Penticton>Kelowna>Vernon

[ToddT]

There I said it. Let the debate begin!

[Dizzy1]

It should be North to South ... so I suggest Vernon>Kelowna>Penticton.

Discuss ;)

[ToddT]

What sort of rivalries have our communities had over the years? The one big one I can think of is our hockey teams but that faded a bit when the Spartans left the BCHL.

[XT225]

ToddT, you really don't expect this thread to last long before it gets the chopping block, do you? There was a great thread a couple days ago about someone looking for the nearest Staples store. Hard to say if it was started by a troll or not but since the OP didn't specify which city he was near, it was kind of dumb. The thread was deleted, I noticed.

ETA: what about Kamloops? It had its own section a while ago before the "Amalgamation"; now its lost in the jungle. I would like to see South Okanagan, Central Okanagan, North Okanagan as categories.

[Dizzy1]

What sort of rivalries have our communities had over the years? The one big one I can think of is our hockey teams but that faded a bit when the Spartans left the BCHL.

Where IKEA is gonna open up first ... Vernon, Kelowna or on the other side of the bridge.

[SmokeOnTheWater]

Skaha Lake beach in Penticton is fantastic. The Greenway, Knox Mountain in Kelowna for easy trails. Stunning views from Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park in Vernon. Okanagan is the " best place on Earth ".

[Mike6921]

Until 1941 Vernon was bigger than Kelowna.

[atenbacon]

Why are you leaving out Oliver? It has a lot of wineries and orchards.

And Lumby, I mean really... who would ignore lumbians?

[mountain sky]

I don't know what or why as it hasn't been explained about the new "local" (at least I havn't seen it). But I can say I have very little interest in wading thru and opening threads that may or may not have any relevance to my life and jurisdiction. Castanet is rapidly losing me as a viewer and commenter with this new format.

[mexi cali]

I'm not entirely sure that I understand what this is about? Is it a protest over the new format? Or is it a Vernon is better than Kelowna is better than Penticton?

Help?

[atenbacon]

Try to keep up, it is a debate on which city needs more frozen yogurt stands.

[Otter]

Just putting in my two cents worth (devalued rate, of course_)

I really, truly HATE this new system. I live in Kelowna. I don't live in Vernon, Penticton, or any other hamlet in the Okanagan. When I go to these forums I want to know what's going on in MY city, not every other place in the Okanagan.

I do not want to (nor have the time to) wade through every single missive to find something that pertains to my home, life, or friends. If I want to know what's happening in one of the other communities, I would rather that was MY choice. I often would go and look at the other communities' pages if there was something going on there that I needed more info on, but that was MY choice.

This new system has removed the forum's members of making a choice to easily access the info they want and/or need. What, are we a bunch of children who need someone to make those choses for us? Do we not have the intelligence to know how to access a different listing if that's what we choose?

Please rethink this terrible mistake (and it is a mistake) before this entire site disappears because it's just not working for the majority of its users.

[mountain sky]

AMEN, could not have said it better myself. Confusing, waste of time, and totally boring to be opening topic after topic that you have no interest in. Quickly losing my patience and interest in Castanet. Have to also sort thru and open all news stories just to find relevant. Please return to old format.

[ToddT]

ToddT, you really don't expect this thread to last long before it gets the chopping block, do you? There was a great thread a couple days ago about someone looking for the nearest Staples store. Hard to say if it was started by a troll or not but since the OP didn't specify which city he was near, it was kind of dumb. The thread was deleted, I noticed.

ETA: what about Kamloops? It had its own section a while ago before the "Amalgamation"; now its lost in the jungle. I would like to see South Okanagan, Central Okanagan, North Okanagan as categories.

So far so good! I want my Penticton forum back! :)
If we're going to have a forum that celebrates the entire Okanagan region as "local" then we might as well have threads that everyone can post in, no?

And to clarify, it's Penticton that beats the pulp out of you other two, and the Vipers are chumps.

[ToddT]

Where IKEA is gonna open up first ... Vernon, Kelowna or on the other side of the bridge.

I think a place like Kamloops would get an Ikea before anyone. It's a regional hub, and has the land to support it.
I feel bad they were left out of my topic now. Kamloops is like the forgotten step-child of the Okanagan. I like to claim it as ours but the Cariboo likes to have their say too.

We are all Okanaganites.