finally moving to vancouver after years of wanting to
#31
Re: finally moving to vancouver after years of wanting to
I've spent a huge amount of time in and around Maple Ridge over the past 10 to 15 yrs as that's where my wife's family were born and inbred.
Maple Ridge positives:
- It's not abbortsford
- It's not Mission
- It's not Coquitlam
- With minimal effort you can hike along some nice trails (beware the bears)
- With minimal effort you can head to a number of Lakes to swin
- Houses are relatively cheaper to buy and rent when compared to other areas
- The schools are "ok"
- If you want to live rural, you can do so relatively cheaply when compared to other areas in and around Vancouver
- Bruce's Market
Maple Ridge Negatives:
- It's a tedious commute if you work downtown regularly
- It has a large element of homelessness
- It has a large element of drugs and drug users
- It's very rednecky in areas
- Choices of restaurants are very poor
- It rains a LOT when compared to other areas due to the proximity to mountains
- Other than the mountains, it's a really ugly place
- Far too many strip malls
Personally, i wouldn't choose to live there. That said, if i were moving from an area such as the Brandsholme Estate in Hull, Lewisham, or Slough, it would be appealing.
#32
Re: finally moving to vancouver after years of wanting to
My husband eats a lot I suppose lol! I found a site where you can compare costs of living between UK towns and and Ca provinces and it seems on there that meals out are cheaper but groceries are more expensive. It's good to know actual facts on eating out there as this something we enjoy doing as a family and here in the UK we don't go out to dinner as often as we would like
Folks on BE in the area you're helping to move to will always help you out with cost of living if you can't find recent threads.
HTH.