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The weather on Lonsdale, especially Lower Lonsdale, is not any different than downtown. It's the higher up areas, in the valleys to the sides (Capilano and Lynn/Seymour) that get huge dumpings of rain when the rest of Vancouver doesn't. I absolutely hated living near upper Mosquito Creek as a kid for this reason, whereas I am pleasantly surprised by LoLo's weather.

Although I won't defend the bridges and will say it is a bit of a different culture. People on the north shore generally wouldn't live downtown even if they could afford it, which of course they often can.