Vancouver is a nice place to visit but it's not so nice to live there. Way, way, way too expensive and the minimum wage is laughably low. And crime is pretty ridiculous too. Also, smurfing hipsters.
Yeah, it's great for tourists, especially during the Winter games.
Living there ain't too bad, but then, in my experience, you can't ever make enough money anywhere anyway lol. Try Winnipeg, eleven bucks for a pack of smokes.
As for crime, I reckon every big city has it. :/ I know they got statistics and crap, but I don't know how much to rely on those.

I don't hug people because you never know who could be gay and maybe have AIDs. It's a very scary reality that I have to deal with on a very daily basis.
You must live in a small town.