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Originally Posted by Pinion
Jhauser: same old "the centre of town is in the northwest corner" discussion. No one cares about being closer to Langley. Plus having the highway right there allows you to make up the time regardless.
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Closer to North Van is a huge plus, it's really the one thing that makes it worth living in Vancouver. The one hangup is needing to make a day of it because of bridge traffic. Speaking of which, avoiding the traffic of long distance commuters and escaping bottle necks is another big plus. Brentwood should be fine, it might take time to fill in but Burnaby seems to know how to handle big towers surrounded by single family homes.
Thanks for all the other comments about strata fees. A colleague renovated his house with geothermal and it just makes sense year round when it pencils out. I always felt it was an overlooked but worthwhile investment when LEED was in all projects' marketing material.