Best place to live in BC

What's the best place to live in BC?

Please include your criteria in your response.

 

Anywhere that's not too far North. lol My fav place is Vancouver island, around the Nanaimo to Ladysmith area. Lots of parks everywhere, lots of ocean, river and lakes, fairly central on the island. There is a ferry right in Nanaimo and one closer to Ladysmith, to get to the mainland. Lots of secluded area, yet all the stores/services of a big city are available in Nanaimo.

 

Thanks for the info...I'll be sure to check it out next time I'm there (hopefully soon)!

 

I have not checked out this place yet but I have heard Salt Spring Island was pretty cool, im planning on checking it out this summer.

 

Yes, any of the gulf islands are very chill, quiet getaways, and if you can manage to live there, even better :sunny:

 

Along the coast for sure, near the lower main land and in the Vancouver region. Anything to far up north is pretty cold, and anything to far east is like a desert.

I live in BC myself, in Abbotsford. It's a pretty nice area, i like the lower main land, lots of green and nice places, very weed-friendly too, if you're into that kinda thing lol

 

Wow, somebody else from Abbotsford, awesome! :sunny:

How's it going dude?

 

You're from Abby too? That's awesome! thought i was the only one on here lol

 

I was beginning to think the same thing. Right on.

 

Nelson BC is where I see myself headed. Very cool hippie culture and great weather. Kootenay lake is one of my fave places on earth

 

My girl is from the kootneys, we live on the Vancouver Island though. Its the only place I want to live.

 

she got it right

 

White Rock is probably the Nicest. Weather, Resturants, Beaches, Outdoor it has it all

 

The interior where some days you can ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon. My parents live on the island and to go off it for vacations has become so expensive by boat, they don't want to do it with the motor home any more. They prefer flying out now so that's costly too which means they only come off that rock once a year now. They want to move to the mainland because food is expensive, travel is expensive and even hospitalization is an issue as they get older and fear something serious happening. I warned em 20 years ago,,, don't go past the boats to live! But no they had to go find something they liked and now they want out.
The interior has nice mild winters,,, not as warm as Vancouver but then, not as wet as Vancouver either. This year we probably got a good few inches of snow the whole winter from several skiffs that happened. Most I got was just over one inch after a night snow storm. The rest of our little snow storms were easily removed with a broom, maybe a half inch or less. I think we are done with snow season now and headed for the high teens in temps. 16C next Monday.

 

Princeton

But seriously Tofino. I am going there late april live in a commune.

 

which commune ?

 

Well it is like a commune kind of.

Symbiosis Ecovillage

 

that's an ecovillage

The Farm

is a commune

 

Victoria! Has a decent live music scene, great surfing near by, just overall great!

 

Saltspring is full of hippies so if you are one, then you will love it.
There aren’t a lot of jobs there, just a handful of stores.