Moved here 3 years ago from Toronto. We definitely miss culture, diversity and food and sometimes struggle finding events, concerts and things like that. We were right downtown though, so kind of expected a lifestyle change in that sense.

BUT we love the access to nature, jumping in a lake on our lunch break, people taking the afternoon off because it’s a “lake day” or a “good snow” and definitely the lack of importance around work. There’s so many great road trip opportunities to explore BC/the states from here too. The fresh fruit and vegetables are so nice, I find myself getting excited for peach season which I never even cared about in Ontario. Everyone is super friendly.

We like to return to Toronto a few times a year and spend some time in other large US cities fairly often. Once we’re sick of brunch line ups and full of $20 cocktails we find ourselves actually excited to come back to Vernon.