From our house, it is a walking distance to local shops, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets. If you like skiing, we have several mountains within an hour of reach. If you like a beach, it takes about 40 min from our house to get to North Vancouver Pacific Ocean Beach. There are many hikes around and dykes for biking. Vancouver area is considered one of the most beautiful cities to live and people from all around the world come to enjoy the outdoor lifestyle. Not too many places you can ski and at the same day lay down on the beach. There are plenty of rivers, lakes surrounded by beautiful mountains.