The REAL truth about Vancouver
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6/10/2006
I am born and raised in Vancouver; have resided here for 38 years. Any who think this has a "small town feel" must be from NY or LA. Here are some facts for you to chew on from a natives observations:
There are tons of methamphetamine users here and they will steal you blind to support their habit. Everything needs to be locked at all times or it is gone.
There is very little native greenery anymore and the trees and orchards are long gone-they have been replaced with a concrete jungle of WAY overpriced homes and asphalt. If you like sitting for hours at every signal and intersection during an average commute to work (and you will have to commute to Portland to make any income) you will love it here. The average space between home lots house side to house is about 10 feet.
The schools, once the jewel of the nation 20 years ago, are now ranking ever lower in the standings with their overburdened classroom sizes.
The Mexicans have overrun the place.....best learn spanish if you're gonna move here.
Gas is always third in the nation when prices rise....right behind California and Hawaii.
The parks are no longer safe, the riverways are polluted now with excessive development, the mountains (once a tranquil and private retreat) are inundated with people and their refuse.
SUV's and full size trucks that never haul a board reign supreme here.
Most auto accidents are fatal around here because people drive like madmen.
The sky use to be a gorgeous blue.....with the expanse of population and their driving habits it looks like any other southern california city now; brown and hazy.
You will pay 250,000 for a house that cost 40,000 material and labor to build....thats if you can outbid the other 20 people bidding along with you to buy the home for tens of thousands over appraised value.
People here are no longer friendly or outgoing. Nihilism seems to be in vogue and a constant state of thinking strictly for themselves. God forbid you ever have an accident and need help....most people will drive right by you while rubber necking to thrill off of the spectacle of your misery.
Infidelity, cheating, personal corruption, greed and no integrity are the family values here.
You will make some money, not have to see too many homeless people, and have every commercial offering at your very doorstep....it will only cost you and your kids your character and humanity.
Look forward to having you join us in our little hell we call "The 'Cou
Bo | Hazel Dell, WA