Fuck Ya'll

I love you too

Get the frustration and yeah too many people think they are too good for most of the people in this town. But to have a friend you have got to be a friend. Try focusing on what you can do for others and the right people will want to be your friend. Don't get crazy and buy the bar a round stop trying to make friends (or enemies) and start being friendly and helpful; it will spread.

There are good people in Vancouver, real friends do exist in this weird city. I know how you feel, been here almost 9 years and there's a handful of people I can call "friends", the rest are just people I know who I used to call friends; then I realized something about this place... many people will try and use you in the pretence of friendship. Especially if you are the kind of person who is a "real" friend and would do anything for your pack. Keying cars won't do you any good and might give a good person grief for no reason. Instead try and focus on an activity you like doing and keep at it, eventually you will pull good people to you. Being negative will only attract other negative minded people.

totally agree - its hard to make *real* friends - I'm friendly with lots of people at my work and volunteer activities but its seems no one wants to do anything outside of work time.

I have a handfull good friends and I like it that way. I'm one of the few natives of this city (as are my parents, my grandparents... I could continue). You can find real friends here, you just have to somehow poke your nose where there are people who share your interests. Hell, randomly go up to a person who looks lonely and start talking with them. It can work!

Top reasons to move to Vancouver:
1.) You fucking love going into nature. That's going into nature, not "I watch it on TV," or, "I am an environmentalist." You actually like to hike, climb, ski, snowboard, sail, camp, fish, hunt, whatever - on the regular.
2.) You like you some marijuana (not as valid anymore, but still.)
3.) You are a geologist (if you aren't, don't think about this one, just trust me.)

The whole culture of the place got annhilated by the real estate casino con job that you see today. Vancouver is rootless by intention, because every square foot has been subject to the bribery of a nasty developer's wet dream. The ringing in of the 21st century was the funeral bell for this city as I know it: now it's just a big, phony, confused, glass Frankenstein.

Used to be a pretty cool place. Anyways, I'm going fucking fishing. Have fun trying to find friends volunteering *snicker*

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Sorry man.

I gave my number to someone who seemed like she'd be a good friend. She calls me up a few months later to try to con me into a pyramid scheme. NOT COOL.