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Originally Posted by GlassCity
As far as Kelowna's winters, I actually do know plenty of people that say they couldn't live there. Kelowna's winters are lumped into the "rest of Canada" category in my experience. But I take your point. A "not south coast" climate isn't a very useful category for a climate zone, even if I'll admit I'm guilty of it being a gut response for myself as well.
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Well, what can you say about personal preferences?
But one observation I can make is that Portland and Seattle these days are flooded with transplants from California. I notice the "wilting flower" phenomenon much more in BC than I do in the United States, including transplants or would-be transplants from areas that make Vancouver's weather look really crappy in comparison. Outside of maybe the far north there is nothing in Canada equivalent to a move from LA to Minneapolis.
Americans will talk about up and coming cities. It's not unusual for San Franciscans or Seattleites to muse about moving to Boise or Austin (admittedly because they are being pushed out by a broken housing market, but Vancouver is similar). In Vancouver it's more common to hear people talk about how the rest of Canada offers nothing of value (or nothing that could possibly make up for the huge drawbacks) and how leaving the basement apartment to move to Toronto or Montreal would result in death.
I think this is a not-so-great aspect of Canadian and BC/Vancouver culture.