
If you want to get the skinny on Vancouver’s local flavour, there are few better ways of doing it than to see what makes a Vancouverite tick. To find out, we went straight to the source: the locals themselves. Here are our favourite responses from our Twitter followers and Facebook fan page and 10 from Tourism Vancouver’s own crew of proud Vancouverites.
Via Twitter and Facebook…
- You wear polar fleece to a business meeting. @EdibleVancouver
- You walk by the Art Gallery and wonder where the belly-dancing lady is. @mo_bee
- You own a mountain bike, a snowboard and scuba equipment, even if you’ve only used them once. –Hank
- You can pronounce Inukshuk properly and you know what TimBits are. –Julie
- You prefer espresso and biscotti over coffee and a donut. –Sam
Via Tourism Vancouver…
- You’re just as likely to go to dim sum on a Sunday morning as a diner.
- You live in less than 500 square feet and couldn’t be happier.
- You own seasonal Gore-Tex pieces but not an umbrella.
- You wear jeans to the Vancouver Opera.
- You have at least one item of clothing made of hemp.
- You know the Hot Buns guy at Wreck Beach.
- You live within a three-block radius of five Starbucks.
- You know the back route on the Grouse Grind.
- You know at least ten (aspiring) actors.
- You know what a Japa Dog is.











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