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I was in Vancouver a few months ago and my main feeling was how much safer and cleaner it felt than Seattle or San Francisco. I stayed out of Chinatown on my friends’ advice, but I went around most of the rest of the West End and it was pretty fine. Some fent zombies out at night by Davies Street, but otherwise I walked downtown to the Pacific mall, the stores didn’t have every item in locked cabinets, there was still some high end retail, families were walking around outside together (not something one saw much of in downtown Seattle). I went to the convention center and walked all the way around to the aquarium and I remember thinking how nice it was, actually very pleasant as a city.
I don't want to seem as I backtrack from the original statement - I think the situation in Vancouver is worse than it's ever been in Moscow and I'm baffled that nobody is working towards improvement. Moreover, people accept it as status quo, turn a blind eye to it, which is reflected in your mindset of "only some fent zombies". The correct amount of fent zombies, according to my impossibly high foreigner standards is "none".
With that out of the way, The Halberd + Medieval Weapons Locker struck a chord in my brain: did we Vancouverites somehow found ourselves in medieval times? And that's how idea the post was born. Am I worried for my life every time I go downtown? No, it's fine most of the time and the problem really is localized to East Hastings, Granville, Chinatown. I found it weird to have 3 cool meth-related incidents in one year around where I have lunch sometimes, far outside of those isolated areas. Do other cities have it worse? Absolutely.
Vancouver overall is beautiful and I do love living here, I wouldn't stay if I didn't love it here. The positives absolutely outweigh the negatives.
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Honestly, yes.
I also live in Vancouver, and while parts are bad, they're not that bad compared to what I've seen in other cities. Overall, I feel safe except for perhaps a few blocks in a few areas. That's not to downplay the deleterious effects of shambling fent zombies, A&W pikemen, and other baddies from the medieval monster manual, but in my opinion, the disorder is usually more of the theft/streetshitting/nuisance variety.
Anyway, here's a fine specimen of a methhead light skirmisher attempting to fell an Amazon truck (not pictured) with an improvised javelin.
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Yeah I think /u/teleoplexy might want to avoid Seattle, SF or Portland if you’re already feeling blackpilled by Vancouver. Those other cities might radicalize you.
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