Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Jan 25th 2006 | 4:16 am
#16
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From: Lower Mainland, B.C.
Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by michellej
Hi AnnetteM, we stayed in Maple Ridge last year with friends, we stayed on 236th and loved the area.We do hope(FINGERS CROSSED) to move out to Maple Ridge ourselves this year.Can you tell me anything about the schools in the area? 
Keep in touch, glad to help.
Feb 7th 2006 | 5:02 am
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Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Many of you seem to know quite a bit about the area - I too was looking at MR Mission 7 Abby (where I will be working - hopefully soon) However, now that you have derpressed me no end & due to my pot of gold shrinking by the minute - exchange rate!!) I am now looking at Chilliwack - any thoughts are welcome.
Don't tell me it has a local hostel for serial killers & the worst crime rate in BC!!
Seriously though, apart from the East Coast Express are there any real advantages in living in MR considering that I will be working in Abby?
Thanks
Johnscone
Don't tell me it has a local hostel for serial killers & the worst crime rate in BC!!
Seriously though, apart from the East Coast Express are there any real advantages in living in MR considering that I will be working in Abby?
Thanks
Johnscone
Feb 7th 2006 | 7:55 am
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Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by johnscone
Many of you seem to know quite a bit about the area - I too was looking at MR Mission 7 Abby (where I will be working - hopefully soon) However, now that you have derpressed me no end & due to my pot of gold shrinking by the minute - exchange rate!!) I am now looking at Chilliwack - any thoughts are welcome.
Don't tell me it has a local hostel for serial killers & the worst crime rate in BC!!
Seriously though, apart from the East Coast Express are there any real advantages in living in MR considering that I will be working in Abby?
Thanks
Johnscone
Don't tell me it has a local hostel for serial killers & the worst crime rate in BC!!
Seriously though, apart from the East Coast Express are there any real advantages in living in MR considering that I will be working in Abby?
Thanks
Johnscone
If you are working in Abbotsford, then Chilliwack is an excellent choice. I actually really like Chilliwack, and especially the Sardis and Vedder areas. Cultus Lake is close by, and they have excellent sports arenas. Easy access to the freeway, and to the US as well. The shopping is good - Four Corners Mall has all the big stores, and lots of other big outlets in the area. Housing prices are cheaper too. I had a trailer at Cultus Lake for 20 years, so spent lots of time in the Chilliwack area. I may even retire there!
Maple Ridge wouldn't be such a good choice for commuting to Abbotsford. You'd have to drive out to Mission and cross the bridge to get to Abbotsford.
Good luck.
Feb 7th 2006 | 3:04 pm
#19
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From: BC
Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by johnscone
Many of you seem to know quite a bit about the area - I too was looking at MR Mission 7 Abby (where I will be working - hopefully soon) However, now that you have derpressed me no end & due to my pot of gold shrinking by the minute - exchange rate!!) I am now looking at Chilliwack - any thoughts are welcome.
Don't tell me it has a local hostel for serial killers & the worst crime rate in BC!!
Seriously though, apart from the East Coast Express are there any real advantages in living in MR considering that I will be working in Abby?
Thanks
Johnscone
Don't tell me it has a local hostel for serial killers & the worst crime rate in BC!!
Seriously though, apart from the East Coast Express are there any real advantages in living in MR considering that I will be working in Abby?
Thanks
Johnscone
Feb 7th 2006 | 3:19 pm
#20
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From: pitt meadows
Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by dingbat
Pitt Meadows is a small area, basically a through corridor straddling Lougheed on the way to Maple Ridge to the East or to Vancouver to the West. East of the Pitt River Bridge, which is the only way across the river at that point (but it does have a contraflow system) Pitt Meadows has no character to be honest and nothing much of anything. People who couldn't afford Port Coquitlam or MR lived there when I lived in PoCo, but you can get reasonable houses with postage stamp gardens for under $300,000 which is a bonus I guess. Oh and it has the biggest Hells Angels Club House in the area. Remember that the HA run all the drugs and the hookers that other "gangs" haven't managed to wrangle away. No burglaries down that road I can tell you... 
And I have never seen a hooker walking the streets,
Feb 7th 2006 | 6:22 pm
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Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by poll72000
I think you will find that Pitt meadows is a nice family area to live in, reguarding the Hells Angels they are long gone i have been told.
And I have never seen a hooker walking the streets,
And I have never seen a hooker walking the streets,
Feb 7th 2006 | 7:39 pm
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From: Chilliwack BC
Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by dingbat
Chilliwack is OK - I live there....OK that might be a reason not to live here..lmao. Anyway PM if you want the deep and dirty scoop. There isn't an inch of this town I don't know, good and bad because I work in and with the community as it were.
In any case yes - give me the lowdown on Chilliwack & all it has to offer. I have been looking at the Promontory area for houses etc & wondered if this was a good choice. Self sufficiency from Abby or Vancouver I take it isn't a problem? & my kids will enjoy living there with plenty to do?
Thanks for the already good advice
Johnscone.
Feb 7th 2006 | 9:08 pm
#23
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Re: Abbotsford or MAple Ridge?
Originally Posted by dingbat
Mission exists only due to the railway line and the river. Used to be a trading point for First Nations; now its a trading point for drugs and welfare cheques. You couldn't pay me enough to live there - I had to work there for six weeks and that was just awful.
