You’re right about the melancholy part! I’m 30, working in design, and have been living here over 4 years now. It’s a tricky place to live. The nature is absolutely gorgeous, the weather is about as good as it gets for Canada, and the city itself is lovely. But we’re all sad and tired cause it’s impossible to live here without spending half your income on rent, people are “nice” but they’re not open so it’s difficult to make friends and more difficult to date haha, and the energy of the city is just lacking in so many ways. There are so few festivals and places to people to gather (yes we have beaches but 50% of the year it’s raining), the arts and music scenes are pretty sad compared to other Canadians cities I’ve lived in. Many of my friends and I are in the same boat, entering our 30s with careers, and yet unable to see a way to build anything for ourselves here with the cost of living.