Gronk!
Senior Member
All retail bays are still empty. They must be charging an arm, a leg and a left testicle to lease a space.
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northlands
Senior Member
Even their residential units are crazy prices for the square footage to just hear loud cars all night. I was talking to a guy at the pool the other day, said his daughter leases a unit and I forget the exact amount but her rent upon renewal got something like a 25% increase.
IanO
Superstar
Ouch... I'm at 11% and thought it was high.
cmd uw
Active Member
Rents for newer/quality product will be going up.
David A
Senior Member
Location, location, location. If you are going to University, the bus stop is right across the street and there is a range of coffee shops, nice restaurants, bars, clubs and stores all within easy walking distance.
I suspect as a new build the noise is not that bad inside and you don't hear much. However, if you are the type easily bothered by noise and want to sleep early, this may not be the location for you.
I suspect as a new build the noise is not that bad inside and you don't hear much. However, if you are the type easily bothered by noise and want to sleep early, this may not be the location for you.
cmd uw
Active Member
Noise should be expected given its location. People who want to live 'on' Whyte should expect lots of action 24-7. Otherwise find an apartment in Ellerslie or in the middle of Bonniedoon or something.
IanO
Superstar
'Vibrancy!'
David A
Senior Member
Except for the still odd lack of any retail stores in the building, but there are a lot of things not too far away.
supaflyryguy
Active Member
Vibrancy doesn't mean tolerating behaviours that damage health. The vehicle noise situation is a result of the combined failings of multiple layers of government and the police. This should be a great location to live, but we don't allow it to be.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
There's a line between unhealthy and expected for where you are.
If you want to live in a quiet place, without any of the typical urban buzz, then you should NOT be living in a denser, urban area, let alone a high street.
David A
Senior Member
It does go both ways too. Yes, being close to a busy street, there will be some amount of normal noise that is more noticeable than other areas.
However, there are also people who don't have regard for others and make more noise than they should (ex. loud mufflers). There are bylaws on this, people should follow them and they should be enforced.
However, there are also people who don't have regard for others and make more noise than they should (ex. loud mufflers). There are bylaws on this, people should follow them and they should be enforced.
northlands
Senior Member
You nailed it.
I live right along the dragstrip south of Jasper Ave on 109, and I love the city noise and liveliness. Especially on a Friday/Saturday night. But the constant loud pipe Harleys roaring at near redline, straight piped two step VWs going VROOOM POP POP POP and beater 90s trucks on glasspacks wide open do get a bit excessive. Especially when they're just doing loops over and over.
And this is coming from a guy that has a loud vehicle (1998 Ram diesel, it's just noisy from factory) but I couldn't imagine anything I'd like to do less with it than go bother people going up and down a mainstreet on my weekend night...
supaflyryguy
Active Member
Cities can be quiet. How do I know? Because most days in the summer I wake up nice and early and all I hear are birds. It's not until the POP POP RRRPPRPPRPPR toxic individuals roll out of bed in the afternoon or 2-stroke power tools fire up that cities get noisy - both not necessary at all and easily eliminated if those with the power to do so would only.
IanO
Superstar
See Tokyo or part of Shanghai and many are wonderfully quiet, even if near or even on streets with traffic.
archited
Senior Member
^^^^ That has more to do with a monolithic culture than anything else. Multiculturalism is a little more complicated.