| | Are British Columbians friendlierPage 2 of 4 (1, 2, 3, 4) | | All POFERS are friedly in thier own way. You bet BCers are friendier. As frienlier as you might like us to be. Folks from different regions are friendlier for different reasons. Lower mainland and Interior just got a different mix of people and they got more reasons to not be as friendly. More options to be Friendlier too. Random conversations rock,don't they? What's not to love. It is the best place on earth,isn't it? | |
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Posted: 4/5/2007 5:21:10 AM | | I don't know - depends on where you are and what you are willing to put into it. I grew up in Alberta, very small town Alberta, and moved to the big city - I found Edmonton to be friendlier than Calgary - but I put more effort into it. Moved to BC and have found people to be very much the same. Of course, I think I have found some of the same people, so why wouldn't' they be the same! But it all depends on how much effort I put in. I like to say hi to people, but that's just me. You can have some of the most interesting conversations while waiting endlessly for a bus! | |
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Posted: 4/5/2007 9:23:49 AM | I grew up in the Fraser Valley but have lived in Alberta for a bit as well...I can honestly say that I've experinced in the larger cities people have a tendancy to keep to themselves more but that's just the nature of big cities. Now ,I personally think that it's the individuals not the location. I have travelled to many countries and have experienced the good the bad and the indifferent...and of course the rude...but I tend to look at it that they may just be having a bad day. Not everyone is about to indulge their personal life history to someone they just met...so is that them not being friendly?
Take the Okanagan...quality of life seems to be better up here . Most I run into are very outgoing friendly people...then find out most are transplants like me.
I think that if you are friendly and outgoing you will bring out the same in others. Do you smile and nod your head at someone walking by to acknowledge their existence or say even say good morning/afternoon? Or do you stare off and avoid eye contact? Do you hold the door open for the next person? I consider this being friendly. How we treat others around us shows what kind of person we are..... IMO | |
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Posted: 4/5/2007 1:50:43 PM | | Lassy...you rock. Don't read nothing in to it,you just do ok? Folks like you is what makes us friendlier. The company you keep is what allows you to you and help each other be friendlier. Big Cities be Big cities and Places like kelowna some folks think get a big city attitude. Vernon and Kamloops have nearly really grown-up so to speak. Kelowna south be nice to visi but to live in,like Big cities,thanks but no thanks. Always smile and nod,you might get one in return. Some folks make bigger deals out of kindness. Treat those deserving well and you go to heaeven,not hell. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2007 12:21:47 PM | No.. I don't think it is a BC thing at all..
I think that the more metropolitan the location, the more likely it is that the people seem not as friendly... but inside they just might be.
Example1: When I lived in the burbs.. I was the most polite driver.. when I lived in Kits, I had to learn to be more aggressive, or I got nowhere.
Ever driven in Montreal? Toronto?
Ever driven in Bridgewater, NS?
Example2: When I lived in the burbs, I knew all my neighbours.. all of them, young and old. When I lived in Kits, I knew only a few.
I think that it's the 'big city' attitudes that makes people seem less friendly, no matter what province they are from.
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Posted: 4/10/2007 12:32:02 PM | My 2cents
I think geography has little to do with this issue. I think it is societal, and somewhat generational. Also, the pace at which we lead our lives these days leaves little time for "chit chat".
It is my belief that we are not teaching our younger generation how to interact socially with proper manners and a sense community.
Great customer service based companies get a lot more recognition these days as they seem to be fewer and fewer.
I think deep down, most people would love to be friendly and take the time to interact, but lack the tools and the time!
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Posted: 4/10/2007 1:06:33 PM | I beg to differ with you fackoff- to a point.
I do believe geography does play a part. We have a warmer climate than other places East and therefore spend more time outdoors..eating on patios, hanging on the beach etc. It makes for a more sociable climate. I also believe the fact that we live in a port city has something to do with it. We have so many visitors here that it's almost ingrained to help out someone with directions if lost or telling them where a great spot to eat is. I grew up in Calgary and always thought my hometown was far friendlier until I went back..WOW what a difference 12 years and a couple hundred thousand people make. We here on the coast are way more willing to go out of our way to be nice.
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Posted: 4/10/2007 1:34:36 PM | | Thank God for Wal-Mart and the other stores patterning after them. Some parents and/or kids need a real good smack in the head. Be intersting to see if Vancouver goes through the same cycle Calgary did after hosting an Olympics. We got lots of reasons to be friendlier. I think pofers are friendlier due to the fact that the site makes us happier in general. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2007 6:51:16 PM | | Hmm maybe friendler compared to the rest of Canada, although i prefer not to spend my time traveling around Canada so i wouldnt know, but compared to the rest of the world, not a chance. No one says hello to eachother on the streets here, everyone in such a hurry. I was speaking with a couple of tourists from Denmark and Japan in Horseshue bay the other day and they said out of all the places they have visited, people in Vancouver are the least friendliest and the least likely to give up 2 minutes to say hello or help with directions or other examples they gave. I would have to agree! | |
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Posted: 4/10/2007 7:36:51 PM | | definitely NO! I've lived all over canada and can easily say its not, although we have the best weather vancouver easily ruins it for the rest of the province. its absolutely heartless at times and customer service can be down right atrocious. far too many stories and examples. gorgeous city but definitely NO! | |
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Posted: 4/10/2007 8:48:39 PM | Coming from a small town, I find the tourists in Vancouver to be friendly, urbanites are mean and nasty. It takes me a second to move from my seat on transit to have someone older sit where I was, while other sit in a daze like they overdosed on their BC bud or something of that nature. It really does blows me away on a daily basis how arrogant commuters are in the city. Walking down the street after having dinner, within that block I would see at least ten people spitting into mid air (nasty). People frindly in Vancouver? Ask for directions . There is your answer.  | |
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Posted: 4/11/2007 12:36:37 AM | Never beg dude...never beg.
seriously though, fackoff?:.....
fackoff
Nutsack- if someone doesn't give YOU a smack in the head soon...I''ll do it. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2007 12:54:08 AM | Already missed your chance archdevil. BRING IT BABE.Wouldn't something morte friendly be more fun though. Just ask nicely,but not too much so though. Seriously dear, we be done calling each other names. B.C POFERs are much off being friendly. In our Beautiful province why wouldn't we be. GO POFERS GO. You and me go  in the Friendlypond,hook a friendly Gal and she might be a keeper. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2007 3:08:29 PM | I live in Manitoba...and when ever i have vacation time ..i always head to your beautiful province,wether it be snowmobiling in Revelstoke...golfing in Osoyoos,or visiting Vancover island..and you people have always been friendly to me and i look forward to heading to B.C this summer to enjoy the beauty of your province | |
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Posted: 4/14/2007 9:24:27 PM | I am planning on moving to revelstoke in 12 days because adults and children are so much friendlier...a couple went out of their way for a week to ensure that we were comfortable while I was there for a job interview and looking for a place to live...I hated coming back to lethbridge...but will leave soon....lol
have to ask as a bc newbie what the heck are "okies"?? sorry but trying to learn the new lingo....lol | |
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Posted: 4/14/2007 9:55:41 PM |
Thank God for Wal-Mart and the other stores patterning after them
You're going to heII for this remark...lol
Walmart is about as friendly and customer serviced based as McDonalds...Which is NOT AT ALL!!!
If stores want to see true "service" they need to visit a store in Japan, they are THE friendliest...period!!!
Back on subject.....It has nothing to do with the city or the weather, it has to do with the areas sense of "community". There are parts of Toronto that are very friendly, and there are parts of Vancouver that are as well (just not as many).
An area that has a strong sense of community will always be much friendlier than one that is more transient or has more businesses than residences.
"Middle class" areas are also friendlier than either Upper or lower class areas...
But thats just my opinion | |
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Posted: 4/15/2007 8:37:56 AM | i've lived in kelowna most of my life, and i'd say people here are definitely getting less friendly. its getting too big too fast, and you can feel that tenseness about people.
but when i was in pei last aug, total reversal. people smiled, road construction workers would smile and talk to you, things there seemed much more relaxed. maybe its all hype about supernatural bc, which makes people believe that things here in bc are more friendly...
whoa i'm bitter this morning!  | |
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Posted: 4/15/2007 8:54:04 AM | hmmmm...the larger the population, and the greater density, the less friendly people become. I think it's called "looking after oneself first" syndrome. Driving habits reflect that in those places. Mind you, living in a suburb with good neighbours belays that theory quickly. As always, you have to take the 1st steps yourself to open those doors.
Yes, in Vancouver we are somewhat friendlier to tourists, but the rest, it's the same as other large urban areas. Stores & service, work on the same principle...the larger, the busier, the less friendly or service oriented.
I do think our environment in BC plays a large part how we act towards another. In the winter...wet & grey & damp, we aren't as friendly. Bring on the sun, the warmth, the mountain views and the ocean....we love everyone it seems. | |
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Posted: 4/15/2007 2:03:23 PM |
funny. I've lived across Canada, and been in almost every major city. I've travelled in the states, and the Carribean. I grew up mainly in Halifax NS. And I'm sorry, but Nova Scotians are the 2nd nicest people in Canada after the Newfies. You can't beat East Coast hospitality, especially when you're on George St.
When you get right down to it, I found San Franciscans were friendlier than people in Vic. | |
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Posted: 3/13/2009 6:41:46 PM | I agree with Bonne (Msg 34).
Moreover, from what I've read in the forums and experienced at POF events there is no shortage of friendliness (or groping) in British Columbia. | |
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