American Vancouver”.

    • @lawrencedelacruz6901
      @lawrencedelacruz6901 4 года назад +190

      ArcticoFolf So weird cause I call Vancouver “Canadian Seattle”

    • @Monique_Art_
      @Monique_Art_ 4 года назад +60

      There's literally an place in the u.s. called "VANCOUVER WASHINGTON"

    • @ragellejean
      @ragellejean 4 года назад +8

      @lilCipher doritos “Wow! I never knew another city was named after the same person!”
      *You don’t say.*

    • @halfvolley11
      @halfvolley11 4 года назад +8

      I call Vancouver Canada's Auckland -- If anyone has been to New Zealand.

    • @fifermcgee5971
      @fifermcgee5971 4 года назад +20

      Vancouver BC is more beautiful and much cleaner.

  • @GYTransit
    @GYTransit 4 года назад +44

    Awesome video! As a Vancouverite and also a follower of this channel for about a year now, it makes me happy to see you cover my home city. There’s a few things about Vancouver you could’ve touched on a bit more detail on though - we’ve also hosted Expo 86 which showcased the site of the worlds first driverless metro system in what is now the SkyTrain (part of our public transit, although it’s pretty outdated compared to other systems). The Waterfront area (Canada Place, Convention Centre) is also a great place to visit for tourists. Also, Grouse is pronounced with an “ow” sound... but other than that, very happy to see this.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +4

      Thanks for the comment and for following my channel! Everyone I have ever met from Vancouver was ridiculously nice. :)

    • @slam5
      @slam5 4 года назад +2

      @@iammrbeat we are the city where bus rider say "thank you" to the bus driver when we get off the bus. I tried that in San Fran and people thought I was from another planet.

    • @philmacgregor1374
      @philmacgregor1374 4 года назад

      In Vancouver we don't we don't hook our horn in traffic as it's considered extremely rude and is only used in emergency The only people who do are considered a,,h,,e s or tourists , Traffic flows with a Zen order ,,,,odd but true !

  • @wongfamily4584
    @wongfamily4584 3 года назад +10

    FYI: when describing Vancouver as having the Straight of Georgia to the west, the video actually shows Burrard Inlet which separates Vancouver from North Vancouver. This is easily confirmed by the Seabus crossing in the clip.

    • @vivocanada
      @vivocanada 2 года назад +1

      Did he actually write Straight, not Strait? Too funny!

  • @shruteeraikwad7630
    @shruteeraikwad7630 Год назад

    Thanks for your fantastic video and superbly presented comparison between the two cities. It was really interesting to watch this video.

  • @wimbletone
    @wimbletone 4 года назад +64

    Correction, cold, dark and rainy is my favourite winter weather so definitely recommend these months if that's your kinda thing.

    • @somethung8188
      @somethung8188 3 года назад +3

      haha love that weather!!! but only when im home rather than travelling.

    • @scottygg8550
      @scottygg8550 3 года назад

      thats why i live here

    • @Marco-jm1mo
      @Marco-jm1mo 3 года назад

      You wouldn't like that weather where a warm place with well air conditioner is not available , or if you are homeless , I like cold too but not in my place with no air conditioner because it's too expensive and not common in my country , it don't get very cold and it's just 2 to 3 month per year cold
      So I have to wear socks , double blankets , wash my hands with warm watter wear a lot of clothes even inside the house

    • @wimbletone
      @wimbletone 3 года назад +2

      @@Marco-jm1mo Of course! When heating is not available, definitely not recommended. The comment was written with the idea that heating is available or means of being able to get warm were available.

    • @Marco-jm1mo
      @Marco-jm1mo 3 года назад

      @@wimbletone I know , but I said that because I have that idea of people in Canada in general or Seatle or any Northern American city or any cold place in the world are just used to cold weatger , even I see girls wearing skirts under the rain , so I have tgat idea of peopls are just use ti cild unlike me , so automatically it's easy for them even without air conditioners to live in cold or just stay outside and chilling with out shaking in their boots ... while my country that has sun almost the whole year , it's just now , from the middle of November probablly till the middle of Juanary , the cold will be gone , but I like cold and I want to live in it most if the time , I adore rain , I like cold dark streets and cozy warm nights but I'm affraid I won't like it anymore and can't get use to it and forced to live with it in a long period of time if I ever travel or move to Canada or scandinavia or the US because I'm going to one of these in the next 4 to 5 years , but I fear from cold because while I'm typing this comment my naked hands are freezing
      I know that in the US I can move to another warmer state , it's easy , but I don't thnik so it's the same thing in Sweeden where my gf is or Canada of I ever move to it because of work

  • @johnparks3447
    @johnparks3447 4 года назад +89

    Vancouver also has an NHL and CFL team while Seattle doesn't. But Seattle has a MLB and NFL team and Vancouver doesn't. But both cities have MLS teams.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +5

      I thought about mentioning this. :)

    • @waifubreaks1572
      @waifubreaks1572 4 года назад +19

      Seattle will get an NHL team.

    • @Tarv1
      @Tarv1 4 года назад

      @@waifubreaks1572 yep they start in the '21-22 season

    • @nochatter7134
      @nochatter7134 4 года назад +4

      John Parks NBA teams Seattle SuperSonics & Vancouver Grizzlies...they both couldn’t keep their NBA teams. At least they both have something to talk about at the dinner table lolz

    • @robroux6074
      @robroux6074 4 года назад +2

      MLS is all that matters in the Pacific Northwest...hope NHL can get big in both.

  • @shoppinmadnesz22
    @shoppinmadnesz22 3 года назад +22

    I've visited Seattle for a week. decided to hop over to Vancouver to see what it's like for 2 days. I'd say Vancouver's a little better but then I got my rented-car towed over some stupid parking violation, so I'm gonna say Seattle's better out of spite. (they're both still pretty similar though). plus Seattle has the Starbucks Reserve - which was one of my favorite things when visiting

    • @landonbarretto4933
      @landonbarretto4933 10 месяцев назад

      Vancouver is not "a little better." It's substantially better.

  • @ultimateluis4673
    @ultimateluis4673 3 года назад +9

    Cold dark and rainy? Idk if it’s just me but I kind of like that weather😅

  • @squamishfish
    @squamishfish 4 года назад +43

    1 great thing both seattle and vancouver can both be proud of is Jimmy Hendrix, though he was born in Seattle his father and his father's family is from vancouverbc, Jimmy spent lots of time when he was young with his grandparents in Vancouver

    • @richardj9016
      @richardj9016 2 года назад +5

      London can be proud of its links to Jimmy too.

  • @SagaciousSilence
    @SagaciousSilence 4 года назад +53

    Love Seattle. One of the greatest cities in the US. Educated, urban, most beautiful landscape in the country, tons of high paying jobs, we have some of the most important companies in the world... the list goes on and on. It’s just awesome.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +19

      Which is why it's so freaking expensive, unfortunately.

    • @SagaciousSilence
      @SagaciousSilence 4 года назад +1

      Mr. Beat True, although incomes are really high here. 90K/year is considered fairly middle-low salary.

    • @salishseas
      @salishseas 4 года назад +4

      You need to make $150k a year to really enjoy all Seattle has to offer.

    • @AmbientMorality
      @AmbientMorality 4 года назад +8

      @@salishseas Depends what you mean by "enjoy all Seattle has to offer", but in general you can live comfortably with half that.

    •  4 года назад +1

      @@iammrbeat So much water equals not much land, so high prices for building lots, alas.

  • @bonghunezhou5051
    @bonghunezhou5051 3 года назад +8

    Some day, not too far into the future, I would really like to have Mr. Beat compare Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, AND Vancouver. None of these aforementioned cities are so large, a la Mexico City or Shanghai, that doing this particular (4-way) matchup would be all that outlandish.

  • @skeliskull
    @skeliskull 2 года назад +5

    As a Canadian, we never refer to BC as the PNW. Probably because it's south of most of our cities and everywhere is north up here lol. It wasn't until I moved down to the states that I ever heard the term. Also it's cute that people think Seattle/Vancouver is cold during the winter

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      You didn’t move to the US. You’re still in Canada.

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      Edit your comment to say “Provinces” and NOT “States”.

    • @anonymoususer8895
      @anonymoususer8895 4 месяца назад

      You can’t move to the US due to being waaaaaaaay too p00r.

    • @skeliskull
      @skeliskull 4 месяца назад

      @@anonymoususer8895 Bro are you schizo or what

  • @brycejohnson644
    @brycejohnson644 4 года назад +558

    Another thing we have in common: both better than Portland

    • @trapulizer
      @trapulizer 4 года назад +7

      Bryce Johnson yep

    • @hiendral9533
      @hiendral9533 4 года назад +1

      Why

    • @Monique_Art_
      @Monique_Art_ 4 года назад

      I mean you have good point

    • @tadsklallamn8v
      @tadsklallamn8v 4 года назад +36

      *laughs in my $900/mo 1br rent controlled apartment in downtown Portland. * HAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @esotericterrorism3308
      @esotericterrorism3308 4 года назад +17

      Portland is an insufferable landfill.

  • @aaraujo306
    @aaraujo306 4 года назад +59

    What Vancouver citizen goes all the way down to Seattle for stores like costco or target? I can tell you for certain most stop in my hometown, Bellingham, for that? Any Canadian from the Vancouver area who crosses the border knows about Bellingham.

    • @parissinclair6513
      @parissinclair6513 4 года назад +2

      Yes! I live in Seattle and had a friend that lived in Bellingham, and we weren't aware of this fact. We went to Costco just to pick up a couple things and it was PACKED with people who had carts that were PACKED with pretty much everything! We were like um........

    • @emcanspell
      @emcanspell 4 года назад +4

      just go to Burnaby for Costco lmao

    • @shawna620
      @shawna620 4 года назад +1

      And Trader Joe's & Best Buy in Bellingham--

    • @jaquigreenlees
      @jaquigreenlees 4 года назад +3

      Best Buy, 3 blocks from me in Vancouver. ( BC not Wa )
      Costco, right beside BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
      The differences shrink between Canada and the US constantly. It is pretty obvious that the only ones that seem destined to remain are the Universal Health Care and Federal Government systems.

    • @cinnamongirl43
      @cinnamongirl43 4 года назад +1

      yup been there done that

  • @Dadventures1190
    @Dadventures1190 3 года назад

    I appreciate that a 13 minute comparison video will never adequately describe a region.
    As one who lives on ceded Coast Salish lands just about smack dab in the middle between Vancouver and Seattle, it is intriguing to hear you pan the 'dark, wet winters' here. At the same time you perpetuate the stereotype that this is an undesirable region in which to live, 'I wouldn't recommend visiting both cities during that time' (November through January) you highlight that both cities are growing faster than, have cleaner air, and are more 'environmentally friendly' than other cities. Something in there doesn't compute.
    Yes the PNW (Pacific North Wet?) is a varied and complex geographic region with a challenging history with regards to indigenous people and the environment. It is also a wonderful place to live, work, and recreate. Many of us who choose to live here embrace those aspects of the climate and geography that make this region unique. We interact with the environment as it presents itself to us, and adapt to the weather, hours and seasons of light and dark, terrain... and thrive!

  • @Englishsubthai
    @Englishsubthai 3 года назад +1

    Very helpful tips with good details 😊👍.
    I used to study at Lynnwood 20 minutes away north of Seattle area. It was nice 😍😍

  • @ericveneto1593
    @ericveneto1593 4 года назад +96

    You should compare Minneapolis to Winnipeg. The Midwest version of this comparison.

    • @masonw6205
      @masonw6205 4 года назад +3

      Yeah I live in Fargo ND right between these cities and would love to see this

    • @zochbuppet448
      @zochbuppet448 4 года назад +17

      At one time they probably would of been more similar, but Minneapolis is huge now and continues to grow in population and attracts alot of people, but no one in Canada wants to move to WINTERPEG, because its so damn cold...colder than the Minneapolis area

    • @j2174
      @j2174 4 года назад +1

      @@zochbuppet448 Don't think it has to do with it being cold so much as it has to be with it just not being an interesting city in modern times. At one point it was an important city in so many ways, but now what is there? It also has one of the higher crime rates of any large Canadian city, no? Most people would choose to live in Edmonton over Winnipeg, both cold.

    • @zochbuppet448
      @zochbuppet448 4 года назад

      @@j2174 I was joking about the winter, obviously its more than that.
      Obviously its more isolated but the provincial governments are terrible at economics and managing small and medium sized cities. All they know to do is throw more money at what already works, large cities like Toronto

    • @Ricky911_
      @Ricky911_ 3 года назад

      @@zochbuppet448 actually, I don't think that's why no one moves there. Winnipeg is practically the worst city in Canada lol.
      Edit: I just read your last comment. I definitely agree although apparently they also have some massive issues with the natives so that's also a big factor

  • @fabiocariocadagemaxx
    @fabiocariocadagemaxx 4 года назад +108

    EL PASO🇺🇸 and CIUDAD JUAREZ 🇲🇽
    Very interesting your channel, greetings from Sao Paulo 🇧🇷

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +15

      Great suggestion! Did you happen to catch my Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro video?

    • @fabiocariocadagemaxx
      @fabiocariocadagemaxx 4 года назад +4

      @@iammrbeat yes really nice job your video of Rio and sp

    • @schris3
      @schris3 4 года назад

      I am from Ciudad Juárez. Both cities are very different, especially in size, but at the same time they are very interconnected culturally and commercially speaking.

    • @leesantos9711
      @leesantos9711 4 года назад +1

      El Paso is the opposite of Ciudad Juarez !

    • @valimback5109
      @valimback5109 4 года назад

      Detroit and windsor plz

  • @rosechan1372
    @rosechan1372 3 года назад +8

    Been to more than 40 countries and most major cities in North America, I can say Vancouver is the best city to call home to. Even on the license plate it says “ Beautiful British Columbia “

  • @ThrottleKitty
    @ThrottleKitty 4 года назад +21

    I don't often pass out easy likes, but when I do, it's for mentioning Cascadia.

  • @mierezsaturday5855
    @mierezsaturday5855 4 года назад +278

    Vancouver 300 days of "meh" weather. 65 days of weather that feels like God kissed the sky. Just stunning.
    Respectfully🇨🇦.

    • @neilmoryson
      @neilmoryson 4 года назад +26

      An insult and a compliment all wrapped up into one pretty comment. Now that's stunning

    • @jinks67
      @jinks67 4 года назад +3

      hit the nail on the head

    • @vancityplantie5752
      @vancityplantie5752 3 года назад +12

      100% true. And we all pay out the nose to enjoy those 65 days

    • @RxT7A
      @RxT7A 3 года назад +3

      Especially when it’s going to be sunny for 9 days in a row 🇨🇦🇨🇦

    • @neilmoryson
      @neilmoryson 3 года назад +3

      @Darren Gregg And who says paradise has to be tropical? But you're right, the original comment isn't a true "insult" upon further review

  • @richy85
    @richy85 4 года назад +103

    Charlotte and Atlanta would be a great comparison. Both large southern cities only about 4 hours away from each other

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +10

      I can dig that.

    • @richy85
      @richy85 4 года назад +4

      OMG MR BEAT REPLIED TO MY COMMENT!!! My life is complete 🎉🎉🎉😁

    • @travix9580
      @travix9580 4 года назад +1

      Charlotte May have more money thanks to that gold rush, but here in Raleigh we got culture.

    • @tasheemhargrove9650
      @tasheemhargrove9650 4 года назад

      @@travix9580 What do you mean by "culture"? Doesn't every city have its own culture?

    • @notsure6187
      @notsure6187 4 года назад +6

      or Atlanta Vs Miami, the capitals of the Southeast.

  • @christianbrasso8257
    @christianbrasso8257 3 года назад +6

    Both also have huge micro brew industries and coffee cultures. The Starbucks in the Waterfront station is the first in the world outside Seattle-opened in 1987.

    • @benpye6854
      @benpye6854 2 года назад

      Definitely easier when you can drive your stock up in a truck!

    • @kpaxian6044
      @kpaxian6044 2 года назад +1

      Really! I go there often before I head out to Grouse. It's a tiny Starbucks! Wow. Had no idea.

  • @michaelknapp8961
    @michaelknapp8961 3 года назад +9

    Vancouver is absolutely beautiful. Anyone who hadn’t been there, go.

  • @mattdotts
    @mattdotts 4 года назад +98

    Both cities lost their NBA teams and should get their teams back!!! Grizzlies and SuperSonics🔥

    • @ironknee1632
      @ironknee1632 4 года назад +2

      ya get tax payers to build a new arena for it too?

    • @cinnamongirl43
      @cinnamongirl43 4 года назад +4

      yess bring back our grizzlies even tho they were terrible we want a team

    • @splashnskillz37
      @splashnskillz37 3 года назад +3

      @@ironknee1632 Seattle arena already being built for the NHL, so it just needs a team

    • @ishfarahmed3684
      @ishfarahmed3684 3 года назад +3

      Sonics coming back real soon I expect due to all the rumblings I'm hearing and I hope it happens at a time when Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook can leave their respective and reunite for the team where Kevin Durant played in his rookie year and the team where Russell Westbrook was drafted to!!! Also hopefully the Grizzlies go back to Vancouver since Memphis such a boring and drab ass city tbh and Vancouver is a superior city

  • @JamesTaylor-zs2gq
    @JamesTaylor-zs2gq 4 года назад +246

    “Grouse” is pronounced like “out” or “ouch”, not “groose”.

    • @chito2294
      @chito2294 4 года назад +10

      ha ha! i think he was assuming the canadian accent. can't fault him really

    • @mlpzaq47
      @mlpzaq47 4 года назад +13

      @@chito2294 from my experience Seattle and Vancouver have basically the same accent. Except how we say vancouver.

    • @canuck81
      @canuck81 4 года назад +16

      @@chito2294 even with a Canadian accent we don't say "groose"

    • @Sqmsh_Patricia
      @Sqmsh_Patricia 4 года назад +10

      @@chito2294 THE Canadian accent? We have many and the one you're referring to is on the other side of the country.

    • @Nickelini
      @Nickelini 4 года назад +19

      @@chito2294 Well to any Canadian, he sounded ridiculous

  • @Thompame
    @Thompame 3 года назад +150

    as someone who has lived in Olympia, Bellingham, and Seattle. Literally no one calls it Cascadia except businesses as a marketing scheme.

    • @moseswalker9719
      @moseswalker9719 3 года назад +4

      facts

    • @xiphactinusaudax1045
      @xiphactinusaudax1045 3 года назад +5

      Very true

    • @jakecortez4795
      @jakecortez4795 3 года назад +3

      Not rlly. IN the MLS they call this area cascadia too theres a cup for it every year called the cascadia cup

    • @Thompame
      @Thompame 3 года назад +8

      @@jakecortez4795 Oh Sivan.. you understand that that is marketing right? That the MLS is a company marketing an event that they named?

    • @jakecortez4795
      @jakecortez4795 3 года назад +1

      @@Thompame The mls is leauge not a company lmao

  • @NikoBellic04
    @NikoBellic04 3 года назад +29

    "Carbon neutral by 2050"
    Sweden: Amateurs!

    • @GreenWhaIe
      @GreenWhaIe 3 года назад +4

      At least u don't have to freeze

    • @cbeary2000
      @cbeary2000 2 года назад +2

      Sweden is the size of California and a smaller population than the Chicago metro area.

    • @NikoBellic04
      @NikoBellic04 2 года назад +2

      @@GreenWhaIe
      It's only the winters that are colder than average.

    • @ladnerlad
      @ladnerlad 2 года назад +1

      Dumb that they think it will take that long. If (for at least vancouver) they put the money into it they could go carbon neutral in 10 years or less. Most of BC's power is already hydro.

  • @sleepingdogpro
    @sleepingdogpro 4 года назад +23

    This was great. I'm a Seattleite looking to relocate. I've been a Portland resident (and loved it) and spent time in Vancouver (and loved it). One thing not addressed here that I've noticed and would love to see discussed somewhere: the Seattle Freeze isn't replicated in Vancouver (or Portland) in my experience or, from what I can tell, most people's. I've found Seattle VERY difficult to connect with, in terms of finding friends, and that was not my experience in Portland; Vancouver seems to be as friendly as most Canadians are rumored to be. I made more friends in two weekends in Vancouver than I've made here in Seattle in five years! If there's anything I'd fix about Seattle, it's the icy professional sheen most people have here, and the expensive healthcare. I'm not alone in that, if the Seattle Times is accurate; a lot of people seem to leave here because they find it as lonely as I have. Seems like both issues will change if I head up north a bit, but I'd love to see someone address it directly.

    • @leeswecho
      @leeswecho 3 года назад +5

      Have been in Seattle about the same amount of time as you (at least you from 8 months ago...). At this point my conclusion has been that its the stress and time suck of working at places like Amazon and Microsoft on people's mental health. These places deliver a lot of good things to the world, but it comes at a price. For a lot of people that "icy professional sheen" is merely all they can do, to hide the just-trying-not-to-drown that's happening underneath.

  • @Norfirio
    @Norfirio 4 года назад +64

    Very good video! Some small corrections:
    Washington state minimum wage is $12, but in Seattle city limits it's $15. Seems like you'd want to make that distinction.
    Grouse Mountain is pronounced like "mouse", not "moose"
    Maybe more emphasis on the public transport, it's waaaay better in Vancouver 😉

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +14

      Yeah I messed up that. It's really disheartening that I can't seem to make it through an entire video without making one mistake. Being a one-man show, it can be difficult to get it all 100% right. I did have three different people read over the script, but apparently all three people missed that. When I can someday afford it, one of the first jobs I will hire out to is a fact checker.

    • @mycolebrown4719
      @mycolebrown4719 4 года назад +5

      @@iammrbeat also Vancouver is $10.52 an hour American. Seattle has a much higher minimum than Vancouver.

    • @tonyalmatti7674
      @tonyalmatti7674 4 года назад

      The minimum wage for companies with 500+ employees is actually $16/hr in Seattle now, as well...

    • @HOTPLATEGAMING
      @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 года назад

      Tony Almatti
      No it’s not. Still $15

    • @roachtoasties
      @roachtoasties 4 года назад

      @@iammrbeat All three people reading your script had to be smoking something.

  • @cowsonzambonis6
    @cowsonzambonis6 Год назад

    Loved this! I live in the Seattle-area, and have been to Vancouver. Really interesting comparison! Do somewhere in New England with somewhere in Eastern Canada next!

  • @drutou
    @drutou 4 года назад +5

    have money, no need to work = Vancouver
    no money, need to work = Seatle

  • @briantlougan810
    @briantlougan810 4 года назад +15

    I've lived in both cities. Fun to watch this comparison. Both visually stunning. Both now too expensive, especially for housing. By the way, it's Grouse like house Mt, not like goose. It was recently discovered that Seattle and Western Washington are long overdue for a mega-earthquake even worse than the ones they are waiting for in California. So glad I lived there, not going back.

  • @absea7918
    @absea7918 4 года назад +17

    Great video! Well researched, and informative. As a Seattlite, I've always felt Vancouver (as well as Portland) have a lot in common. Though one of our local hobbies it to talk about how bad/good each other's (fill in the blank) is. Its more sibling squabbles - we are all connected and related as a region. Thanks!

  • @carolmiller5713
    @carolmiller5713 3 года назад

    The rainy season in Seattle is more like Jan - March. Nov still fairly dry and Dec gets wet more at end of month into Jan. According to a local Master Gardener site PNW is also considered a type of Mediterranean climate because of its mild weather.

  • @Ate.ria04
    @Ate.ria04 3 года назад +7

    Funny thing is that I live in Vancouver Washington 😂.
    Seattle Washington is much more closer to Vancouver Canada but Vancouver Washington is way closer to Portland Oregon than it is to Vancouver Canada .

  • @joncan2348
    @joncan2348 4 года назад +41

    Another similarity: Expo '62 World's Fair in Seattle and Expo '86 World's Fair in Vancouver.

    • @mayloo2137
      @mayloo2137 3 года назад

      Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics, the only other Canadian city to do so besides Calgary- yeah we got that first

  • @OrbitalAstronaut
    @OrbitalAstronaut 4 года назад +57

    I live in seattle. Thanks for talking about my city.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  4 года назад +8

      No problem. It's a wonderful place!

    • @veganhero1828
      @veganhero1828 4 года назад

      311
      Isn't going to happen.

    • @danielbenner7583
      @danielbenner7583 4 года назад +1

      Mr. Beat I live in Seattle too, I would also like to say thank you for doing this video!

    • @MikeBNumba6
      @MikeBNumba6 4 года назад +1

      My brother lives there, I try and visit once a year. I usually come in Nov and it's still good weather. Like despite it being cold, it's still sunny.

    • @saxopio6280
      @saxopio6280 4 года назад +3

      Seattle is so damn beautiful.

  • @baneymelo7468
    @baneymelo7468 3 года назад +8

    The cultures make the difference, Canadian people are amazing!

    • @oussematrabelsi9429
      @oussematrabelsi9429 3 года назад

      lmao Seattle and Vancouver's people literally act in the same way. They have the same urban snobby west cost North American culture. Americans from Seattle are more similar to Canadians from Vancouver than Americans from Dallas or Baltimore for example.

    • @ammanite
      @ammanite 3 года назад +1

      @@oussematrabelsi9429 Naaaa I'm from Seattle and I agree that people in Vancouver are friendlier and cooler.

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 2 года назад +1

      What culture does Vancouver have😂 because unlike Seattle nothing comes to mind. And your multiple comments on Canada are funny considering how most of the world think it is the off brand USA

    • @landonbarretto4933
      @landonbarretto4933 10 месяцев назад

      That is true.

  • @CyborgCMorg
    @CyborgCMorg 4 года назад +36

    J.J. “Canada doesn’t have a team in the MLB”
    Toronto Blue Jays: :(

    • @user-nf9xc7ww7m
      @user-nf9xc7ww7m 3 года назад +1

      Buffalo blue jays now, I hear 😋

    • @alfredstevens5276
      @alfredstevens5276 3 года назад +10

      When the the Blue Jays play the Mariners in Seattle the Canadian fans way outnumber the locals and sell out the usually half empty ballpark.

    • @DCampusano1
      @DCampusano1 3 года назад +3

      He specifically said Vancouver not Canada.

  • @9thCaptainMorley
    @9thCaptainMorley 4 года назад +25

    Other than butchering the pronunciation of “Grouse” mountain, loved the video !
    -Friendly neighbourhood Vancouver local

  • @dailydoseofleftpill3458
    @dailydoseofleftpill3458 3 года назад +10

    The city of Seattle reminds me of a Nickelodeon sitcom called 'iCarly'.

  • @MarkAnthonyHenderson
    @MarkAnthonyHenderson Год назад

    I was stationed south of Seattle in the mid 80s. I quickly fell in love with the area. I would drive up to Vancouver occasionally with friends. I always wanted to return and stay,. You're correct, I felt like that whole area was a different country.

  • @juaneziomartaauditore8116
    @juaneziomartaauditore8116 4 года назад +61

    North 🇨🇦Vancouver - Seattle🇺🇸
    South 🇺🇸San Diego - Tijuana 🇲🇽
    :v

    • @skyrrmish868
      @skyrrmish868 3 года назад +11

      Detroit Windsor , El Paso
      ciudad Juarez

    • @josac966
      @josac966 3 года назад +2

      yes you are right juan i've been in seattle san diego and tijuana but not vancouver

    • @j.w.s.d7665
      @j.w.s.d7665 3 года назад

      Don’t forget Niagara Falls - Buffalo thing.

    • @ishfarahmed3684
      @ishfarahmed3684 3 года назад

      But San Diego ain’t dangerous Tijuana wild like the city I grew up in in Detroit tho they crazy over there in Tijuana man like my boys in Detroit🤪 even my current city of Houston ain’t as wild as Tijuana tho lol and we wild here too so San Diego ain’t comparable in that sense tbh

    • @juaneziomartaauditore8116
      @juaneziomartaauditore8116 3 года назад

      @Edd Glassus Tijuana it's poor, O understand in good mood

  • @danieldomogala5860
    @danieldomogala5860 4 года назад +21

    I lived in Seattle for three years. I miss it, my wife and I might move back to the PNW but we couldn’t afford Seattle. If you don’t make a tech worker salary there it is hard to afford. Seattle has really changed from 2000 to 2010s.

    • @HOTPLATEGAMING
      @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 года назад +1

      Daniel Domogala
      You know there are great cities outside of the Seattle area with affordable housing.

    • @sleepingdogpro
      @sleepingdogpro 4 года назад

      I've made it work on a salary of $26k. It's hard though because there's a culture of spending money here - expensive restaurants are way more normal than I'm used to, for example - that hasn't been the case in other cities (most of which had an artistic underclass that I'm used to hanging with - those guys can stretch a dime). But if you find a small place outside the center of the city, and you cook at home, and you keep most things in walking distance, you should be fine. Just don't buy things you don't need.

    • @chrishansen2409
      @chrishansen2409 2 года назад

      @@HOTPLATEGAMING how far outside, I live 25 miles north in Mukilteo, housing prices are still crazy, you have to go to Marysville or Monroe to find decent prices in the north and good luck in the south sound

    • @chrishansen2409
      @chrishansen2409 2 года назад

      @@sleepingdogpro a starter family home, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, in any immediate suburb will cost you at least 500k if it isn’t a complete project

  • @me2525
    @me2525 3 года назад +3

    I'm from Vancouver and all my mom's family is from Seattle. They do have similar feels. Coffee culture. Emphasis on outdoor activities. Vancouver is more scenic (in my opinion) because of its proximity to the mountains. But Seattle probably has a smaller problem with homelessness.
    The biggest difference between the two countries is really the difference in culture between the US and Canada in general.

    • @harry12
      @harry12 3 года назад +1

      "Seattle probably has a smaller problem with homelessness"
      loooool probably the same shit.

  • @Sayedelamin
    @Sayedelamin 3 года назад +6

    Both of these cities are spectacular. That’s all I can say.

  • @alialghamdi.1804
    @alialghamdi.1804 4 года назад +37

    I’ve been to both city last Spring Break. I liked Vancouver much more. I felt it’s more homey and safe. I loved it.

    • @walterbrunswick
      @walterbrunswick 3 года назад +7

      because Canada 🇨🇦

    • @2hot4u97
      @2hot4u97 2 года назад +7

      “Safe”. I went there once in my life and my car got broken into, they stole a lot of records, my passport paperwork, they broke both the drivers and passengers windows, and snapped the neck of the pet canary in my car. This was at a Costco, which has a pretty good reputation here in the US

    • @zaspalia
      @zaspalia 2 года назад +2

      @@2hot4u97 There are still fucked up junkies looking to steal to get their fix. Never leave anything important or visible inside your car.

    • @ladnerlad
      @ladnerlad 2 года назад +1

      @UCqehTzvsLqFAXrYDeAVmGFQ @UCqehTzvsLqFAXrYDeAVmGFQ lived there for 14 years never felt unsafe. Never had a car broken into or anything even leaving my car unlocked with a computer visible. Sometimes some idiot decides like ruining someone's day, sounds like you got unlucky. Sorry that happened to you

    • @daphnebliss-rosval4309
      @daphnebliss-rosval4309 2 года назад +3

      @@2hot4u97 there is tons of petty crime like that in Vancouver (having your bike stolen or window smashed is a right of passage), but almost no violent crime especially compared to any American city. sorry about your bird though, that's really heartbreaking, poor canary :(

  • @micahjones9528
    @micahjones9528 4 года назад +24

    4:18 “arooned” = around

  • @raynemichelle2996
    @raynemichelle2996 3 года назад +4

    I was born in Tacoma but grew up in Victoria. Both Vancouver and Seattle are the big cities to my life.

  • @livinginseattle206
    @livinginseattle206 2 года назад

    Great comparison. Thanks for this. 👍

  • @paulguilbeault2329
    @paulguilbeault2329 4 года назад +43

    Wow. I am Canadian and have never heard anyone say 'aroond'. My mind is blown.

    • @garyllyons
      @garyllyons 3 года назад +8

      Same guy says aboot in another video aboot milk in bags. I always told my American friends that Canadians don't say aboot. I had to take it back. There is one.

    • @grantw7946
      @grantw7946 3 года назад

      I know you are talkin aboot!!

  • @philipvargas478
    @philipvargas478 4 года назад +50

    JJ: Aroond
    Me: this is why us Canadians are stereotyped, stop plz nobody pronounces it like that

    • @philipvargas478
      @philipvargas478 4 года назад +13

      @@StillDontKnow8 It's just weird because he says he is from Vancouver but I have lived in Vancouver my entire life and he is the only "vancouverite" that I have ever heard pronounce around like that.

    • @JungleScene
      @JungleScene 4 года назад +7

      @@philipvargas478 I always figured he must be from out east and came to van later in life. Its pretty rare to hear that inflection in the van area.

    • @philipvargas478
      @philipvargas478 4 года назад +1

      @@JungleScene well i thought so too but he said that he was born an raised in Vancouver so I dont know

    • @iamplup5543
      @iamplup5543 4 года назад +7

      Yeah I've never met anyone say "aroond" or "aboot" in Vancouver or anywhere in the Canadian west coast

    • @oluhamilton2121
      @oluhamilton2121 4 года назад

      You guys say 'out' funny (oot). Wassup with that??

  • @reneholly7994
    @reneholly7994 3 года назад +4

    I was born in Seattle & live in Tacoma. So I can tell you we have 2 seasons here, summer & WET.

    • @benpye6854
      @benpye6854 2 года назад

      In recent years it has been fire and wet, at least up here in Vancouver

  • @bmardon2112
    @bmardon2112 3 года назад +1

    I live in Burnaby but grew up near Winnipeg pal. Not sure about the not too hot in summer thing, it was blazing crazy hot for me this year