Visitor praises Vancouver drivers for being ‘more courteous and relaxed’ than Albertans

An Alberta visitor to B.C. had nothing but good things to say about the province, while throwing some shade at their own.

“Hey, British Columbians,” the Albertan said to the British Columbia subreddit.

“As an Albertan who visited Vancouver this past week, I want to say thank you.”

The Albertan said he drove from Alberta (hopefully it wasn’t this guy) and that B.C. residents are a “different breed.”

They added, “Holy hell this would not fly in Alberta that’s for sure.”

The Redditor went on to talk about traffic in B.C.

“You know how to zipper merge, courteous, more relaxed, no middle fingers, honking,” he said.

He was clearly very fortunate in his experience, which isn’t necessarily the norm, as many noted in response.

The Albertan admitted he might not have seen the full, real picture, saying, “Yes, I was in the typical Van proper tourist spots and also West Van, so I get that other areas might not have the same [driving] habits.”

In response, one B.C. resident said, “Vancouver drivers are very oblivious. They follow the rules as best they can, but often don’t really have a full grasp of how to apply those rules to their actual experience of driving.”

Someone else said, “I take it you didn’t drive around Surrey.”

That elicited an “Or Richmond,” response.

“Surrey driving is high-speed chaos. Richmond driving is low-speed chaos,” someone else replied.

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There was lots of disagreement about the state of B.C. traffic.