| Boomtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, is
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| | Nanaimo also has a regular airport south
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| currently one of the hottest housing
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| | of town and you can get a free extension
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| markets in Canada. Baby boomers all
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| | to Nanaimo on many Air Canada tickets to
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| across the country are casting their
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| | Vancouver.
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| aging eyes west in their quest for a
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| | Another great attraction for snowbird
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| retirement haven, and the many advantages
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| | retirees is the fact that Nanaimo real
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| of Nanaimo, BC, are becoming known.
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| | estate is still affordable. Housing
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| First off, there's the mild climate
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| | prices have increased 50 percent in
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| moderated by warm Pacific currents
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| | recent years, but you can still purchase
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| arriving from Japan. Nanaimo only gets a
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| | real estate here for about half which
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| couple of weeks of snow a year, quite a
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| | comparable properties would cost in
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| contrast to central and eastern Canada
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| | Vancouver. Nanaimo Realty, Remax Nanaimo,
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| which can be snowed in from December to
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| | and Coast Realty Nanaimo can tell you
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| April. There's enough rain to keep the
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| | more.
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| city's gardens and parks lush and green,
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| | However Nanaimo's greatest attraction is
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| but plenty of clear, dry days for outdoor
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| | its friendly, outgoing people. Nanaimo
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| enthusiasts throughout the year.
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| | still has a certain "small town" air lost
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| Nanaimo isn't a big city - under 100,000
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| | in go-go places like Toronto, and it's
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| - so traffic jams are the exception, and
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| | easy for newcomers to plug into the local
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| there's still free parking downtown. As
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| | scene. There's always something happening
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| the main service center for the upper
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| | in the Harbour City. It's paradise found.
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| two-thirds of Vancouver Island, the City
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| of Nanaimo has all the services you could
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| | David Stanley's travel series "Unknown
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| ask for, from the big box stores of North
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| | Sights of Canada" is exclusively
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| Nanaimo to intimate boutiques and cafes
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| | available on Go Nanaimo.
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| downtown.
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| | You have permission to publish this
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| Nanaimo is well connected. BC Ferries
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| | article electronically or in print, free
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| runs large car ferries from Nanaimo to
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| | of charge, so long as the byline and
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| Vancouver every couple of hours, and
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| | resource box are included. Please do not
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| seaplanes are constantly coming and going
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| | use this article without the byline and
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| on their way to/from downtown Vancouver
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| | resource box. Many thanks!
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| or Vancouver International Airport.
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