We were supposed to be returning to Vancouver in June after a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer, but they have postponed the start of their season until 1st July (at least) so holiday cancelled.
On a previous visit to Vancouver 15 years ago we really enjoyed it, and were looking forward to seeing the changes since that visit.
I think it has gone up from the 95th to the 30th largest Chinese city in the world, or something
Compared with 15 years ago, it hasn't changed hugely. The suburbs expand but from downtown to Point Grey (university endowment lands) it is much the same (except with the added whiff of skunk, especially on Granville street downtown).
Compared with when I lived there....it has changed a lot. In the early 80s it had the ambience (and licencing laws) of an Eastbourne from the 1950s with added hippies (apart from its tiny alt. arts/music subculture, which was very cool). Now it is a big city. The huge Chinese population is a paradigm of integration, even attracting the somewhat sneery derogatory term 'banana' on occasion (but the lifestyle is so seductive (if you have a decent job) it is hard to not just dive in and become Local). A few years ago the entire UBC medical class intake one year was Chinese (I mean Chinese Canadian - BIG difference). Oh, and house prices. They have changed. Boy have they changed