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Originally Posted by thymebalm
Beautiful place to live, and amazing campus. I have a degree from there and lived in Gordon head, hillside, fernwood, and James bay. Each has their own charm. The places I would avoid living is on Quadra north of hillside (strictly residential, boring) the cook/pandora intersection and down pandora to Douglas and then up to Bay Street is pretty bad with drugs and homelessness and hookers (for lack of a better term). Also avoid Vic west, esquimalt, and Langford (far from campus and meh).
All told that's a pretty small part of town. Beware getting to deep into Gordon head or Cordova bay if you don't have a vehicle as transit is weak in those areas...
Feel free to PM me for any questions. Spent my formidable years there so I should be able to answer any questions.
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I live in Langford, boooooooooooooooo!
Langford has been overhauled in the last 5 years I lived here and looks substantially better, and is trying to shake the stigma it seems to have (before my time here). True, it is far from UofV and traffic in to town is somewhat terrible, but it is cheaper out here depending on your needs. I have a small family and find it more affordable out here.
Plus the only bowling alley in town is here in Langford.