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lowside67 · 10-28-2016, 11:34 AM

You guys must all be travelling a different Barnet Highway than I take... I live in Klahanie in Port Moody and work DT at Burrard and Dunsmuir.

For me, the Barnet highway is great if I leave before 6:45am or after 8:00am, but between those times, if you don't have a passenger to use the HOV lane, it's pretty terrible and is often stop and go for a good portion of the drive.

However, on the balance of things, I find Port Moody to be quite convenient as far as living in the suburbs goes - outside of peak hours, Barnet and Hastings are quite fast, and it's got good access to head East as well over Pitt River Bridge, etc.

I very much like living in the area; the only area that we would prefer to live is lower Lonsdale from a commute (Seabus vs WCE) perspective, but the price premium to live there absolutely does not make it worthwhile in our opinion.

TL;dr:

Port Moody is great value and a pretty nice spot to live, but I hate the Barnet in rush hour.

Mark

10-28-2016, 11:34 AM	#8714
lowside67 Old School RS Join Date: May 2004 Location: Port Moody Posts: 4,641 Thanked 4,157 Times in 1,262 Posts Failed 130 Times in 80 Posts	You guys must all be travelling a different Barnet Highway than I take... I live in Klahanie in Port Moody and work DT at Burrard and Dunsmuir. For me, the Barnet highway is great if I leave before 6:45am or after 8:00am, but between those times, if you don't have a passenger to use the HOV lane, it's pretty terrible and is often stop and go for a good portion of the drive. However, on the balance of things, I find Port Moody to be quite convenient as far as living in the suburbs goes - outside of peak hours, Barnet and Hastings are quite fast, and it's got good access to head East as well over Pitt River Bridge, etc. I very much like living in the area; the only area that we would prefer to live is lower Lonsdale from a commute (Seabus vs WCE) perspective, but the price premium to live there absolutely does not make it worthwhile in our opinion. TL;dr: Port Moody is great value and a pretty nice spot to live, but I hate the Barnet in rush hour. Mark __________________ I'm old now - boring street cars and sweet race cars.