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28 Struggles Only People From Coquitlam Know Are True AF

If you catch yourself making references to growing up in Coquitlam, or if you currently live in Coquitlam and you just like to vent about the small things that really annoy you about your city, this is the article for you.

Some of these slight nuisances may include 1) Waiting almost a complete decade for a highly anticipated SkyTrain system 2) Struggling to clean up your yard after some hungry bears rifled through your trash bins 3) Our very very limited shopping mall.

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7 Easy Things You Can Do To Be The Least Stressed Person You Know

If you're like me, you get stressed a whole hell of a lot. It's really easy to get overwhelmed when you're juggling multiple jobs, friend groups, activities and hobbies on a day to day basis, while still trying to get a decent amount of sleep and not let your body soften to gelatine-like levels.

I am stressed by nature, meaning that very small, insignificant things will stress me out, basically every day i.e. someone cutting in front of me at the drive-thru will send me into a mental frenzy for at least 15-minutes. And which you might not be as anxious as I am, I think we can all agree that stress is bullshit and no one likes to have an uncomfortable amount of pressure on them.

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15 Struggles Only Diet Coke Addicts Will Understand

We all have our guilty pleasures. Some people can't live without coffee, some can't live without reality TV and some can't live without aspartame. I would know, I used to be addicted to it myself. I can thankfully say I can live without it now, but the addiction was too real.

It's well known that people are either team Pepsi or team Coke. No, they do not taste the same. Diet Coke is another world, it's the tears of angels. No matter what anyone tells you, you can't give it up. You assume your addiction is okay because other people are addicted to worse things.

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28 Struggles Only People From Coquitlam Know Are True AF

1. Trying to strategically plan how to get Downtown on a Saturday night, not to mention how to get home.

2. Coquitlam. Centre. Mall. 😫

3. Waiting almost 10 years for the new Evergreen line.

4. The internal struggle of wanting to taxi downtown but knowing it would break your bank. 💰💰

5. When people don't know the difference between Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. No, it's not the same thing.

6. If you're from Coquitlam, your parents probably went to the same high school that you went to AKA Centennial.

7. Needing to transit downtown but dreading the 160 bus.

8. Trying to transit downtown on the weekend but the SkyTrain ends so early. 🙄

9. Not having any Vancouver worthy clubs, so you resort to the local bar scene.

10. The large increase in the homeless community.

11. Thinking you live in a nice quiet suburb, but actually, there's a ton of gangs.

12. Like the Red Scorpions.

via @owirkus13. Getting an unexpected visit from some bears in your backyard.

14. I swear it rains more in Coquitlam than any other city in the GVA.

15. Your life revolves around hockey.

16. When you're trying to play Pokemon Go but you end up at the Hell's Angels clubhouse..

17. The non-stop construction on our main roads!

18. Running into deer, coyotes, and even the occasional cougar.

19. Walking your dog in Mundy Park with the rest of Coquitlam.

20. Always wondering if your next door neighbour has a grow op because let's face it, most houses in Coquitlam have grow ops.

21. Being from a hockey town, but not loving hockey (I didn't mean it, I swear🙊).

22. Casually bumping into bears in parks, schools and hiking trails.

23. Living in Westwood Plateau during a snowstorm. There's no way to get down that hill. 😓

24. Comparing your average house to the mansions in Westwood Plateau AKA where the rich and famous live. 😎

25. You have to specifically set your weather apps for Coquitlam because Vancouver weather is definitely not the same.

26. Getting stuck right in the middle of commuter traffic on your way into Vancouver.

27. The housing prices in Coquitlam are astronomical, even though most of the houses sit empty.

28. Being just far enough away from Vancouver that you avoid it whenever possible.

7 Easy Things You Can Do To Be The Least Stressed Person You Know

1. Get a good long sleep

2. Make regular time for friends and family

3. Don't bring your work home with you

4. Namastay-mindful

5. Work-it-out

6. Read - just not receipts

7. GTFOutside

21 Things All UBC Students Are Dreading About Going Back To School

1. Forgetting your CWL password.

2. Scheduling your courses so that you don't have a two hours break in between classes.

3. The 99. Period.

4. When it rains and everyone smells like century-old laundry on the 99.

5. Having a class in Buchanan and then a class in Woodwards right after.

6. Having to line up for 20 minutes at the Timmy's at Sauder and missing the first and probably most important portion of class.

7. Having to buy crazy expensive textbooks...

8. And then looking on the "UBC textbooks 4 sale" Facebook group only to discover that the $200 textbook you bought is being sold for $20.

9. Or simply not buying the textbook only to realize you actually need that shit.

10. Having super awkward "soooo how was your summer?" conversations with classroom acquaintances.

11. Having to wake up at the ass crack of dawn to go to an 8AM class because you live in Surrey.

12. Turning your room inside out to look for that damn i-Clicker.

13. Having to plan out the fastest, most efficient route to get to and between class regardless of all the freaking construction.

14. Staring out the window to see the beautiful sunny weather outside and sulking on the fact that you're indoors. In class. At school.

15. Having to meticulously time when you're going to get food at the SUB or Timmy's or Starbucks to avoid the crowds.

16. Or having to wait 1,000 hours to get your waffle fries because the line up is ridiculous.

17. The line up at Triple O's on Tuesdays when you're already hangry AF.

18. It's only August...but you're probably already dreading the all-nighters you'll have to do when it's midterm/finals season.

19. Having to pay a million dollars for parking if you dare drive to school.

20. Blue Chip running out of your fave Java Nut cookie.

21. Realizing that the moment you graduate you have to adult.

14 Very Real Struggles Only People From Niagara Understand

1. Niagara on the Lake and Niagara Falls are 2 VERY different places.

2. We don't all love drinking wine and beer.

3. We're not all farmers.

4. You're no longer afraid of bird bangers. (And you know what they are).

5. You have to delete apps to keep space on your phone for the bridges app.

6. There's absolutely no transit system.

7. Every season is tourist season.

8. People always ask if we want to go to the falls. The answer is always no.

9. The speed on the road is either 40km/hour or 100km/hour. No in-between.

10. Getting to Toronto is a mission and a half.

11. There's no Go Train that reaches the falls year round.

12. The closest mall is in St. Catharines.

13. People will look down on you if you don't drink local Ontario beer.

14. There are like 4 clubs.

15 Struggles Only Diet Coke Addicts Will Understand

"Is Diet Pepsi Okay?"

When you think you're gaining weight, you'll never blame it on Diet Coke

You genuinely don't remember the last time you drank water

When you don't have one you actually go through withdrawals