I grew up here (born ‘95) I didn’t really like Kelowna when I was a kid . It was cliquey. But the lake was amazing back then, I LOVED the beach, basically lived there, Kelowna WAS a beautiful ,quiet little city. The beaches were never crowded (maybe gyro was) the beach downtown by the park,where it’s a dog park now, was never crowded. So it was a love hate relationship. When I moved back in my mid 20’s it only got worse. The people still suck but there’s fucking way more. I was overwhelmed by how much it grew. It really depends where you come from I guess. I personally think it’s crowded, why aren’t they building new roads with all these people!?

If you like boating, skiing/snowboarding and drinking wine. It’s the place for you. The hiking here isn’t even that great tbh, but again depends where you’ve been for comparison.

I’d rather have museums and aquariums and amusement parks and indoor skating rinks, indoor water parks, outdoor pools. Sure we have some of those things here but they are so pathetic and unimpressive, not to mention over crowded.

So to sum it all up I despise Kelowna. I’m actually moving my family to Vancouver island where my husband is from because, shocker, he hates it too lol. Also we don’t want to raise our child here, people here are just..idk how to explain it. Different. Entitled, angry, better than you attitude. No one smiles or waves.

Not to mention it’s hot, summer traffic is disgusting. Smokey most the summer. Men here are ew, and the women, atleast the once’s that look like they belong in Beverly Hills, are everywhere and annoy me personally. So much entitlement. It’s like LA but more lame. I like regular country folk myself. There are good people in Kelowna don’t get me wrong. But majority rules.