apparently, it's sort of island-y.

[agentotter]

DEAR FLIST,

By any chance are any of you very familiar with the city of Victoria, BC? If so, I should like to pick your brains. Plz comment or email agentotter [at] livejournal [dot] com. Thank you kindly.

Sincerely,

ME

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[sara]

I think piranha lives there. Or near there, anyhow.

I hear it's nice. If you like places where it's kind of damp. Since those are my favorite sorts of places, I would probably like it lots.

[agentotter]

I DO like places where it's kind of damp, as it happens! I'm actually pondering moving there (or someplace in that general geographic region) in future so I'm trying to get a feel for it. I'll drop piranha a private message; thanks for the lead!

[cofax7]

I spent a week there two summers ago...

[agentotter]

How'd you like it? Is it made of win? Would I love it? :D I'm pondering it as a possible place to buy property and actually settle in for the long haul (like, really eventually, but I'm pre-planning for the win this time... if I start my research and savings like five years before even considering actually moving, I figure I might get a move right for once :D), so I'm trying to get a feel for it. I'll be riding up to Bitchin' Party in Seattle with Mal next year so I'm hoping I'll be able to take a trip over to scope it out.

[cofax7]

Wow, seriously?

Well, it was nice. The downtown area's kind of touristy, and real estate in the more urban area isn't cheap, IIRC. There is a university there, though. I think the winters are fairly mild.

Good farm country. Great area if you're outdoorsy--endless hectares of open land up-island. Lovely weather in the summertime, lots of green and blackberries. Lots of great boating, and of course whales and fishing. Lots of islands on the northeast side of VI, and a fairly easy trip from Seattle by ferry or plane, or from Port Angeles or Vancouver by ferry.

I wouldn't be able to speak to local politics or anything, but it's Canada, so presumably rather left of most US cities.

I liked it a lot, but I would want to be there in the winter to decide if I wanted to live there.

[sinatra]

All I know about Victoria is that there's a famous vegan tattoo shop and an electronic music festival in July, but neither of those are very relevant to your interests.

There is Buchart Gardens, which is supposed to be spectacular.

[agentotter]

Actually, I love tattoos so that part's useful, and both facts qualify as at least marginally fascinating. :D Also, even if you'd had absolutely nothing to say about Victoria, your icon totally made my day.