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Considering an apartment in the West End of Vancouver?

I've lived and rented for years in the West End of Vancouver. Nothing is better than walking to work. Nothing is better than leaving the car at home. If you can deal with noise, which everyone can and does with a bit of time, I urge you to consider renting an apartment in the West End of Vancouver.

If you have experiences, both good and bad about living and renting in the West End, please add your own comments below and help others considering renting in this area. You can just post as a GUEST, and no registration is required to add a comment. Renters helping renters!

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© 2010 Danielle Bauer

West End Vancouver Apartments - The Good and the Bad

Note: The West End is massive. If you find an apartment to rent that's in the middle of the West End it's much quieter. That said, there is a fire station in the middle of the West End also. Most of the noise issue are when you are in apartements closer to the downtown core and closer to the main streets like Pacific Avenue, Davie Street, Denman Street and Robson Street. So, the noise issue won't affect you nearly as much if you are in the middle of the West End or West of Denman closer to Stanley Park.

Pros:

• Beautiful scenery.
• Walk everywhere.
• Lots of apartments to choose from.
• Close to English Bay and Stanley Park.
• Exciting and stimulating living environment.
• Offers wide range of rent prices from cheap to very expensive.
• Very open minded people living in this area. If you don't fit in or like to dress in your own way nobody will judge you as you walk down the street.
• Large Asian student population.
• Great shopping.

Cons:

• Apartment rents can be expensive.
• Noisy with Fire trucks and Ambulances.
• Loud motorcycles in the summer.
• Very little free or 2 hour free parking so it's difficult to have visitors.
• Most apartments don't have underground parking. Most times you will have to park on the street with a West End parking permit. Usually not hard to find street parking with a permit, but you can get your car dinged up over time.

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