What is it about Vancouver that has attracted the world’s attention?

Over the past decade, our modest 123-year-old city has vaulted into the upper echelons of metropolitan celebrity and landed on the international red carpet. We’ve been ranked highly on indexes, charts, and comparisons for our livability, functionality, and all-round, gosh-darned grooviness.

But fame inevitably draws attempts to expose the reality hidden by the glittering, sometimes overblown mythologies fashioned by admirers from afar and buttressed by local boosterati.
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