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Originally Posted by originalhypa
My buddy lives on Partridge in Westside, and while it wasn't a "nice" area, I enjoyed it profusely. His neighbors were very nice, down to earth people. Going out for a bike ride in the evening was just perfect. Folks sitting on their porches sipping a cold one, guys working on their cars, I could get used to that.
But his house is now in the $400k range and climbing. So many people I talk to in their 40's are looking at Salmon Arm, Pentiction, Osoyoos, Merritt, and Kamloops as a future place to live. People who now live in $900k Walnut Grove houses and will have the money to spend. So wish me luck this summer when I head to the loops again to buy a house. I was hoping to get something in the Juniper area near the Bike Ranch. Hopefully by then the south side will have cleaned up a bit.
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Actually Westsyde isn't that bad. There are a couple of nice neighbourhoods there and it's far enough away from the normal North Shore transients that you typically don't have to worry about things like break-ins or being accosted by people on street corners. Truth be told, the north side of Kamloops isn't terrible as there are lots of good pockets, but as a general rule it's not the greatest. Mind you if you want investment property, you could do worse than buying a unit in Brock or the North Shore and simply sit on it while the surrounding area gentrifies itself.
Juniper is nice. There's a new big development project going on right next to the bike park (Juniper West it's called, I believe). Seems to be decently priced and, if you pick the proper location, you can get some nice mountain views. I still think that if someone were to move to Kamloops, move onto one of the hillside homes. The view can be killer, especially from the south side of the Thompson. There have been many a day where I sat on my porch, sipping a beer, and watched lightning storms roll through the North Shore/Westsyde area and not get rained on.
Anyway, I'm adding a couple pictures from the last two houses I lived in. They also explain quite well why I don't know if I could ever move back into a city. I know there are places in the GVRD that have just as spectacular views, but they will also cost far more than these houses/lots did.
(that shot took me about a hundred attempts before I got a good one
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Hypa, next time you're in Kamloops, let me know. It's been a while