I live in Van, and the neighbourhoods you want to check out are in East Van, Commercial Drive neighbourhood as Baz says, as well as the Main St area(from about Broadway to around King Edward) or Mount Pleasant area as its also known. I'd check out this end of Main first as its rapidly becoming the area where alot of cats such as yourself are moving to, and is becoming what Commercial Drive used to be. The community is becoming more vibrant out there as lots of students, artists, and skater types are out there. At all costs stay from the North end of Main ie the infamous Main and East Hastings district, as its nothing but a vast black hole of drug addiction and crime. Dangerous place to live as well. It has the reputation as being the "worst neighbourhood" in Canada and for good reason. It's worse than the roughest parts of any West Coast City I've seen.
As far as nightlife goes though be prepared to slow things down as the live music scene here had been a relative standstill for many years. I think that Seattle probably has more going for it in that respect. If you dig the outdoors, move here for sure as the setting is conducive for anything from hiking to rock climbing, to snowboarding to what ever.
Anyways check it out as it would be cool to have another Barbeloid in tha' hood. As far as I know I'm the only one. So what up holmes? Anyone else on the board call Vancity home? |
