This is very off topic.

A friend of mine is considering a move to BC from Ontario, however she is a bit confused on what the nice areas are.

She doesn't want to live right in the city per se, but does want some convenience and city facilities such as water, sewers and DSL/Cable service.

She's kinda looking at Vancouver, Chilliwack and Kamloops. She also works in IT.

Any ideas? I've been out west a lot but never paid attention to whats a good or bad area.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

 

She being a she.... I would recommend Richmond, Burnaby or Vancouver. Stay away from Surrey There's nothing out in Chilliwack and Kamloops she'll be bore to death if she's still young at heart.

IT - everything is in Vancouver or Richmond. Burnaby is growing slowly, particularly the Lougheed/Boundary area.

 

How about the Fraser Valley?

She's kinda quiet so the nightlife thing is not necessarily her bag.

 

Burnaby! Or somewhere in west area is very quiet too.

Well it also depends on where she's gonna work and stuff. There are quite some IT companies both in downtown and Richmond as I know.

 

.... and why the tongues out for Surrey?

 

Pretty high crime rate...

 

Surrey is HUGE in area, and the crime is pretty much concentrated in a couple of bad areas, like Whalley. Other areas of Surrey, like South Surrey are quite nice, with very little crime and houses that can average over $500,000. Areas like Whalley give all of Surrey a bad rap, but it's not really like that in ALL of Surrey. Many parts of Surrey are quiet, family oriented suburban areas.

 

Fraser Valley? there's absolutely nothing out there. If she's ready to retire go for it - btw, all of the polutions from Vancouver get air into the valley so if she has a weak lung stay outta there.

Not all of Surrey is bad. Whalley, Guildford and Newton are the worse of them all. At Surrey Centre (Whalley) you have a 1/4 chances of losing your car after walking away from it. At Guildford Mall you have a 1/6 chances of losing your car. Or have your bank rob (judging from Davina's experience). Newton, I have a friend out there and her house was set on fire last year. Some day I'm going to find myself a nice quiet area out in Surrey with a back yard large enough to build a track

Bottom line is, if you're going to live in Surrey go live next to Sean and Melody - they're school teachers they'll take good care of your house for you in the summer

Speaking of Fraser Valley, anyone want to take a trip out to Mission Hill (Kelowna) after the Seattle trip?

 

I just got back from a trip out to the Penticton/Kelowna area of BC. I must say, it really was quite beautiful and very well developed. It pretty much had all the ameneties of living in the Vancouver area, with the added benefit of being a little more quiet. If I could get a job there, I would definitely consider it as a potential homestead...

 

Hmmm... Just gat back from that area. I tell ya, the drive is amazing! I'll let you work on twisting Mel's arm on the trip down to Washington. Of course, if we went we would have to be back by Tuesday morning (Mel has to work).