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Originally Posted by Bonka
Dunbar won't attract young blood with a social lifestyle. Who wants to be in an area where it's completely quiet after 7pm? A quiet neighbourhood is great unless you're the noisiest home on the block. All the trendy shops are opening there and it's only going to be more desirable moving forward - spilling east over onto Fraser, Kingsway corridor even Victoria Drive. Walk or drive through this neighbourhood there's absolutely a "vibe" that these millennials want that you don't find in established, yet sleepy neighbourhoods like Fraserview or Killarney. There's a certain "look" to the neighbourhood as well as to the people living there. Main St. is like the westside of Commercial Dr. apparently folks like some grittiness.
Evidently, Main St. crowd really do like to walk though - good way to burn off their daily $$$ lattes.
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This 100% - I know a couple that recently bought a ~$3M home in the Riley Park area. Both family doctors, 30's. They could afford to live in Kerrisdale, etc. but love the Main St. area for the vibe, coffee shops, pubs, and so on. One of them is still locuming (basically a TOC for other doctors) so being a bit more central vs. the westside is a big advantage as well. Part of it is that these are the areas that they have lived in over the past few years as well, and prefer to stay and not uproot their kids, etc.
I can't afford a house near Main, but given the ability to buy a home to live in around Main vs. Dunbar/Kerrisdale I'd pick the former hands down.