Some of these aren’t unique
to Greater Victoria but together they do help define it.
1.
The Fairmont Empress: the hotel literally fit for a
queen
2.
View Towers: the high-rise full of crazy people
3.
Non-stop panhandlers, especially but not limited to
downtown; they made the news when a conference got cancelled by attendees
wanting to avoid them
4.
Government offices everywhere
5.
Numerous swimming holes in the Western Communities
6.
Three comic shops on the same side of the same block of
Johnson St
7.
The waterfront buskers
8.
The Johnson St Bridge enabling travellers to commute
from downtown Victoria to Esquimalt and View Royal; currently a distinctive
blue bridge; it’s replacement will also be fancy looking if built according to
the plans
9.
Three key shopping centres on Douglas St: The Bay
Centre with its triangular tower, the large sized Mayfair Shopping Centre, and
the currently being reconstructed 2-level outdoor Uptown Shopping Centre
10. Red
and blue double decker busses
11. Related
to #5 but a little different, quick access to bodies of water almost everywhere
12. A
bit of a small town mentality despite the size, with differences not very
tolerated
13. A
higher percentage of Caucasian people even compared to many other Canadian
cities
14. Lots
of geese and ducks
15. Horse-drawn
carriages downtown
Bonus: 4 things that used
to help define Greater Victoria when I first moved here but no longer:
1.
Huge rabbit population at the University of Victoria
(relocated)
2.
Excessively long rides on the busses to the ferries
(Express busses now in place)
3.
No transit to the airport unless you count the
Airporter (still room for improvement but there is some service there now)
4.
Cows at the airport (I don’t know what happened to
them)
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