I keep seeing people GTFO'ing but nobody really talks about it.
I'm 3 weeks into my lower mainland move. It's been interesting...
Firmly stuck in culture shock at the moment, so different than Alberta. Into new apartment today - finding it was chaotic and not fun. Don't bother trying to rent a place from Alberta, even in covid times they want to work face to face.
Definitely glad someone told me to go check prospective rentals at 5-6am - the homeless camps dissapear before 7am most days and most landlords are going to lie like a rug about issues in the neighborhood. I almost rented a place that was awesome in every aspect. Drove by in the morning, there was a tent setup on what would have been my patio.
Rat, cockroach and bedbug infestations are so much more a thing here - and it's not as area driven it seems, not like Calgary where you can say avoid Marlborough or forest lawn.
First grocery trip confused the hell out of me. What I'm expecting to see as really good sale prices in high river - seems to be more inline with regular price here? Grocery bill was about 25-30% less overall. Even with HST on top.
Work culture I can't figure out... There's definitely no gitrdun attitude here.
And drivers... Fraser valley people are polite and let you merge and turn and... It's wierd. Cross the Fraser river into Vancouver and it's almost demolition derby time. But yeah if you've been trapped on deerfoot on a snow day after someone crashes on the calf robe... That's just a taste of the #1 here it seems. 3+ hours in gridlock the other day, no accident - just gridlock.
This place is wierd. I'm enjoying this adventure I will say that.