Hey there,
I suppose it's official, so I thought I'd come aboard and introduce myself. I'm currently a member of the Calgary local forum, but my employer is transferring me out to Vancouver for July 2. I was never much an active participant on the Calgary forum, as it was never really my home, although I've lived here physically for quite some time now.
I'm from BC. Kamloops specifically, born and raised, lived in the province for nearly 25 years and consider BC home. always was, always will. I bleed Canucks colors, and am excited to possibly see a game next year. Unfortunately, I wont get to see them hoist the cup live this year, but I'm going to try and get to some games next season.
While I know BC well, consider it home, have family all throughout the south of the province, I have never actually lived in Vancouver before, nor do I have family in Vancouver (closest are Abbotsford and Victoria, and formerly Squamish). I've got, in my mind, a very short time frame to find a place and actually move. I could use some help if there are a few kind souls around here who wouldn't mind to lend a hand.
our office is at the Broadway Tech Center, near Renfrew skytrain. I don't actually drive. (am blind in R eye, not the greatest vision in the L). so need to be near transit, preferably skytrain. the plus side is that CNIB offers free transit for skytrain, bus, seabus, WCE with my client card, so that's fortunately a non-issue.
I'm going to be renting, at least for the first year. I'm paying $1250 in Beltline Calgary; quite pricey for this town, but want to keep it close to that for Vancouver, yes it's just myself, so even a 1 bdrm would work. I don't particularly want a shoebox or somebody's dirty dark basement.
I would need the day to day stuff be close by, and have access to some fun. Based on those needs, where would you all suggest I look for places to live?
I was at first looking around the Brentwood Mall area, then Edmonds... even a few places around Fairview-Mt Pleasant. but what has caught my eye now is Plaza 88 in New West. Trains are right downstairs, no walk or bus to the train. I could be closer to DT, say Knight and King Edward Village,at about the same price, for example, but a bus or walk to the train would be at least 20 minutes or more including wait times. having the train right downstairs would save on that time for sure. there's a balcony, which is a big deal for me, Also, because I'm not used to the rain, if I need something (day to day shopping, etc), I iwll have a Safeway, SDM, etc right downstairs, so my understanding is that I wont even have to get wet if I don't want to on certain days. another plus. If I want to go for a run, the quay boardwalk is easy to get to from my understanding. I guess what I don't know about New West is what is the vibe like? is it anything like Kits, or Main/Mt Pleasant where there are lots of cool places to just hang out/spend the afternoon on a patio somewhere, etc? anything else I should know about the area? I'm not really that familiar with the community itself, moreso the accessability of being immediately at skytrain.
like I said, I've looked at a lot, Plaza 88 is my current interest, there will be a good selection of units available by July 1, according to the guy, but I'll know more at the end of May. but if there are any other suggestions based on my needs and preferences above, I'd love to hear them!
I'm going to have a ton more questions, will let fire as they come to me! Look forward to some good discussion!!
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