I used to live in the area, moved away while the west lrt was still under construction. It always had the typical issues a neighborhood with its proximity to downtown would have. That being said whenever I head back to the area I do notice that some of these issues are more visible, and the statistics suggest to support this not being a coincidence. But I think that it is to be expected to see increases in things like crime after adding an lrt station to the neighborhood.
But then there’s this:
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Originally Posted by Kjesse
Avoid the area completely. Its starting to become like the Vancouver's east side downtown. Completely sketchy.
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I’m not going to tell you where you should or shouldn’t feel comfortable in public, but come on. Comparing it to east Hastings is such a hyperbole that it would make anyone who’s ever spent a significant amount of time in Vancouver’s downtown east side question whether you’ve ever been there. I can appreciate that you may not have seen anything too extreme passing through Hastings, but it really is an apples to oranges comparison. When people in the Westbrook area start keeping their vehicles unlocked to signal to car prowlers that there’s nothing of value inside their vehicle, maybe then we can start to compare the two. In the meantime I think we can find better solutions to the issues in the area than instructing others to “avoid the area completely”