Despite Expo86, the 2010 Winter Olympics and the World Cup, the VMV still occasionally flares up in various shapes and forms. Vancouver can never quite totally get rid of its No Fun City aspect.
https://commons.bcit.ca/evolution1079/2025/09/10/why-is-vancouver-called-no-fun-city NFC
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/graduateresearch/42591/items/1.0417464 NFC
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/12cs3lx/why_vancouver_is_called_a_nofun_city NFC
https://quillette.com/2024/11/11/why-mind-viruses-are-real VMV