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Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves
So if east Vancouver was that much of a mess in the 50's, I can't imagine what Surrey must have been like...
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Much, much more rural. Highway 1 wasn't around yet, so the main route out was through New West and over the Pattullo Bridge, and down Fraser Hwy. Yes, there were some tough areas (Bridgeview), but it likely wasn't as "comparatively" bad as it some parts would be considered now, although I think Surrey in general gets a bad rap. There are more nicer areas than there are bad ones.
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Originally Posted by Pinion
But the fact that a pre-pubescent girl went through the DTES by herself frequently says a lot about how things have changed. Drunks are hardly model citizens but it wasn't until the 80s when hard drugs became the self-medication of choice that everything really went down the shitter.
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No coincidence that this shift on the 80's corresponds roughly with the deinstitutionalization of the majority of people at Riverview. Sad.