Vancouver Vs Toronto | Coast To Coast Clash
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2022
- I went around Vancouver and Toronto, asking people what they think about their home city and it's equivalent on the opposite Coast
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I am very familiar with both cities, and both have good and bad qualities. It all depends what kind of lifestyle you want; if you want a fun vibrant city with a big cultural/arts/music/museum/art galleries, etc scene, then hands down Toronto. If you like downtime, peaceful quiet solitude and like Mountains then Vancouver is the best. Vancouver has the Georgia Strait which gives you that salt air sea smell, and Toronto has the very large Lake Ontario. Pros and cons to both, and neither get particularly warm to swim in. Both Vancouver and Toronto have natural sand beaches; clearly the hotter weather in Toronto helps in summer with beaches like Kew Beach, Balmy Beach, Ashbridge Bay, Toronto Islands beaches (including the official nudist optional Hanlan's Point), Sunnyside Beach, Scarborough Bluffs beach, etc... and downtown urban "beaches" like Sugar Beach, or H2O beach. But Vancouver has great beaches too, like Kits, Wreck Beach, English Bay, Jericho Beach, etc.... Vancouver's milder climate allows more exotic plants, like Windmill Palms (can survive drops in temperature to -15c, or Southern Magnolia that you won't find in Toronto, although you will find the Tulip Magnolias in TO. Rhododendrons and Azaleas grow in both, but bigger and more luxuriantly in Vancouver. Both Toronto and Vancouver have Japanese Cherry trees with beautiful spring blossoms. In my experience Vancouver is more introverted and Toronto is more extroverted, so take your pick. Just my personal experience over many decades, but I find Vancouverites can be standoffish to outsiders (or even those that live there) and sometimes even be outright rude when they find out someone is from Toronto. This is a BIG turnoff for tourism, or moving there. No one likes to be judged by a total stranger. If you ask Torontonians about Vancouver, most will be positive, but in general not the other way round unfortunately. I've known Vancouver for a long time and it has always been that way; you'd think it would be less so with the immigration of the past generation but not really.
Sports? Hands down Toronto, no need to explain. NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, CFL. If you like travelling, there are tons of cities to visit within a 1-2 hour flight from Toronto; Montreal, Quebec City, NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc.. not much longer and you can be in Miami, New Orleans, etc.. an amazing choice. For a 1-2 hour flight from Vancouver you can go to Victoria, Portland, Seattle, Edmonton, Calgary. Further than that you can get some California places like San Francisco, LA or San Diego. Both cities are equidistant from a Mexican resort town like Puerto Vallarta. If you like architecture, Toronto is much more varied than Vancouver, especially because it is an older city. Lots and lots of Victorian, Edwardian and even some Georgian architecture. For contemporary architecture, a lot more variation in styles and heights in Toronto. The mid height, square glass point tower is the preferred in Vancouver. Nothing wrong if that's what you like as it gives lots of windows to look outside. Lot's of green space in both cities, but there is a LOT more green space in Toronto than Vancouverites realize that there is; it is not just a "concrete jungle" as is so often repeated. A massive ravine system cuts right through the city, and there are more than 1500 parks in Toronto. Nature is close by; Algonquin Park, the Niagara Wine country, Niagara Falls, etc.. Vancouver has Whistler if you like skiing, Collingwood or Blue Mountain for the Toronto area are much much more modest ski resorts. In general, skiing or snowboarding is a lot more important to Vancouverites than Torontonians . Toronto's equivalent of the much loved Stanley Park in Vancouver would be the much loved Toronto Islands. Weather? In most winters Vancouver are milder, so if you don't mind what can sometimes feel like endless months of cloudy/showers/mist/fog or rain the winters are milder. Spring is nicest in Vancouver. Summer and Fall are nicer in Toronto.
Nightlife? Tons in Toronto, and not much in Vancouver. Vancouver has a very good restaurant scene, but doesn't have the extent or breadth of choice that you have in Toronto, not only for multicultural foods, but for price range from low to exclusive Michelin-type dining. Vancouver has Granville Island Market and Toronto has St Lawrence Market. And Kensington Market, but it is more of a neighbourhood. Sidewalks generally empty out in downtown Vancouver at 6pm, but remain busy in Toronto all evening. Contrary to what some Vancouverites will say, downtown Toronto is also an extremely walkable city. And biking infrastructure in Toronto in general is underestimated by most people; I know because I use it every day. Of the 6.700.000 people in the GTA, half were born outside of Canada so clearly Toronto is more multiculturally varied, from all over the world. Fresh fish and shellfish are MUCH better in Vancouver; a joy to buy fresh not frozen shrimps. Toronto leans toward Atlantic salmon and oysters, and Vancouver prefers West Coast salmon and oysters. The choice of specialty butchered Ontario/Quebec sourced meats and cheeses are, from my experience better in Toronto. Both Vancouver and Niagara have great fruit/veg regions close by. Soft fruit and wine from the Niagara Region for Toronto, and Vancouver has the Okanagan Valley but it is three times longer to reach by car. The Lower Mainland may have more greenhouse farming, I don't know.
Liquor and wine retail distribution in both cities is dominated by government agencies.. BC Liquor and LCBO in Toronto. Both cities have private wine/liquor stores. In Vancouver restaurants and bars can sell take out booze with takeout food orders; it is more relaxed in Toronto and you can take out beer/wine/cocktails or bottles of liquor from bars. Some may ask you to buy something like a small container of Pringles chips but others don't bother. A lot of bars in Toronto now have pretty extensive "Bottle Shops" of wine/beer/cider and hard alcohol. In Vancouver they have a mix of private and Government run cannabis stores; all of them are private in Toronto and the government stays to online cannabis sales.
As for druggies and homeless people, there are problems with this all across Canada but Vancouver has probably the most noticeable problems; East Hastings is like nothing anywhere in Canada, while Chinatown and Gastown can be sketchy. Even walking on Granville you see groups of street-people lighting a fire on the sidewalk and no one pays attention. Sketchy near the Pacific Centre (Georgia, Granville). Parts of the East side in Toronto downtown can get sketchy; Moss Park, Regent Park, parts of Dundas/Queen East but it's nothing like East Hastings.
Both cities have great neighbourhoods; in Vancouver I like Granville South, Kitsilano and English Bay, , but Toronto definitely has a lot of readily recognizable and very cool ethnic neighbourhoods like Little Italy on College and the older Little Italy on St Clair West, Little India, Greektown, Koreatown, Chinatown (which Vancouver also has), Ethiopian neighbourhood, Little Jamaica, Iranian neighbourhood, Portugal (and Brazil) Village, Roncesvalles Polish nabe, Kensington Market and other cool neighbourhoods like St Lawrence Market, The Annex, Leslietown, Riverdale, the Gay Village (there used to be a pretty good one in Vancouver waaay back in the day), Bloor West Village, Queen Street West, West Queen West/Ossington St, King Street West, Cabbagetown, Dundas West, College St , the Rosedale stretch of Yonge around Summerhill. Transit gets a bad rap in Toronto and I'm not sure why; there is subway, extensive streetcar system, buses, and GO Train/Bus system to serve the suburbs and satellite cities like Mississauga, Hamilton, Kitchener/Waterloo, etc... It's a much better system than people give it credit for, but ENDLESS complaining about it has become mandatory, or you are considered to be an oddball. Toronto was pretty much the only city in the 1950's to keep it's entire streetcar (tram) system. San Francisco kept a line, and all Canadian cities but Toronto got rid of the systems in favour of buses. Vancouver kept trolley buses, and they were pretty cool looking when I was young. Now they just look like regular buses, of course. Vancouver has developed a good light rail system, but doesn't have a traditional heavy rail train mostly underground subway system like Toronto or Montreal. Still, you can get from A to B in both cities and that is the main thing. When I was young you weren't allowed to hail a cab on the street in Vancouver; you had to call for one to an address. Thankfully that has changed. Cost of living is high in both cities, but in general higher in Vancouver. Even things like gas ( $1.88 in Vancouver today and $1.43 in Toronto), and restaurant meals.. pretty much everything seems pricier in Vancouver.
Vancouver seems like a big city when you fly into it, but scratch the surface and it is still a small city inside. Downtown Vancouver is small and downtown Toronto is large. The Greater Toronto Area has a population just under that of the Metropolitan populations of Vancouver and Montreal put together. Again, some like this, and some don't; each to their own. It would be a boring country if all cities were the same! 🤗
text wall, jeeeeez
@@paul.hogan720 Having difficulty following it, Paul? Try scrolling past things that require reading and thought. And have a great day, Paul! 😊
Wtf????? Are you so jobless???why so much typing
Thanks for the v insightful read!
I lived on both as well. Vancouver is the best 😎🙏😜❤️🇨🇦
It's no surprise a city that is 3 times larger than Vancouver will have more events. We should just like each city for what they offer rather than saying x is better than y.
Dude it was a great video thanks for the good quality and letting us know the perspectives of the people living in both the cities.
Moving to Toronto from Vancouver recently, gotta say Toronto is much better!
GREAT VIDEO BROTHER.
Moved to Toronto from Vancouver, the 6ix is just so much better in many ways.
Solid video man
We moved to Vancouver from Toronto 3 years ago and NEVER looked back. We cannot see ourselves in Ontario again. It comes down to this: are you a city person or outdoor person? Neither city compares to each other in those two aspects, so as outdoorsy people Toronto is no match to Vancouver. The same goes for people that love city activities, Vancouver will not compare to Toronto.
interesting. I just cme from a video about montrealers on Toronto and I feel like Toronto and Vancouver are very similar vs Montreal and toronto/vancouver but you make a good point about nature. Vancouver is probably like if Toronto had nature, but not much focus on art or culture like Quebec
I agree, currently living in GTA and considering of moving in BC.
@@2322zelda I wouldn't put any credence whatsoever on internet videos. The discussions always get polarized by regional civic pride and are often dominated by people who have no idea about any other city than their own. Vancouverites promote Vancouver. Torontonians promote Toronto. Montrealers promote Montreal. I've seen a lot of very astonishing claims made over the years in online videos that are often complete fantasy. The best thing to do is to visit the cities and make up our own minds. I know all three of these cities very well, and while Montreal always promotes itself as the art/cultural/food capital of the country, anyone who works in these fields know that Toronto took over decades ago. It would be difficult to be otherwise; the metropolitan population of the GTA is roughly the same as the metropolitan populations of Vancouver and Montreal put together. Half of the population of the GTA was born outside of Canada. The sheer size of Toronto and it's varied ethnic makeup has taken the city to a different level; there is a buzz and an energy in the air that is impossible not to notice. Other than that, looking at it from an international standpoint, Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto all have a lot more in common than they realize; they are all three very "Canadian" cities. Personally I like that all three of those cities have differences; who would want all of Canada's cities to be the same?
Can’t be said any better. I’m a city person, so considering moving to Toronto from Vancouver
That’s my city 😍 toronno’s halal food scene, vibes and community is the best. @the people who had bad experiences, let me be your tour guide 😤💛
COOL. HOW IS THE VIDEO GAME SCENE IN TORONTO?
@@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011 It's really cool! We have many game stores, a couple virtual reality arcades and omg this place called Activate, Canada's first active gaming facility - I'm going to visit, I can give a review once I do :)
Both cities are amazing
Stayed in Toronto for 3 years... Thinking to move to Vancouver now
It ain't that bad, depends what you're looking for in a city
@@SayePries DO A VIDEO OF THE VIDEO GAME SCENE IN TORONTO.
Same here
Moved from Vancouver from Toronto 20 years ago. Everyone in Toronto said you’ll love Vancouver, when I got to Vancouver everyone talked crap about Toronto. I’ll take Toronto people with Vancouver weather until the quake hits.
West coast is the best coast!!
Left coast isn't the right coast. Hali rules
East Coast fk da rest!
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this is a helpful vid.
Yoooo, get back here Saye! Let's 🏀
For sure ! Been rainy lately but we need to bring the group back together
How can you call it a coast to coast clash? Yes, Vancouver is on the West Coast, but Toronto is nowhere near any coast. If you wanted to contrast east vs west, then Halifax would ha e made a much better representative of the east coast than Toronto.
Actually that would be a cool idea, although you'd be comparing a much larger city of Vancouver to the smaller (and older) Halifax I think it would still be a great comparison.
The key to finding friends in Vancouver is to be where they are at, and roam with them. The young lady said it right, go where the events are, take it step by step.
She also said if you’re not in the loop you’ll not make friends so how do you get in the loop for starters? How to know which events to go?
Except that doesn't work past high school.
What You can get a house in Toronto 🤔?? Well that's some news...
perfect answer 5:28
la vs new york moment lolllll
The culture in Vancouver in 2022 is nothing like how it was in just 2012... 90's and early 00's Vancouver was an absolutely amazing place to be for a young man... cheap housing, good pay, women not always on their phones, popping social scene... 2022 Vancouver is absolute trash compared to what the city once was and offered.
I feel like its the same for every city
You are right at 90s was best and amazing now things has get worst. 60s ,70s,80s,90s were the best time to live the life was amazing no internet or smart mobile and people were communicate each others
@@Mrgreen2558 There have been no TV shows that captured the magical time of life that the 80's 90's and early 00's were, things started getting messed up in the mid 00's and the nose-dive began around 2008-2009. 2022 is a complete perversion of reality compared to what we had growing up!
Makes me think I wanna interview people born in the 50's - 70's to ask them about their lifestyle back in the days
@@SayePries JUST INTERVIEW OLD PEOPLE ABOUT HOW IT WAS BACK THEN VS NOW.
Interesting. I thought Toronto was the friendliest city in the world (thats what I keep hearing from people there). Im shocked that anyone thinks Vancouver is more friendly.
Hahaha! We have "green spaces" in TO pointing to the 4 or 5 trees behind her! I like TO when I visited last May but urban green spaces in comparison to Vancouver is not comparable.
Clearly you don't know Toronto at all. You probably visited it, without ever leaving the tourist area from Eaton Centre to the CN Tower/Ripley's aquarium.. Toronto has a massive Ravine system going through the entire city to the north and it has 1,500 Parks. It's on a lake the size of Wales. Maybe next time get to know a city at least a tiny bit before you make snap judgments just because you visited it in May. Going to Ripley's Aquarium doesn't make you an expert on Toronto.
@@bobbbxxx Wow! Sorreeee! Did not go to any of those touristy places you mentioned but point taken. Lighten up Bob.
@@94cdnm3 Lol! Clearly I struck a nerve! Just letting you know what you missed. Let it go and have a good day. 😅
@@bobbbxxx vancouver is clearly more green than toronto, smh
@@paul.hogan720 I'm not contesting anything about the greenness of Vancouver. I'm not taking away anything from Vancouver. I'm trying to get across the point that people in Vancouver have absolutely no idea about the green cover that exists in Toronto, and furthermore they're not interested. But most importantly I'm not here to argue with strangers on the internet. If you're not interested then you're not interested.
I’d say Toronto has much more of an arts/culture scene than Vancouver. As an artist, I just prefer Toronto and Vancouver is pretty but can feel a bit sterile sometimes. I also prefer victorian architecture of neighbourhoods in Toronto.
2:18 he’s 💯right 2:34 she’s correct people in Toronto are cold .
Live in Vancouver, visit Toronto in the summer. Winter in Toronto is like living in the Arctic
visit there in xmas I must
@@ace74909 thats pretty much the same as every other province outside of bc tbh
Misconception; I find in Vancouver people seem to think Toronto has winters like Winnipeg. Sooo not true, and while Toronto winters are colder than Vancouver, they are surprisingly "mild". In my opinion, NO Canadian winters are "awesome" or "warm"; sorry, but that is one of the realities of being a nation in the northern hemisphere! It's just a matter of degrees of awful.
Vancouver is not a small city
Toronto is more fun
Vancouver has more rain per year than Toronto. Toronto has hotter summers , Vancouver has milder winters. Both cities are way to expensive to live in . Toronto would be more multicultural and we have an NBA and MLB franchises. Vancouver people can be anti social , but so can Toronto people. Transit is easier to use in Toronto than Vancouver. Homeless and drug problem is about the same in both cities.
The last point is completely inaccurate Vancouver has some of the worst homelessness/Drug issues in North American
the PNW probably has the worst homelessness in all of north america, go watch a video on east hastings street, toronto doesnt have anything comparable to it.
@@paul.hogan720is this a joke or sth? California should be even worse, eh?
Da 6 wins this hands down!
West isn't the best here not even close!
East all day day just like in the All Star Game!
Vancouver is a much nicer city. Nicer nature and nicer downtown core.
You can find better, cheaper options outside Canada.
Love ❤️ Love ❤️ Love ❤️ Vancouver. Whole BC is wonderful compare to Ontario . 😎🙏👍😜🇨🇦
"everybody's canadian" lol literally only 47% of torontonians are canadian citizens and only 12% identify as canadian.
Hey Paul, thanks for "literally" pulling that home-made statistic out of your.... ermm... "hat". 😅🤣
Manitoba beats them
You mean they beat people from Vancouver or Toronto? That doesn't sound like a good place to visit.
I lived both in MB and ON and currently living in GTA. I would say MB beats them in terms of cost of living and family sponsorship.
in low-temperature records
Winnipeg is a gigantic ghetto