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05-01-2010, 12:22 PM
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#1 | | SardaukarMod
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Well, the wife and I are starting to think about moving out of our small Downtown apartment. Money (and work) dictates either East Vancouver or Richmond as destinations.
Tell me why I'd rather move to East Van than Richmond. Or vice-versa.
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05-01-2010, 12:24 PM
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East Van won't Sink  . Not a valid reason but whatever.  It really depends which area you're planning to stay in, in terms of "East Van".
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05-01-2010, 12:37 PM
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east van wont stink? are you sure
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#4 | | Hyde's Understudy
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^oops nevermind i thought u said wont stink , when its sink..
my bad
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05-01-2010, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackZRoadster  east van wont stink? are you sure | Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackZRoadster ^oops nevermind i thought u said wont stink , when its sink..
my bad | both valid points at least.
Like every city/town there are good areas and bad areas. The main concern for you should be what advantages/disadvantages do both have. From shopping, traffic, how close to work etc.
I say write it down on a piece of paper which will show which is suited for your current and future life plans. Everyone will always have negative and positive things to say about both places so don't let that impact your decision to much.
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05-01-2010, 12:41 PM
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If you move to east van, chances are its gonna be a "small place" again. richmond is more bang for the buck.
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05-01-2010, 12:49 PM
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05-01-2010, 12:52 PM
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it really all depends on your preference.
an example would be, street parking vs your own driveway.
In vancouver, chances are you will be parking on the street or parking in a garage located in an alley. In richmond your driveway is infront of your house.
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05-01-2010, 12:53 PM
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east van, because its just closer to everything
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05-01-2010, 12:55 PM
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East Van and Richmond are both large areas
if you could be more specific i'm sure there will be better opinions
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05-01-2010, 12:58 PM
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east van just because it has probably 1 less shitty driver in its population than richmond, that and like said above..if anything ever happens..we won't sink
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05-01-2010, 01:05 PM
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You don't have to cross a bridge in East Van so you have multiple access points to get to work.
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05-01-2010, 01:29 PM
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Define East Van, many stereotypes of east vancouver, but seeing only 1 part of east van as disgusting, (main and hastings), the rest is nice.
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05-01-2010, 01:37 PM
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East Van down by 49th (I'd think you are thinking Southern East Van coz you are thinking Richmond too) is largely brown people community.
I wouldn't touch that area with the knight street bridge deck if you aren't into loud music and the smell of curry everyday.
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if you're buying....east van
location location location
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Originally Posted by hk20000 East Van down by 49th (I'd think you are thinking Southern East Van coz you are thinking Richmond too) is largely brown people community.
I wouldn't touch that area with the knight street bridge deck if you aren't into loud music and the smell of curry everyday. |
my gf had an apartment there and it was shits, the whole knight street bridge area on the Vancouver side.... a buncha teenage girls egged my car twice for no apparent reason, see drug deals around that area on a regular basis, not to mention all the roadblock areas in some of those streets to prevent drive by shootings of residences of known "gangsters"...
shithole of an area
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05-01-2010, 01:53 PM
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^ Yeah I was trying to stay politically correct but no one can put it down better LOL.
East Van in the North closer to Hwy 1 is a very nice neighborhood.
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05-01-2010, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by hk20000 East Van down by 49th (I'd think you are thinking Southern East Van coz you are thinking Richmond too) is largely brown people community.
I wouldn't touch that area with the knight street bridge deck if you aren't into loud music and the smell of curry everyday. | And large Asian areas are much more appealing right? There's a reason why non-Asians stay as far away from Richmond.
As for the OP question, I would stick with East Van.
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05-01-2010, 02:33 PM
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You should consider Burnaby
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05-01-2010, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Jah Gekko And large Asian areas are much more appealing right? There's a reason why non-Asians stay as far away from Richmond.
As for the OP question, I would stick with East Van. | Of course, Pacific rim Asian people ALWAYS leave you alone even if you have an orgy in public. They might stare, but at the end of the day the party van will never come.
No better neighbor than that, my friend.
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05-01-2010, 02:50 PM
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Depending WHERE in East van, East Van would probably be better.
Of course this depends on where you work.
The Renfrew Heights area is nice.
Anywhere..
South of Venables St.
West of Boundary
North of 41st or 49th.
East of Nanimo.
I know. I just described the area of East Van. Avoid townhouses or housing Complexes.. or even areas around them. Avoid a 0.5-1km vicinity of highschools.
I'm around 1st and Renfrew. I get a nice view of mountains, and Lougheed/Brentwood Mall.. I live around old Italian people, and the streets are essentially dead quiet. Other than this one ricer asshole who recently got his N on my block, it's a safe neighbourhood. Far enough away from highschools, and housing complexes. It's bad to be discriminatory, but when it comes down to choosing where you're gonna live, it really matters. Highschool kids WILL fuck with your car/house on Halloween if you live close enough to the school. Housing complexes usually have lower income families with troubled kids. Meaning you get gangster wannabe little assholes running around at night making noise, or just being a nuisance. And well, you can come up with your own stereotypes and you can avoid areas saturated with certain types of people.
Aim for places with old white people. Seriously.
Richmond.. you get a bigger house/property with the same price of an okay sized house in East Van. It's also probably much quieter, but the commute in/out of Richmond gets old pretty fast. And like my Dad once said "Too many Chinese people"
Main and Broadway has alot of Hippies living around there.
Same with Commercial and Broadway area. The entire chunk of that area from Hastings to 12th, Nanimo to Clark.
Anywhere around Fraser is.. well.. Just check Adon's post.
Avoid Kingsway entirely.
Avoid King Edward entirely in that neighbourhood around Tupper.
And Avoid any areas around the Expo Line Skytrain Stations. Like Broadway, Joyce, Nanimo, 29th. Living too close to places where dumbass teenagers congregate before going to Metrotown is a bad idea. I would know.
Goodluck though. The nicer places in East Van are always more expensive.
One place I would recommend is Charles St From Nanimo to Rupert. Especially Charles St closer to Begbie Elementary. It was my old house's area and it's much nicer. It's almost entirely made up of families with kids in Elementary School and old people.
It's also right by Rupert Park, which has a Pitch and Putt, and a nice bike trail around it.
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05-01-2010, 02:53 PM
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#22 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by hk20000 Of course, Pacific rim Asian people ALWAYS leave you alone even if you have an orgy in public. They might stare, but at the end of the day the party van will never come.
No better neighbor than that, my friend. | Maybe in your world their prefect neighbors but I've lived in Vancouver my entire life and I've had tons of issues with Asians.
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05-01-2010, 02:57 PM
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Richmond.. very peaceful area imo.. roads are nice and people are usually very friendly around here
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05-01-2010, 03:38 PM
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Everyone has different wants and needs, since i like nice character homes, friendly neighbors, parks for dogs and if i had to choose some place in east van, i would choose the area by pacific coliseum.
There are some very nice houses in this area, the area by Wall st near New Brighton park is nice too.
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