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Originally Posted by Tapioca
If you can get a property close to Harris Road, you're good. Based on my conversations with people who live there, they enjoy the city, but if they're looking to upgrade, they have little choice because Pitt Meadows has limited housing stock. I've been told that residents seem to prefer Walnut Grove over Maple Ridge.
Pitt Meadows will always have a niche that Maple Ridge won't. Based on growth projections, Maple Ridge could well become the next Coquitlam in 20 years. Lots of land that isn't ALR.
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My wife works in Pitt (coming from Coquitlam), and the traffic heading west on Lougheed is usually bananas. Then again if you're heading west on the Port Mann you're stuck in Burnaby for a while. If I lived in Pitt I would probably look into WCE if I was working in/around Downtown.
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I also just made the move from VanBurn to Coquitlam. You're right in that once you head out there, you're going to want to find new places that provide services (haircut, tailor, bakery, etc). This is mostly out of laziness because I don't want to drive 20 mins for a haircut when I can walk 5 mins and try a place.
Being Asian and growing up in Van/Burn for almost 30 years, the one knock on Coquitlam that I'm still struggling with are places for quick/cheap Asian eats. I'm thinking viet subs, easy HK noodles, BBQ/roasted pork and even an Asian butcher. There's a number of places that offer these services, but they're nowhere near as good as the places in Vancouver especially.
That said, I love the area I'm in. I don't need to drive anywhere once I am home. I'm walking distance (<5mins for most places) to grocery stores, wide array of restaurants, shopping, trails, water (if you count Lafarge Lake), and on a bad day at most 20 mins from the Cape Horn.
I'm not that old (30ish), but you quickly learn that detached homes are pretty much unattainable for most young workers like my wife and myself. I'm not going to pretend I know you, but you have your priorities and it's great you're trying your best to work around them. But if you're looking to continue to live in VanBurn (and especially in a detached home), I'm guessing you don't need someone to tell you that there will be some major sacrifices in one form or another.
If you can stomach living east of Burnaby in Coquitlam, it really isn't as far or as "bad" as you think.