Originally Posted by peter12
If you want me to do a street by street comparison, I would happily do so. You are right that Vancouver has a few more high streets, although I haven't been to Calgary in sometime, I would say that it did have the Kensington area, 4th St. 17th Ave, and Stephan's Ave.
Commercial, Main, 4th Ave, and Robson are all really nice in Vancouver, but suffer from business vacancies, widespread public drug use, etc...
Hands down though, you will not find as walkable a food neighbourhood as Robson west of Burrard. I love the West End. Best food in town, especially if you love Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Yeah, Granville Island is just a giant parking lot now. It's ####.
Yes, but, it is pretty inconvenient. If you live along Skytrain, you are laughing, but Vancouver has been pretty reluctant to actually develop along the train routes.
Otherwise, yes, the region is pretty well connected with public transit, but once you leave Vancouver proper, the bus schedules etc can get pretty spotty. Getting to Tsawassen ferry terminal can take over 2.5 hours by bus/train with all the connections.
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