Reviews & Comments
Vancouver, WA
I love this town -
12/18/2017Other reviewers are complaining that the city has changed. Guess what. All cities change over time, and they do get busier as the population grows. Are we, who are priced out of other areas, expected to stay in those areas and be homeless so that cities like Vancouver don't change? I remember this town when I was a kid (moved to Bay Area as an adult), and it was once a dump. We came up a few times a year to get things we couldn't in Oregon. Vancouver was such a dump that many people in Portland still think this town is a dirty, gross place and still call it Vantucky. Many, many Portlanders refuse to come here because of how bad it used to be, and it was bad enough they still expect it to be that way.
Now we have a safe, clean city with beautifully-built shopping centers. We have better roads. It's just plain a cleaner, nicer place. Yet people are complaining it's changed? Do those people want to go back to the filth?
This is a safe city that has changed as all cities do. Yes, it sucks getting priced out. We live at least two states away from our families since we were priced out and refused to go to economically depressed areas to stay in the state we were in. We could love to be back in the coastal city that is home to us. We know what it's like to be priced. We were priced out from the top. No one gets driven into top places like San Francisco or Santa Barbara. You get driven out, move to places like Portland and Vancouver, and it continues on down. We all need to live somewhere, and cities will always, always change. That's just how it is, and we can't stop that.
Vancouver is a safe, still relatively affordable place, which is why a lot of middle-class and poor people are still moving here.
Vancouver, WA
re: Much to offer - if one is wealthy... -
12/18/2017First off, my family isn't rich. We still own a home, a much nicer home than we could have in Portland. A lot of people move here because rich people moving into PORTLAND is pushing people across the river just to not be homeless. I hope you aren't expecting people to be homeless so that Vancouver could remain the dying, dull place it was before.
Second, the leash laws in Vancouver are no more restrictive than anywhere else. I've had dogs all my life, and, as someone who still has three, I think I'm in a better position than you to be talking about life with dogs here. You haven't had a dog is over 25 years. You know nothing about dog-life here. I have two goldens and a small dog, and they don't suffer for lack of off-leash freedom. They have so much of it that leashes are strange to them. If dog-having was so hard here, then you should ask yourself why the Humane Society here has such an easy time finding homes. Having dogs can't be so hard with the rate people are adopting dogs here.
Vancouver, WA
re: Up and coming city -
12/18/2017I agree with most of this. Traffic on the east side isn't bad. A lot of people just go to Mill Plain by habit to try getting onto 205. There are new onramps and exits that never have lines since so few people bother to use them, despite the time-savings. We own a home in the Landover Sharmel neighborhood, and love it.
Now Portland...oh boy. THAT is traffic. It's never not rush hour there anymore.
Vancouver, WA
re: So Sad -
12/18/2017I don't think you're very familiar with LA. I've lived here, and now live in Vancouver. The traffic here is pretty good. Getting onto 205 is a bit of a pain sometimes, but there are new on-ramps and exits. A lot of people go to the onramp of Mill Plain though, and skip the newer ones.