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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
There is a train out to there you know, half hour into town! Park up a new west and catch the sky train if you prefer a little flexibility.
I lived out there, it really isn't that bad.
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Last West Coast Express train leaves downtown at 6:20 PM. My work typically runs past that. The drive into New West for "flexibility" is horrendous. I drive out to South Surrey once a week, which goes the opposite way of traffic. That is bad enough at about an hour each way. However, I see what's going on in the incoming lanes, which are a total parking lot.
The issue is that the economy is not keeping up with the growth in expenses, so the government can't afford to build the infrastructure needed. Other people have spoken about cities like London and NYC as examples of how people need to commute. Those cities have massive mass transit structures that Vancouver cannot afford.
I'm not trying to build sympathy for myself. My career and that of my partner is growing at a pace we could actually afford to be "house poor". I'm not investing now, as I see the market dropping another 30% in the next two years. My bigger concern is what will happen to the city as a whole. You shouldn't need a two lawyer salary to afford a place to live. I want to have neighbourhoods and communities and live in a thriving city. I don't want to be surrounded by empty lots.