Parenting & Family Quote by Jonathan Brown

Domestic permanence is the flex here, not athletic swagger. Jonathan Brown frames the move from Vancouver to Victoria as a settled, measured upgrade: three years in, the trial period is over, and the verdict is delivered in calm, confident sentences. The line "Victoria is a great place to live" reads like standard relocation praise, but paired with "we plan on staying" it becomes a public declaration of roots, the kind athletes often hesitate to make in careers defined by trades, contracts, and seasonal churn.

The real anchor is "especially as the kids are now in school". That "especially" does quiet work: it shifts the rationale from lifestyle to obligation, from preference to responsibility. It's not about weather, scenery, or civic charm (though listeners can fill those in); it's about the rhythm of family life becoming non-negotiable. School turns a city into infrastructure. It makes moving costly in ways that don't show up on a salary line.

Context matters because athletes are often treated as temporary residents everywhere they go, celebrated on the field and anonymous at the grocery store. This quote pushes back gently against that narrative. Brown isn't selling Victoria as a tourist brochure; he's claiming it as a community where his family can be ordinary. The subtext is stability as success: not the highlight reel, but the ability to choose continuity when your profession is built on motion.