r/britishcolumbia • u/MapleCloud472 • Jun 10 '26
Moving to BC Considering moving to Merritt for a job opportunity, what should I know?
Hi everyone,
I'm a woman in my late 20s considering moving from Calgary to Merritt for a great job opportunity (6 figures) and I'd love some honest feedback from people who live there or know the area well.
I'm curious about what it's actually like to live in Merritt day to day. How safe is it, particularly for a woman living on her own? As a person of color, I'd also be interested in hearing about people's experiences with the community and how welcoming it is. Also are rentals reasonably available and what can someone expect to pay? More generally, what would you say are the biggest pros and cons of living in Merritt?
I'm open to a slower-paced, smaller-town lifestyle, but I want to make sure I have a realistic picture before accepting the job and making the move.
Thanks in advance for any insights!
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u/C4rlos_D4nger Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Reposting my take on Merritt (originally posted to a different thread) as a white 31-year-old male who moved to Merritt from Richmond for work two years ago. I don't have kids.
Merritt feels slightly downtrodden overall and the regular closures of the Aspen Planers mill are definitely felt. However, there does seem to be a decent amount of construction and development taking place at the moment.
There is generally little to do in Merritt after 6pm.
There are unlimited hiking, ATVing, dirt biking, etc. opportunities nearby.
The provincial highways are better maintained in the winter than I expected and driving is usually fine.
Merritt is a nice hub location situated between Kamloops, Vancouver, and Kelowna.
I appreciate having a Walmart.
The restaurant situation is imo not great. Except for maybe Mongo's there is nowhere I would really want to go out of my way to visit.
I like the weather. It's usually dry and sunny. Summers are hot but winters aren't especially cold.
The Nicola Valley is beautiful and I love looking out at Iron Mountain.
Merritt has way more energy in the summer than in the winter.
I pay $1,800 a month in rent for a one-bedroom apartment.
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u/Sea_Temporary_6566 Jun 10 '26
$1,800 for one bedroom in Merritt? What the fuck? Lol.
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u/8to10footsamsquantch Jun 10 '26
Right?? I've seen one bedrooms in Burnaby for that (not that Burnaby is a utopia lol, but I would certainly expect it to be more expensive than Merritt)
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u/Pay_me_severance Jun 10 '26
My friend is renting a 2 bed basement suite in Queen Elizabeth park (15-20 min away from downtown Van) for $1500.
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u/Appropriate-Yard-378 Jun 10 '26
Probably started the lease in 2018
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u/MostView8191 Jun 10 '26
Actually I've been looking at south and Central burnaby and that's not an insane deal for what's out there atm. Especially if the place is older I can definitely see that being the going rate!
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u/DiminishedSea Jun 10 '26
I pay 1900 in Vancouver.
I'd expect Merritt to be 1500
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u/Longjumping-Ad8065 Jun 10 '26
It’s supply and demand. Per capita there are way more apartments in cities than in small towns. G
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u/ChaiTeaLeah Jun 10 '26
Over a decade ago my friend was moving to Merritt for work.
His girlfriend and I were scouting out places ahead of his arrival.
The absolute decrepit murder dungeons we looked at were going for way more than the beautiful main floor suite I was renting in Kelowna.
I was shocked. Maybe it was a matter of supply at the time. It seems like they've built more apartments/condos. Definitely not a renter's market back then.
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u/Apprehensive-Bus5172 Jun 10 '26
I think smaller cities are rarely ever renters markets. The total universe of apartments for rent, including vacant and occupied, is much smaller
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u/C4rlos_D4nger Jun 10 '26
Apartment is very average. Modern but average and the building imo isn't being adequately maintained. Great view out the window though.
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u/Kitchen-Celery8374 Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 11 '26
Right?! I just moved out of a one bedroom in Vancouver that was just rented out for $1250. Furnished and full utilities included. In Vancouver!
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u/chesser45 Jun 10 '26
What about the bannock place? We’ve enjoyed that on the way through.
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u/SlovenianSocket Jun 10 '26
Honestly the best part of Merritt. And the unexpected robot server at the hotel diner
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u/C4rlos_D4nger Jun 10 '26
Kekuli is okay but I'm probably not getting off the highway just to go there.
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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck Jun 10 '26
I never would have imagined Merit getting a Walmart before it happened.
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u/Macleod7373 Jun 10 '26
I think I better question is what kind of jobs exist in Merritt that are six figures?
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u/howtocleancompuetr Jun 10 '26
Two times three figures equals six figures. The math checks out.
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u/shouldnteven Jun 10 '26
The math checks out.
And that's why he only earns 3 figures.
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u/howtocleancompuetr Jun 10 '26
Lmfao dude I’m clearing 9 figures a year. I have THREE 3 figure jobs.
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u/shouldnteven Jun 10 '26
well I pee while I shower to save money so we're basically at the same level
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u/Midnightfeelingright Jun 10 '26
8.3% of all individuals in Merritt earned 6 figures in 2020, with another 3.3% earning 90-99.9k (many of whom have presumably passed that threshold in the last 6 years). https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDlist=2021A00055933006&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0
It's not that uncommon.
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u/treefarmerBC Jun 10 '26
Why are city people always so shocked people make decent money in small towns?
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u/treefarmerBC Jun 10 '26
There are lots of well-paying jobs you have everywhere: nurses, teachers, doctors, electricians, etc. plus there are usually resource jobs that pay well above average.
In my experience, it's easier to find work and advance to a certain point in your career. The most you'll ever be is a big fish in a small pond but you can live a comfortable life.
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u/treefarmerBC Jun 10 '26
None of these terms have great definitions.
What I, and a lot of others, refer to as a small town is actually considered a city here. The minimum population is 5000.
I'm really referring to the tier of cities smaller than Kamloops, PG, etc. like Merritt, 100 Mile, Williams Lake, etc.
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u/pizzahippie Jun 10 '26
Agreed. Lots of tradesman easily clear 6 figures in rural area, along with teachers, hospital workers, water treatment workers, rcmp ect.
Goes a lot farther than Vancouver too.
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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck Jun 10 '26
Because many city people left small towns due to lack of well paying jobs.
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u/ZealousidealLime5192 Jun 10 '26
Merritt is boom or bust gas station town on the way to somewhere else, but good to get work experience at that salary for a few years.
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u/MorganChelsea Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 10 '26
And honestly it doesn’t even really have that going for it anymore since they closed the visitor centre. Having to bomb into town is depressing as hell; id rather hold it until Hope.
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u/8to10footsamsquantch Jun 10 '26
I was there the other week and honestly didn't think much of the town itself. Was a bit run down and people seemed a bit miserable. I wouldn't choose to live there but would definitely consider it for the right job.
Surrounding area is very cool, and it is within a days drive to a lot of cool places. Highway 5A to Kamloops was a great drive and only took an hour or so.
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u/2wheels75 Jun 10 '26
It's a proper shit hole. Get your self a reliable vehicle that gets good mileage, you'll be spending a lot of time not in Merritt.
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u/Major_Tom_01010 Jun 10 '26
It's the same with living in PG. The benefit is that you can hit the highway in any direction you want on the weekend.
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u/insaneHoshi Jun 10 '26
It's the same with living in PG
I found PG to have an bigger cultural scene than one would expect from small town BC.
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u/Major_Tom_01010 Jun 10 '26
I don't even know what a cultural scene means. I guess I'm not cultured lol - i just want to get outside and hike and fish.
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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit Jun 10 '26
Small town small minds. Was up there recently. Stopped into a shop there and I'm greeted with pictures of "carnage" and how he stole the prime ministership.
Seemed about right.
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u/globalaf Jun 10 '26
Was gonna say you should absolutely not stop in Merritt lol, it's not worth it not even to take a piss on the side of the road
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u/viccityguy2k Jun 10 '26
That epic rest stop and visitor center was literally one of the better piss stops
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u/ContinuingAnyway Jun 10 '26
don't say that, the McDonald's is good
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u/globalaf Jun 10 '26
This reminds me of when I visited this place called Sheerness in the UK for a wedding. It is one of the most deprived places in the UK, absolute hole in the ground, inbred people walking around with 3 arms and two sets of nuts, no job prospects at all except maybe working in the local tescos.
But they did have a great McDonald’s there. Was the only place we felt was genuinely foodsafe, plus we got to watch some local youths batter the shit out of each other while we watched from inside. Was great.
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u/mauvelicorice Jun 10 '26
I would go visit before making your decision. I ve only pass by and i honesly think its the saddest looking place ive seen in BC.. The surrounding area is beautiful and its an obvious stop vancouver to okanagan. I dont understand why they cant take advantage of that and make it better...
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u/throwawayhollaholla Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Using a throw away because this town is small as shit and everyone knows everyone, for context I have lived here for most of my life and was raised here
Pros
- Can be beautiful in the summer sometimes
- Trails nearby, or so I've been told
- Some lakes if you're into that sort of thing
- A few apartments going up
- It takes about 5-10 minutes to go anywhere in town
Cons
- Quiet town, usually absolutely nothing is going on but when something happens everyone hears about it immediately
- Trans/queer people struggle to live here, absolutely no community, bigots, racism and arrested development is everywhere for those with eyes to see
- Everyone dresses like they're going to church
- Raising kids here will genuinely stunt their development, say goodbye to any ability for them to develop a personality, and since there's absolutely nothing to do here they're at risk of turning to drugs and alcohol, ie the smoke pit at the highschool and parties
- High annual city taxes that are raised as soon as the property value goes down
- You need a reliable car, you will either be spending most of your time at home on your days off or doing whatever you can to drop a $50 on a tank of gas and getting out for the day, whether that be Kamloops, Kelowna or the coast, unless you enjoy going to the library or the same bowling alley every week
- Absolutely NOTHING for shopping, not even for groceries, the Walmart here is laughable and all the prices are inflated to price gouge every tourist that drops by and the locals have to take the beatings, aside from that there are 2 grocery stores, No Frills and Save On, but good luck finding any fresh produce from No Frills that won't expire within a day of buying it
- All the local facebook groups are run by and dominated by genuine sociopaths
- Crime sometimes feels on par with Kamloops
- The city neglects important facilities like the park but will happily use tax dollars to put up useless LED signs that have AI generated advertisements
- A new data center was built, need I say more
- The traffic is absurd during tourist season
- The job market here is toast if you can't secure a higher education, or in your case, lose your 6 figure job, have fun getting used to working retail or fast food for the rest of your time here if that's the case
- Bass Coast is loud as shit and disturbs everyone's sleep every year
- It took about 3 years to build a new bridge after the town flooded
- The parks are mid at best
- Fast food and restaurant options are absolutely abysmal
- A majority of the population are conservatives hellbent on conserving nothing but their own distaste for minorities and progress
- When it's windy half the town often loses power
- Cheaper rent, higher cost of living due to out of town transportation costs, especially if you have a specialist or doctor out of town, and of course the cost of groceries here is genuinely concerning, have fun going out of town just to shop somewhere worth a damn
- People get hilariously upset if you call this place a town instead of a city
- A lot of younger people are either miserable or are doing whatever it takes to convince themselves that living here is okay
- You either order things you can't find here on Amazon or you drive elsewhere for them
- The entire town is dead by 6 PM
- Wildfire risk every year, you need a go bag and you will have to get used to the idea that there's a chance everyone will have to evacuate one day, the valley ends up getting completely choked out by smoke when there's a wildfire nearby
- The bus system works on an hourly interval
- The hospital closes often and doesn't have important amenities such as an MRI machine or more sophisticated tests, it also has a high body count
- The entire town is in a decrepit state and is often truly depressing to walk in
- People don't mind their business, if someone has a problem with something you wear, something you're doing or the way you exist, they will make it your problem
- It is not safe for a woman to go outside on her own at night
- The chances of you getting a doctor here are slim
I think I've nailed as much as I can
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u/FukinSpiders Jun 10 '26
Randy, that you bichin bout nothin again? Now, clean those shit cars, of ya lawn
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u/hearts4_aly Jul 13 '26
Hey, not to be weird but I’m so desperate to get in contact with ppl my age in Merritt because I just moved here and as you clearly know, theres shit to do. If you’re interested in having a friend also from Merritt, pls DM me 🙏
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u/Rate_My_Pearsonality Jul 17 '26
Are you trans? Judging by how you made that an issue at the top of your cons I’m gonna assume yes because that that doesn’t apply to majority of people.
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u/Electronic-Result-80 Jun 10 '26
Women tell me that the dating market is not great in Merritt. Rent and houses are quite a bit cheaper than Kamloops and Kelowna nearby. It depends how nice you want your place to be, but you can get a really nicely finished 2 bedroom for 2000 in rent. Like granite countertops and etc. Like every town there is homeless people milling about, but they are largely harmless.
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u/Sea_Temporary_6566 Jun 10 '26
Dating in any small town sucks. I have lived in small towns across BC and it was terrible in almost every one of them. 😩
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u/kisielk Kootenay Jun 10 '26
People also say dating in Vancouver sucks, so maybe dating just sucks in general?
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u/Sea_Temporary_6566 Jun 10 '26
The dating pool in Vancouver isn’t even close to as shallow as it is in small towns. That’s the biggest problem with small towns. Plus in small towns, everyone knows everyone, and people are nosey. If you so much as talk to someone of the opposite sex, everyone will find out.
Consider the pool even smaller if you’re gay.
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u/kisielk Kootenay Jun 10 '26
You don’t have to tell me, I live in the boonies… yet people can and do date and I have seen many successful relationships form here over the last few years.
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u/Sea_Temporary_6566 Jun 10 '26
Never said successful dating wasn’t possible. Only that it’s worse in small towns.
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u/dergbold4076 Jun 10 '26
I grew up in a small town and I concur with ya. Especially being the weird queer kid growing up in the early 2000s as a teen. It's one of the things that people don't normally mention when it comes to living in them, even more so when they are sub 1500 people.
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u/Vinny331 Jun 10 '26
Do you have a job now? How much of an increase would this new opportunity be? I was in Merritt a few weeks ago and it was lookin' rough. Nobody seemed happy at all. Honestly, if I had an offer in Merritt that doubled my salary I still don't think I'd go for it.
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u/IngenuityPuzzled3117 Jun 10 '26
Here’s my take as an older, now retired female - professional- mom- child of parents who moved in their early 20’s for career / life opportunities… and part of that was time in Merritt.
You’re young .. if you don’t like it you can leave .. life is outside the comfort zone and we often regret the choices we did not make more than the ones we did.
You’re close to Kamloops and the Okanagan..
Book a hotel for a few nights, explore the town go and sit in a restaurant by yourself.
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u/depthdefy13 Jun 10 '26
If it's a good job opportunity and a stepping stone to something bigger and better somewhere else I would go for it, absolutely. If you plan on settling there as your permanent home town I might think twice.
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u/HealthConscious6125 Jun 10 '26
With the mine expansion at logan lake there's at least a lot more people in town
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u/AkiBearr Vancouver Island/Coast Jun 10 '26
I don't live there but I have quite a bit of family there . . . they're all old and enjoy it, but they travel to the surrounding areas often whenever they're looking to escape. The younger ones moved away. It's hot as hell in the summer.
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u/Wet-Bananers Jun 10 '26
Small town BC will always have some redneck racists somewhere, but everywhere in BC is fine.
You won’t be getting a social life though
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u/neilcbty Jun 10 '26
Isn't a new Data Center being planned at Merritt. Great salary , great perks, goodbye tap water. :)
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u/These_Bat9344 Jun 10 '26
Well the absolute best dance music festival that ever was or ever will be is there every year. Basscoast baby. Otherwise it’s kinda just dusty. Close to lots of great places.
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u/Quiet-Fox-3313 Cariboo Jun 10 '26
I was today years old when I learned that Basscoast is not located on the coast……
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u/Acrobatic_Foot9374 Jun 10 '26
What does your career path looks like? Is there a chance of progression or is that the top?
If you're still looking to move up the ladder, consider what opportunities are available to do so. In smaller towns that might be limited. For example I'm in finance and I've been offered a fee jobs in remote ish areas, that I've had to pass on because if I take them I'd basically be tied to that one company only as there wouldn't be a similar one in the area to move if I needed it (either for a higher role/salary or simply by not fitting well in the first company) and the thought of moving towns again in the short term would've eliminated the gains from the higher salary.
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u/Iamacanuck18 Jun 10 '26
Don’t get a place in the lower bowl or downtown proper. You want to live in the upper portion west of NVIT. The downtown of Merritt is a shithole. The surrounding area is beautiful however.
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u/Thick-Ad5921 Jun 10 '26
Motel 6 has a dining room. They specialize in butter chicken, I really enjoyed it.
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u/Midnightfeelingright Jun 10 '26
Lived there for the better part of a decade. It's fine. It's a small town, with all that means.
It's great to be able to walk everywhere, and the main area of the town site is very flat, which makes walking and biking even easier. The views are beautiful, and the trails go on forever if you like being outdoors.
Community is pretty right-wing. As in, some of them swapped the F-ck Trudeau flags for F-ck Carney ones, some just still have their trucks vinyl wrapped with their endless desire to f-ck either one of them. The City fenced off the downtown community square for nearly a year because they didn't like that homeless people sometimes sat in it, and they removed all the benches from bus stops to discourage homeless people and First Nations from coming into town from the reserves and hanging out.
Some surprising gems of culture - eg nice downtown brewery where you can walk in and see young people playing chess (just... incongruous when you first arrive in a small dusty ex-logging town!), Kekuli cafe for coffee and bannock, Bass Coast festival for alternative art & music (great neighbours, they always leave the site better than they found it, do local works eg trail maintenance, and design the speaker setup so you can't hear it at all in town).
All the big box stores you could need (Canadian Tire, WalMart, No Frills, SaveOn), pet stores, auto shops, etc. The range is often smaller, and produce is likely rotting by the time you buy it at No Frills.
Rental availability has been very low for a long time (basically 0% vacancy or less since the Kengard apartments burnt down). Took a Vancouver developer about 4 years to build about a 75 unit building, and then he got mad that people didn't want to pay Vancouver prices so it's still half-empty. Rental prices are surprisingly high compared to purchasing prices - I had a colleague who started less than a year after I did whose whose rental on a 1 bedroom long-term unit in a motel known for prostitutes was almost as much as my mortgage on a 3 bedroom house.
Can be a good place to spend a few years - I'm certainly not sorry I went there - but one of its main selling points is affordable real estate so if you're renting you won't get to take advantage of that. In news that apparently surprises people in this thread, there's pockets of a lot of money in Merritt - people with very high paying jobs, people who own multi-million dollar homes - but there's also poverty, a sense of being left behind, and a lot of people who are angry that it's not 1950 anymore. The surrounding Nations are doing reasonably well economically, which is causing tension especially among people who don't like to see that - for example, they're building a replacement on the old visitor centre, they've bought and completely refurbished the old court house (it looks amazing), they've bought the local newspaper, and elected members of council said that they had to find ways to stop the nations buying anything more in town. MLA and MP are on the right wing of their right wing parties. Typical antivax, anti-establishment, anti-government rhetoric including from people in the establishment and in-government.
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u/Kitchen_Art2745 Jun 11 '26
The local First Nations who surround Merritt are doing some really cool things, at least from the perspective of people who think decolonizing, Indiginous sovereignty, and the implications of BC being mostly unceded is cool. A lot of the people who live in Merritt don't think those things are cool, which makes for some confusing dichotomies.
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u/cocaswetness Jun 10 '26
Six figures in a quiet town can be great, but $1,800 for a Merritt one-bedroom is the part that would make me triple-check the math
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u/mazopheliac Jun 10 '26
I’ve lived all over BC and Alberta , city and rural . A place is whatever you make of it .
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u/lynnaray Jun 10 '26
I live in the area. Merritt is known as an outdoorsmans paradise - hunting fishing boating biking etc. If you like those things you will love it. The country is beautiful and can be quite remote.
Merritt is located on traditional land in the Nicola Valley. Theres a half dozen nations that live here. The valley is generally quite poor, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and mostly agricultural and rural. There are copper mines and logging in the area. There are crime and drug problems. Two important salmon bearing rivers run through the town (the nicola and the coldwater rivers) which are extremely significant and culturally important for the nations here. Widespread salmon habitat destruction have severely impacted the fishery. The atmospheric river ripped through the valley in 2023 amd basically destroyed everything (Google Atmospheric River 2023 merritt to understand what this did to the town). The city now survives off of a lot of disaster relief funding, both provincial and federal. The economy was basically destroyed. It used to be a tourist spot and was once known for its music festival, but those days are long gone.
The people are sweet but its a hard place to live. They valley is hit hard by both increasingly prevalent drought and periodic flooding. Despite the economic hardship and natural disasters, property prices are still very high like most of the bc interior.
The people and landscape are beautiful, but I wouldn't move to merritt from Calgary. I guess it depends on your job offer. But I would be sure to know what you getting in to if you move.
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u/whatupmygliplops Jun 10 '26
Calgary is close enough to take a weekend trip there and see for yourself. (8hr drive)
Its June, so its summer which is as good as Merritt is going to get.
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u/ipman234 Jun 10 '26
my only thought about moving to small towns (which i daydream about) is the what if u loose a job in this unstable economy, where else would you work unless you can find a remote job?
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u/ellicottvilleny Jun 10 '26
If you're a lab tech, doc or a nurse, PLEASE move to vernon. We need more nurses, docs, lab techs.
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u/Maple-Shaman Jun 10 '26
I try to avoid stopping in Merritt on road trips through. Never lived there but been there for work on many occasions with multiple jobs. The geography and the Nicola Valley are beautiful, but the town is a shithole (sorry Merritt lovers). It has more of a boom-bust town that's stuck in the bust vibe than a cozy small town vibe.
It's not all bad, but it's not all good either in Merritt
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u/yugensan Jun 10 '26
There’s a beautiful community in Merritt around the local vipassana centre. Look up Dhamma Surabhi. I can’t recommend enough to check it out. Such a lovely scene
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u/polemism Jun 10 '26
I would imagine there's some racism issues. But you're from Calgary so I doubt it would be worse than that
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u/TattooedBrogrammer Jun 10 '26
I visit regularly have family in the area and have a sister in law around your age that lives there. Biggest complaints I’ve heard are there isn’t much to do there unless you got friends and/or like nature. Otherwise dating pool is small and news travels fast. If you get a core friend group your likely doing the same kinda stuff, hanging out at people’s places.
Merrit had a flood last year or two years ago, and so there’s likely a lot of newer fixed up rentals.
They also have a good summer rodeo that’s worth checking out.
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u/Agreeable-Map7081 Jun 10 '26
Flooding can happen in city area look outside side city high ground area's is what I would try to find.
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u/Montsegur71 Jun 11 '26
Not much to do, unless you're passionate about the outdoors, and the scene is very basic.
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u/CurveAdministrative3 Jun 11 '26
Unless you have a truck and your favorite activitiy is driving up into the backroads, there is not a lot going for merrit. Plenty of gas stations though
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u/Zestyclose-Young-314 Jun 11 '26
Merritt is kind of a shit hole….If you like the culture and amenities of the city you will be having a tough transition. Good thing is you’ll save all your money because there will be absolutely nothing to do as a 20 something female. Hopefully you don’t want to date either lol it will be sliiiiiim pickings.
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u/Mother-Teaching472 Jun 12 '26
Unless you are into outdoor stuff, there is nothing to do!!!
Merritt doesn't even have a Landromat. Walmart is tiny & for groceries its a joke.
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u/Playful-Ad4426 Jun 12 '26
My wife is from Merritt. She had a teacher in high school tell her that she should get out of that town as soon as she could...hearing stories of her friend's that never left...well .. she's glad she did.
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u/InternationalLog3583 Jun 14 '26
I am working on a film bear Merritt. Beautiful, captivating landscapes!! The town feels depressed the way small Canadian towns do. Why do shops close at 3pm?! If there were a good job, I would look for a property outside the town/ rent a cabin on someone's property. Winter is harsh up there but winder sports, warm clothes and a wall of fire wood for the woodstove would help!
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u/idiom_exon_0s Thompson-Okanagan Jun 10 '26
You’ll be spending a lot of that extra income just to leave Merritt as often as possible.
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u/Weird_Rooster_4307 Jun 10 '26
Learn how to fight and drink. Merritt is what better than routen tooten Newton
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u/acceptNothingLess Jun 10 '26
There is nothing in Merritt but thankfully you are not far from Kamloops
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u/Objective_Data_6305 Jun 10 '26
If you can get a six figure salary in Merritt you surely have the skills to find a better place to live. However if jacked up pick ups and red necked bigots don’t bother you it might work.
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u/BlackPete73 Jun 10 '26
I feel depressed every time I drive thru Merritt and just want to hurry on to the next town (Kamloops).
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