Quote Originally Posted by Dianyla View Post
Another blissful Portlander, chiming in!

The only situation I can envision that would be even better than what I've got is to have a chic condo in downtown Vancouver BC and then a horse ranch on the San Juan islands to spend my weekends.

/fantasyland
Hey, we live at the foot of a bikepath in downtown Vancouver. Right now, I see can a whole wall of snow-topped mountains in North Vancouver...and another direction the construction of Winter Olympics 2010 athletes' village. I could go snowshoeing today up at Grouse Mountain...and get there quickly in 45 min. or so by public transit. Where we are at the bottom, dry pavement and just above freezing. Yes, I cycled today..

We are car-less, no purchased parking spot in our condo building. It was deliberate.

And yes, we're just 15 min. walk to the light rapid train...there's going to be another line completed next year...that will take you from airport to downtown...so when it pours relentlessly rain....there's a way to throw bike on and get down faster.