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I'm in Toronto, where it's snowing pretty steadily but it's not cold and it's not sticking. Anyway, this is like my 30th cross Canada trip and I still find Lower Mainland winters to be effectively at least as cold as anywhere other than up north because of the crazy dampness, and Lower Mainland snow and ice is more disruptive because of that dampness and other reasons. Granted the Lower Mainland doesn't get a lot of snow like many places in Canada but what it does get is a hassle.

you can keep pretending that vancouver has bad winters and it is just as cold as anywhere else but you are only fooling yourself, if you believe -5 in vancouver is just as cold as -40 anywhere else in canada.

the biggest reason snow and ice is a problem in vancouver is because the city does not have enough snow clearing equipment and the drivers do not know how to drive in those conditions, because they are rare.

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you can keep pretending that vancouver has bad winters and it is just as cold as anywhere else but you are only fooling yourself, if you believe -5 in vancouver is just as cold as -40 anywhere else in canada.

the biggest reason snow and ice is a problem in vancouver is because the city does not have enough snow clearing equipment and the drivers do not know how to drive in those conditions, because they are rare.

Maybe not -5 but -15 would be equivalent, dry cold is easily stopped by warm gear, whereas wet cold like we get in the Lower Mainland is like having a bucket of water dumped over your head. Yesterday I was in -20 weather somewhere in Northern Ontario and it was a joke, that temperature in Vancouver would hurt.

Lower Mainland snow also isn't the same stuff that you get back east, its slushier and more slippery even as it falls and we have to deal with it on really narrower, more crowded streets with a lot more hills.

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Maybe not -5 but -15 would be equivalent, dry cold is easily stopped by warm gear, whereas wet cold like we get in the Lower Mainland is like having a bucket of water dumped over your head. Yesterday I was in -20 weather somewhere in Northern Ontario and it was a joke, that temperature in Vancouver would hurt.

Lower Mainland snow also isn't the same stuff that you get back east, its slushier and more slippery even as it falls and we have to deal with it on really narrower, more crowded streets with a lot more hills.

-15 is rare in the lower mainland. the average low in december and january is above 0.

i agree with you though snow in the lower mainland is worse. wet snow sucks, and it is only made worse by the fact that no one in the city knows how to drive in the snow. luckily though it is rarely there for any longer than 3 days. vancouver doesnt get winter, plain and simple, and i wish i was still living there. 1 week of crapty snow sure beats 5 months of negative tempuratures, remembering to plug in your car and getting out 20 minutes before you leave to start it up

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It was absolutely horrible driving last night around midnight.

Black ice was everywhere, especially the less traveled roads in South and North Burnaby.

I was driving around 15-20 km/h all the way home ever since I tried to stop a 4 way stop and my car spun out.

I have winter tires and all and that doesn't matter.

Saw 2 accidents along the way on Oakland street in Burnaby just before Gilley, one car slammed into a Lamp Post and the other one across from it was in the ditch. Police were on scene as I whizzed by doing 20km/h.

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-15 is rare in the lower mainland. the average low in december and january is above 0.

i agree with you though snow in the lower mainland is worse. wet snow sucks, and it is only made worse by the fact that no one in the city knows how to drive in the snow. luckily though it is rarely there for any longer than 3 days. vancouver doesnt get winter, plain and simple, and i wish i was still living there. 1 week of crapty snow sure beats 5 months of negative tempuratures, remembering to plug in your car and getting out 20 minutes before you leave to start it up

Vancouver is probably the most difficult Canadian city to drive in at the best of times, given all the hills, narrow winding streets, incredible volume, lack of parking, steeply crowned roads etc, throw in snow and ice and even folks who know how to drive in winter conditions are going to have problems. Also, 5 months of deep cold is not really any better than 5 months of overcast skies, freezing rain and moldy dampness. There's really no place in Canada that has decent winter weather.

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narrow winding streets?

i was wondering about that vancouver is the best city for driving in as far as straight streets, everything is in a grid pattern, hard to get lost. some cities you drive your on one street and before you know it your in the wrong direction

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narrow winding streets?

Yeah, compared to other cities its quite noticable, I'm in Montreal right now and compared to most of the Lower Mainland, the lanes are wider, there's a lot more freeway, there's a lot more parking volume, you tend to see things coming earlier and if you were to suddenly spin or slide you usually have a bit more room to work with before you come into contact with parked cars or some other object you'd rather not.

Same deal with every other Canadian city I'm aware of actually.

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