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Originally Posted by buzzg
I would argue the area has gotten significantly better and safer in the last decade, especially the last 5 years. WB and Wolseley have been slowly gentrifying – many parts of that area used to be complete no-go zones. It's becoming quite a great, quaint place to live.
Crime happens everywhere. It's an unfortunate fact of life. I'd say there are several areas of the city that have gotten worse, but more that have gotten better, including WB.
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Oh, over that time frame from what I understand it's gotten much, much better. Again, I'm still new to Winnipeg, though I've spent a lot of time studying and now working in West Broadway community development.
But anyway, the general narrative I hear from people that have been involved in the neighbourhood for 10+ years is that it's been getting better and better every year, but that this past year has actually regressed into being worse. Now this could be a single hiccup, and West Broadway is still a great neighbourhood, but I don't see this as something problematic to acknowledge or anything.