Went Back To Vancouver

[WaylonMercy5150]

I grew up there and remember going downtown and to Hastings and sometimes seeing a junkie shooting up. This time I was in Chinatown and saw some dude with blood all over his arm shooting up right outside the international market. No one batted an eye. I saw several people with needles just walking like it aint no thing and saw some dude yelling at the door of McDonald's with a needle complaining they wont let him shoot up there. So...
What happened to you, Vancouver? What happened to you? What's going on?

 

[steve38]

You can't go home again.

Hopefully there wasn't a convenience store where your house used to be.

RIP Vancouver.

 

[FierceRedBelt]

I hear Portugal is nice.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

People talk shit about Mexico but good luck shooting up in the streets without La Polica sending your pendejo ass to jail.

 

[bushman505]

Trudeaus Canada.

 

[therealdope]

I grew up there and remember going downtown and to Hastings and sometimes seeing a junkie shooting up. This time I was in Chinatown and saw some dude with blood all over his arm shooting up right outside the international market. No one batted an eye. I saw several people with needles just walking like it aint no thing and saw some dude yelling at the door of McDonald's with a needle complaining they wont let him shoot up there. So...
What happened to you, Vancouver? What happened to you? What's going on?

I grew up in Toronto and was back recently with a similar experience. Not to say that the place hasn't grown and gentrified but I was in a Starbucks with my dad and a bag lady pulls into a table with 4 chairs with a shopping cart with all her shit, spreads newspapers allover the place, and no one bats an eye.

 

[therealdope]

I hear Portugal is nice.

My parents vacationed several winters in Portugal and really liked it. A little more than Spain, and much more than France or Italy.

 

[flashNsmash]

i love (north) vancouver

 

[SammyPops]

I grew up in Toronto and was back recently with a similar experience. Not to say that the place hasn't grown and gentrified but I was in a Starbucks with my dad and a bag lady pulls into a table with 4 chairs with a shopping cart with all her shit, spreads newspapers allover the place, and no one bats an eye.

In my experience homeless are run out of these places pretty quit, unles you are in a ghetto burger king, which is areal thing. I'll give you the address if you wan an adventure, its dark af, stinky dudes sleeping in booths. lol its truly fucked.

and lol @ Chinatown in Vancouver ... Vancouver is one giant Chinatown.

 

[therealdope]

In my experience homeless are run out of these places pretty quit, unles you are in a ghetto burger king, which is areal thing. I'll give you the address if you wan an adventure, its dark af, stinky dudes sleeping in booths. lol its truly fucked.

and lol @ Chinatown in Vancouver ... Vancouver is one giant Chinatown.

This was a Starbucks at Laird and Eglington two weeks ago.

I have a hilarious story for you. I left Toronto in the mid-90s. In 2000 my high school buddy moved into an old factory loft apt which I think is really cool. He moved in with my wife's friend and my wife wanted to go to visit them. I'm like ya sure, what's the address. She says, "Ontario st.". I'm like, "wtf? That's sketchy as shit. Becareful".

As it turns out their intercomm with the front door didn't work so my wife had to find a pay phone. She goes to the Coffee time across the street and it straight filled with junkies. Scared the shit out of her. LOL.

 

[ObamaPhoneLady]

I grew up there and remember going downtown and to Hastings and sometimes seeing a junkie shooting up. This time I was in Chinatown and saw some dude with blood all over his arm shooting up right outside the international market. No one batted an eye. I saw several people with needles just walking like it aint no thing and saw some dude yelling at the door of McDonald's with a needle complaining they wont let him shoot up there. So...
What happened to you, Vancouver? What happened to you? What's going on?

What part? I grew up in North Van. Sleepy little suburb is now a garish, preppy douche factory. Gone are the hoodies and skaters, all the high school aged kids you see walking around there look like homos.

 

[SammyPops]

This was a Starbucks at Laird and Eglington two weeks ago.

I have a hilarious story for you. I left Toronto in the mid-90s. In 2000 my high school buddy moved into an old factory loft apt which I think is really cool. He moved in with my wife's friend and my wife wanted to go to visit them. I'm like ya sure, what's the address. She says, "Ontario st.". I'm like, "wtf? That's sketchy as shit. Becareful".

As it turns out their intercomm with the front door didn't work so my wife had to find a pay phone. She goes to the Coffee time across the street and it straight filled with junkies. Scared the shit out of her. LOL.

Its the small things that make stories really good- Coffee times seem sketchy. I moved to TO like 12 years ago, and we went to an Indian restaurant on gerard st. that a co-worker told me about. We couldn't find it so we went into the coffee time to ask and there is this older indian dude sitting at the counter talking to the worker smoking a cig and drinking a king can of beer.

 

[ObamaPhoneLady]

i love (north) vancouver

The parts with lots of trees and no people are pretty nice even though mountain bikers have destroyed all the trails.

 

[therealdope]

Its the small things that make stories really good- Coffee times seem sketchy. I moved to TO like 12 years ago, and we went to an Indian restaurant on gerard st. that a co-worker told me about. We couldn't find it so we went into the coffee time to ask and there is this older indian dude sitting at the counter talking to the worker smoking a cig and drinking a king can of beer.

I'm convinced Coffee Time is owned by a biker gang. They all look like a meth distribution depot.

SPeaking of Gerrard I spent the last few weeks going to Bridge Point. Several old school Chinatown meals were consumed.

 

[FierceRedBelt]

My parents vacationed several winters in Portugal and really liked it. A little more than Spain, and much more than France or Italy.

As I understand it, it's rather inexpensive and a really nice to place to retire if you can pick up Portuguese. Beautiful, slower pace of life, etc.

 

[bref]

Trudeaus Canada.

The downtown east side was like that way before Turdeau

 

[bref]

I grew up there and remember going downtown and to Hastings and sometimes seeing a junkie shooting up. This time I was in Chinatown and saw some dude with blood all over his arm shooting up right outside the international market. No one batted an eye. I saw several people with needles just walking like it aint no thing and saw some dude yelling at the door of McDonald's with a needle complaining they wont let him shoot up there. So...
What happened to you, Vancouver? What happened to you? What's going on?

It's far and away the most mild climate area in Canada so I think all the homeless junkies out west migrate there rather than having to deal with the prairie winters. The fentanyl bullshit has gotten out of control, though.

 

[therealdope]

As I understand it, it's rather inexpensive and a really nice to place to retire if you can pick up Portuguese. Beautiful, slower pace of life, etc.

My mother only spoke Spanish but they got by.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Honestly every time i have talked to people about their experiences with Vancouver i always got the same conclusion.

Great place but VERY weird people. I am from Toronto though so maybe that's a factor?

 

[MikeMcMann]

Honestly every time i have talked to people about their experiences with Vancouver i always got the same conclusion.

Great place but VERY weird people. I am from Toronto though so maybe that's a factor?

I'm a Toronto guy first but love Vancouver. Was there 3 weeks ago and am there this weekend.

TS goes looking for the underbelly and then complains about it. Toronto (every big city) has one, but I walk or bike all around Vancouver avoiding only a select few streets and see nothing but beauty generally. It is an awesome city. Definitely something to the East coast V West Coast vibes and Toronto is classic east coast (busier, less personal, more go, go, go business) and Vancouver is more laid back and friendly and walkable.

Ya but TS is just being silly as there really are few big cities where what he is complaining about does not exist if you want to walk down the wrong streets.