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- - surry (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/surry-624496/)

Aviator

Aug 9th 2009 2:31 pm

Re: surry

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Originally Posted by getoutofbritainquick (Post 7827851)

Stick to Vancouver your geography sucks. Keep the riff raff in south Surrey/Cloverdale and Downtown....! Newton and Whalley not so good but many other places are a great place to live. Best kept secret around.

Depends what floats ya boat I guess. Not an area that I would go for, in fact one I'd avoid altogether, but then a lot more affordable than South Surrey.

dreamchaser

Aug 9th 2009 3:36 pm

Re: surry

I recently moved from White Rock, BC and i can say, hand on heart, stear clear of surrey......... its not the nicest place to stay. Try Creswcent Beach, it is most definately beautiful, and its not far from the highway 99 into the city, you can either go over the Alex Fraser Bridge into the city or through the tunnel, takes roughly about 35 - 40 mins to get to the city depending on the traffic. South Surrey, however is really lovely, and there are some nice little hotels there, but cant think of any off the top of my head......

Vancouver is most definately expensive, i also lived in Kitsilano for a while, which is definately expeensive also...........

My advice for what its worth is try White Rock, Crescent Beach, (Langley is nice but a bit far) Cloverdale has really nice areas too.

Hope that helps

brizzle

Aug 9th 2009 6:44 pm

Re: surry

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Originally Posted by chris.myers (Post 7826415)

Hi thanks for your help, im landing mid september so i was just looking for a convenient place to base myself for a week or two, surrey looked central for that area, i didnt really want to stay in vancouver as i cant afford to live there.

I think what matters is where you want/can afford to live once you get here. Look at some real estate listings: www.remax.ca is one. If you want to live around Surrey, then great, but otherwise what is the point in basing yourself there? I don't like Surrey, but some areas of S.Surrey are nice and further East around Langley etc, can be good if you want something more rural. If you want to live close to town, but can't afford to be downtown, maybe look at N/S/East Van. Still not cheap mind.

MR79	Aug 9th 2009 10:38 pm

Re: surry

days inn on king george is a nice hotel to stay at, reasonably priced and has been refurbished recently....next to sky train station which comes in handy for trips to downtown...

MR79

chris.myers

Aug 10th 2009 2:43 am

Re: surrey

thanks that was really helpful:)

getoutofbritainquick

Aug 10th 2009 12:10 pm

Re: surry

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Aviator (Post 7827897)

Depends what floats ya boat I guess. Not an area that I would go for, in fact one I'd avoid altogether, but then a lot more affordable than South Surrey.

As I said keeps the riff raff out. Not many Brits there either which makes it even better:thumbup:

Aviator

Aug 10th 2009 2:01 pm

Re: surry

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Originally Posted by getoutofbritainquick (Post 7831028)

As I said keeps the riff raff out. Not many Brits there either which makes it even better:thumbup:

Maybe this is telling you something. There has been no shortage of riff raff each time I've been there. That's what keeps many of the folks who can afford South Surrey away I believe.

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