is in Esquimault, a suburb to the west, and UVic and Butchart Gardens are both well outside of the city limits. It looked like their arena was also in a sort of midtown area, and office space seemed to be dispersed much more evenly than in Halifax. As a result, there never seemed to be heavy vehicular traffic on the city streets, at least while I was there, the only bad traffic was on the highways/major arteries. The flip side of this is that if you live at UVic or CFB Esquimault, you can't just walk downtown in 15 minutes like you can in Halifax. Quote: Originally Posted by Keith P. Plus Victoria wins because it has palm trees! This is something I found funny in Vancouver - it seemed like they had palm trees everywhere just to prove "hey, we can grow palm trees here!" ...except most of them looked like they were struggling to survive. Certainly none of them were thriving. I didn't actually notice any palm trees in Victoria (the massive cedars, douglas-firs and arbutus trees are more interesting anyway) although I assume they'd grow a bit better than in Van because Victoria gets more sun. Quote: Originally Posted by RyeJay I'm uncertain if you've already disclosed this, but are you participating in some form of tree planting programme? I've spent a total of 4 summers planting trees and doing other forestry related work - I've actually worked in NS, NB, ON, MB, AB, and BC during