richmond is bad for driving period. its not just the drivers, its the tight parking lots, tight parking spaces, one way parking lots, congestion, etc....

-people dont stop their cars and drop people off on the road anywhere other than richmond and chinatown.
-richmond parking lots are atrocious. heres a few of the worst ones: yaohan, aberdeen, parker place. factor in how hongers love to back their cars in, even though it takes them about 3 or 4 tries with a huge line of cars waiting for them to park so they can get through, and you have a real problem in every richmond parking lot.
-hongers are terrible parkers. they cant park straight or even in the lines most of the times. i once watched a chinese girl try to back her car in about 6-7 times, and then parked almost smack in the middle of a line. she came out, took a look at her parking job, got back in her car, and left out of frustration.
-most dense c-lai population in the gvrd.


i could go on but im falling asleep.

i've lived here for almost a year (used to live in e. van) and i only moved here because of work. otherwise i pretty much hate living here.

too bad most of those restaurants in richmond are operated by chinese people. there are some authentic, but not nearly as many as in vancouver.

what chain store is available in richmond but not vancouver? chain stores are the same everywhere. if you're talking about independent boutiques, vancouver destroys richmond.

a flood in richmond is a guarantee if theres an earthquake... thats not some bogus prediction like 2012, thats a fact!

the flood in richmond thing is pretty true, I mean there's pumps constantly going in Richmond just to direct the water out.

And east Van isn't bad, I live by Renfrew and 1st and it's pretty safe here, nice neighborhood and great neighbors

representin renfrew/1st area too..

Nice area..its quiet and quite safe for an area in E.Van and its close by T&T hahhaa

Renfrew/1st area here as well. Quite a central location for going to North Van, West Van, Burnaby, New West, Surrey/Delta, Richmond, Van West. Lots of places nearby if you have a car, especially all along Hastings. Having BP open up last year on Grandview Hwy is pretty nice too, since there aren't many late night places around here. Walmart/Superstore is close by as well. Also not too far from the broadway/commercial station. Agree that it's quiet around here except around PNE time. Very quick drive to DT and multiple routes to Richmond.

nothing spectacular here. No good high school around this neighborhood.

this place is just the average joe.

When I graduate, I actually want to move away from this area just because it's nothing special here. Or maybe because I've been here for my past 15 years.

Also, last year there was a lot of beef in this area. I remember someone getting shot to death at Slocan and 3rd ave.

K this is based on someone whos lived on 33rd and oak, and 33rd and nanaimo area, i would definately buy richmond housing over east van housing. Really in Vancouver or GVA theres nothing to do. you can say but all the clubs and shit are downtown...but it gets to a certain point when you realize clubblin and shit is stupid. Richmond is quiet, full of eats, have many grocery areas. Roads are heck of a lot better than East Van's, full of asians :D so no crackhead white guy or whores all over. Atleast my frds places dont have these problems.

east van

cause well, we have hookers!

You just need to know where to look for authentic stuff. Funny the most authentic Japanese place is a funky place called Izumi-ya and from outside you'd reckon it's not even a restaurant. Osato-ya down on Garden City Mall is the most un-westernized Japanese food evarr. The Vietnamese food place adjacent to Public Market is teh bomb, the Nammich are hmmm hmmm delicious. Damn you make me hungry. Fuck it 24 hour subway run after I type this stuff. Oh yeah Ikea gets you some pretty damn authentic Swedish meatballs and chocolates.

I don't really see Daiso in Vancouver
I don't see J-Hobby in Vancouver
I don't see import game shops in Vancouver
I don't see Ikea in Vancouver

There are definitely more JDM/KDM boutique shops in Aberdeen Center than all of Vancouver combined.

The Deutscheland Haus is the only building I have discovered over the years that I want to have close by but it's not in Richmond... LOL. Ok maybe Mission Raceway Park too.

#8 typhoon hits Hong Kong every year, every year a number of people die from accidents caused by it. Landslides and floods damage homes and destroy properties. You would have to fight a hard case to make that a valid reason for people to "stop moving into HK! It's dangerous!"

Wow. That's like 5 of us in the Renfrew and 1st area.
And if you're complaining about 33rd and Nanimo.. look at what big street you're right next to. Kingsway and Nanimo.

east van. most definitely.
but stay away from commercial or main st. which used to be cool places to live but are now ridiculously expensive, trendy and lame

I live around #4 and williams. It's actually a nice area and there is alot close by (fast food, groceries) and everything in richmond is 10 minutes away, and getting to downtown only takes 20 minutes. Richmond and Burnaby are honestly one of the better suburbs in metro vancouver IMO. I would still prefer to live in east van though.

wtf. i didn't know about this...

that stupid cunt that abandons babies in plastic bags lives in the area as well.

oh just so you know there was also fatal stabbing at the McDix on no.3 in Richmond earlier this year or late last year.

And some racial hatred (according to RCMP) violence outside Minoru Park (funny enough it was said it's been EI people vs black ppl, two kinds of skin tone that's just oh so rare for Richmond) Asian was probably around when it happened but no one bothered to talk to the 5-0....

Being Asian I'd still pick Richmond tho, heh.

Too many stereotype Richmond and give them a bad rep...I think traffic is just as bad in east van. I would consider Richmond because it's 18 mins from downtown, lots of houses with garages in the front of the houses, and if you live close to number 3/rc you have so many restaurants, grocery stores and other shopping.
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lol@ 18 minutes from DT.

Who cares what culture dominates the area. I live in Surrey, and Surrey you could say is dominated by Indians. You can look at some negatives about this but I try and look at the positives, lots of Indian food!!!:):):) Plus learning the culture and all there swear words. I am going to try and make a list of areas with the prominent culture.

West Vancouver - Rich snobs. (All races)
North Vancouver - Persian/White
Downtown - Everything/Bums
East Vancouver - Italian/Everything/Hookers
Burnaby - Asia
New Westminster - Little bit of everything/Filapino
Richmond/Steveston - Asia
Ladner/Tsawassen - Bible thumpin, sky daddy worshiping white people
Delta - White/Brown
Surrey - Brown/White
Coquitlam/Poco/Port Moody - Everything??
Cloverdale/Langley/Aldergrove/Abby/Chilliwack/Hope/Spuzum - Trailer Trash:P

Feel free to add on or make adjustments

Used to live by lansdowne richmond now living by brentwood north burnaby

both are excellent but richmond wins by miles
also i dont get why people say richmond driving sucks. bad drivers are fcking EVERYWHERE in gva. at least richmond's got flat paved roads.

those arent chain stores. if you're not talking about chain stores, theres tons of stores you can find in vancouver that arent in richmond.

im not saying richmond doesnt have authentic food, but compared to vancouver, its not even close. commercial drive anybody???
and you cant start talking about vietnamese food in richmond as an advantage over east van.... thats just ludicrous.
izumi-ya is a branch of fujiya, which is on clark st in vancouver.

and who shops at those jdm/kdm boutique shops anyway?
i'll give aberdeen mall one thing... it has the only fake food store in the whole GVRD. LOL
aberdeen mall is terrible.

i go to pw... its not a good school lol.. full of mainlanders and wannabe's. id agree to live in the east van and drive your kid to some west side school though. on the other hand, Churchill and Hamber are really good schools..

i went to churchill, and i think its a good school. Richmond high schools are full of wannabe gangsters / gangs...i've attended one and it totally screwed me up

South Van - Brown Town

I lived in Vancouver (westside albeit) almost all my life and now live in Richmond. Both great places to live but honestly the convenience of Richmond destroys. When in Vancouver, we'd find ourselves driving to Richmond atleast 2-3 times a week for food, shopping, etc etc. Its a relatively newer city and the city isn't bogged down in as much debt so the infrastructure is always being updated (also helps that there is so much development still ongoing).

I would seriously look at Burnaby as well though if you're considering settling down for life. Housing is pretty reasonable, and there are some houses that are built in a way that allow for 2 separate tenants downstairs while you live upstairs (also available in E.Van I believe), so its great supplemental income.

there are hookers everywhere lol