Is Vancouver an unsafe city?

**haledane** · 06-24-2011, 05:47 AM

Many people all over the world would have seen footage of the riots downtown on June 15th after the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals. The scene was similar to political uprisings elsewhere in the world with cars being torched and stores looted. I'm sure the imagery will damage Vancouver's reputation for some time to come.

But is Vancouver an unsafe place? To set the record straight, no. It is still as safe a city as any it's size. There are a few seedy areas, but they are easily avoided and by and large you won't find trouble (unless you are looking for it, of course).

Wednesday night will live on in infamy for some time to come in Vancouver. But overall nothing has changed here.

**xenosadams** · 06-24-2011, 07:31 AM

Vancouver is quite safe for a city its size. People who were behind what we all saw last night are probably a combination of local anarchists, the worst kids out of control through bridges nearby, and the agitators garden variety white trash. When someone in your infinite wisdom in the direction of Vancouver has created the "Entertainment District", by filling in Granville with the bars of the following ongoing problems with violence in the free night were basically the same people.

**Method** · 12-27-2011, 03:20 PM

I visited Canada last year but didn't visit Vancouver because my relatives live in Amsterdam but I know that this city is quite safe for tourist because one of my friends visited there last month and he really enjoyed while his tour.