Seattle vs Denver vs Vancouver

[Rudynate]

I lived in Denver for 15 years and loved it for most of the time. It’s a cozy place to live but doesn’t seem like much of a tourist destination. Of the three, I like Seattle the best. Great views, nice neighborhoods, great restaurants.  Last time I was there, I stayed  at the  Hyatt on Lake Washington, one of the nicest hotels I’ve ever stayed in. I’ve enjoyed Vancouver every time I’ve been there.  My nicest memory of Vancouver was a hunky Cuban I met at a bathhouse.

[Rudynate]

On 4/14/2023 at 7:20 AM, Vegas777 said:

I disagree.  When comparing Canadian cities, I think Vancouver is only beautiful from afar.  I much prefer walking the streets of Toronto or Montreal.  I have no desire to ever go back to Vancouver.

Toronto is hard to beat.  I have even liked it in the dead of winter and Toronto winters are not for the faint of heart.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Rudynate said:

Toronto is hard to beat.  I have even liked it in the dead of winter and Toronto winters are not for the faint of heart.

[Marc in Calif]

18 hours ago, Rudynate said:

My nicest memory of Vancouver was a hunky Cuban I met at a bathhouse.

My worst memory of Vancouver was my first-ever case of crabs, which I picked up at (maybe?) that same bathhouse. It was almost exactly 30 years ago.

So far, it's been my only visit to that fine city!

[Guest]

14 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

My worst memory of Vancouver was my first-ever case of crabs, which I picked up

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Edited April 20, 2023 by Unicorn

[Rudynate]

3 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

My worst memory of Vancouver was my first-ever case of crabs, which I picked up at (maybe?) that same bathhouse. It was almost exactly 30 years ago.

So far, it's been my only visit to that fine city!

I think I have been there three times.  The hunky Cuban was  during my first visit there - in 1975, I think.   The bathhouse was kind of a small dumpy one.   It was in the gayborhood -  I don't remember the street - very close to a disco.  I remember that the music in discos was unfamiliar -  I asked a buddy I was with if it was Canadian disco music or off-brand American music - he said he didn't think it was Canadian.   That was a fun trip - I went to Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco and LA.

[mike carey]

13 hours ago, Unicorn said:

Well, if you must treat Toronto as if you were still in California, things may not turn out well!

[Rudynate]

14 hours ago, Unicorn said:

That's about right. Toronto winters are right up there with Buffalo winters.

[Rudynate]

10 hours ago, mike carey said:

Well, if you must treat Toronto as if you were still in California, things may not turn out well!

I grew up in that part of the country.  I remember the winters very well.  We lived in a small town in western New York and we had relatives all over the region.  I remember driving on little secondary roads to visit them in the middle of winter.  Sometimes you couldn't see over the snow banks from inside the car.

[Guest]

42 minutes ago, Rudynate said:

I grew up in that part of the country.  I remember the winters very well.  We lived in a small town in western New York and we had relatives all over the region.  I remember driving on little secondary roads to visit them in the middle of winter.  Sometimes you couldn't see over the snow banks from inside the car.

[Rudynate]

3 hours ago, Unicorn said:

Yep, that's it.