Burnaby!
It's closer to some places that I like to go (e.g. restaurants )
Richmond is convenient for things like a quick meal at places you don't care and to play badminton.
And I will miss the CanadaLine if one day I move to burnaby.
Richmond....
1. most of the stuff I need is close to me, like 5-10 mins drive (food, grocery, etc)
2. Ikea is not too far away
3. going to USA is easy, less than 1 hr drive reach Bellis Fairs if no traffic
4. most friends live here (personal)
I lived in Vancouver, close to Burnaby before. I don't really like to shop at Metrotown, it's too huge, and most of the stuff I need can be found in Lansdowne or Richmond Centre. I also don't like crystal mall, especially the parkade and the food court, always no parking spaces, and I haven seen mainland kid peeing in the food court.
A lot of restaurants are along Kingsway, again, not easy to find parking (e.g. Honolulu)
However, some area in Burnaby is nice, such as Capitol Hill or Government Road, quiet residential location, nice views...
in terms of driving to downtown, I guess Burnaby and Richmond are similar distance.
Rush hours from Richmond to downtown is about 40 mins, Burnaby, depends on which part of Burnaby, will be like 30-40 mins too during traffic
live = Burnaby
eat = Richmond
but Vancouver is a happy compromise la
Lik 發表於 2010-11-16 12:25 PM
haha I guess I dont' like food in Richmond... except a few places.
Most places I like to eat at are in Vancouver but it's too expensive to live there (e.g. Kits area) and burnaby has more ethical food. (turkish, korean, italian, malaysian...etc)
For casual eating out, we like pho and taiwanese noodle and burnaby has lots of options for us.
I don't do much shopping so the mall isn't a concern to me.
發表於 2010-11-16 11:50
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