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Touring Vancouver, Canucks and Olympic City (Photo Gallery)

April 19, 2011 By paulmbanks 9 Comments

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“We don’t like you very much here.” That’s what a Vancouver, British Columbia local said to me when I told him where I was from.

My visit occurred the same exact day my hometown Chicago Blackhawks finished off the San Jose Sharks to reach their first Stanley Cup Final since 1961. And the wounds of a Stanley Cup Playoff series loss, just one round earlier were still fresh within these Vancouverites.

My response: “You guys got the Gold, we’ll get the Cup.” And a couple weeks later, we sure did. Of course, if you happen to be reading this and your name is Brent Seabrook, Jonathan Toews or Duncan Keith, you obtained both.

But beyond all that smack talk, what I loved most about the city of Vancouver, host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, is a trait also present in my neighborhood back home in Chicago.

 

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