urbpan | First Impressions of Vancouver

Bigger (much), and scarier than Seattle. Really big. Scary in that "real city" sort of way. But my perspective is skewed. We drove in on the highway, which turned into a wide residential street, through miles and miles of residential grid. We went over to the "City Centre"
(actually the northwest end of the city) which is giant and looks like a futuristic dystopia from a distance. New Hong Kong or something. Up close it looks like New York (which is why, I suppose, it stands in for New York in movies and tv so often) or Chicago. We chose a spot with some history, as it turns out. That link features the parking spot where our rental car is, at least for the moment.

I'll fix up my pictures of today's activities, and post 'em in a bit.