#31
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 30th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
i've got connections. lolAnd if I want to come over to visit?
Nanaimo
#32
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 30th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
That's a relief i've got connections. lol
#33
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 30th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
It's a nice residential area in and around woodgrove, (not too close though), down northwest bay road,Not too many bad areas in Nanaimo- the area around Nicol St. is the old part of the city and some of those houses are probably 100 years old and I believe a little mischief occurs there from time to time. Harewood is quite central and probably affordable. Departure Bay and Long Lake would be a little pricier and you'd probably want to check the property taxes before buying there, but possibly lower than Oregan State. Cedar to the south is a nice rural area and slightly off the beaten path. Not sure what the status of the stench from the pulp mill is these days.
and also a little further south of woodgrove around rutherford and jingle pot road, (some small acerages and hobby farms),
and that gets one away from the old old center of the town of nanaimo, which isn't very interesting
unless one wants to buy an old house and renovate it, which is all the fad these days, (I love them),
but would not do it there.
#34
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
Try explaining Jinglepot Road without a detailed map-it's an anomaly to be polie about it.It's a nice residential area in and around woodgrove, (not too close though), down northwest bay road,
and also a little further south of woodgrove around rutherford and jingle pot road,
Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
I know two people doing just that in South Nanaimo-kind of an odd juxtaposition the ongoing renovations and the boarded up drug houses on the same block-could be worse though I suppose.unless one wants to buy an old house and renovate it, which is all the fad these days......but would not do it there.
#35
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011
[QUOTE=bill barilko;1375663]Try explaining Jinglepot Road without a detailed map-it's an anomaly to be polie about it.
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yeah, jingle pot road is rather confusing, and could get a new arrival to the area lost in no time, sort
of like going around in circles in the bush thinking you are getting somewhere. lol
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yeah, jingle pot road is rather confusing, and could get a new arrival to the area lost in no time, sort
of like going around in circles in the bush thinking you are getting somewhere. lol
#36
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by bill barilko
Not that complicated, just a bit of an old goat track that runs kind of west off Wakesiah for two or three miles to Metral Drive near the old Somerset Pub.Try explaining Jinglepot Road without a detailed map-it's an anomaly to be polie about it.
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#37
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
a very pretty drive, sometimes I take that route, just to enjoy the area, but at the rate it isNot that complicated, just a bit of an old goat track that runs kind of west off Wakesiah for two or three miles to Metral Drive near the old Somerset Pub.
becoming more populated, that prettiness will disappear.
#38
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
Years ago there was one stretch where people used to put out pumpkins by the side of road every Hallowe'en. That area was known as "Shady Mile". You'd recognize it, the one fairy straight piece of road with trees on each side.a very pretty drive, sometimes I take that route, just to enjoy the area, but at the rate it is
becoming more populated, that prettiness will disappear.
#39
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
They still put out the lighted pumpkins or jack o' lanterns and some of them are pretty clever. Years ago there was one stretch where people used to put out pumpkins by the side of road every Hallowe'en. That area was known as "Shady Mile". You'd recognize it, the one fairy straight piece of road with trees on each side.
#40
Re: Nanaimo
Jan 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
I love thatYears ago there was one stretch where people used to put out pumpkins by the side of road every Hallowe'en. That area was known as "Shady Mile". You'd recognize it, the one fairy straight piece of road with trees on each side.
#41
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 16th, 2011
My wife and I have visited Nanaimo twice in the last four months and we love it! We plan to move there next Spring. Made some friends and have an apartment to rent once we are ready. In a nice neighborhood of No. Nanaimo. Thanks for the comments. We have found Nanaimo to be a very nice place to live.
#42
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 16th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by vinoman5
thats great, good for you, you'll be very happy there. I like the north end of nanaimo too, woodgrove, costco, and very nice residential areas as well, and the little settlement of Lantzville is a veryMy wife and I have visited Nanaimo twice in the last four months and we love it! We plan to move there next Spring. Made some friends and have an apartment to rent once we are ready. In a nice neighborhood of No. Nanaimo. Thanks for the comments. We have found Nanaimo to be a very nice place to live.
sweet place too.
I'm not fond of the old downtown area of nanaimo at all.
#43
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 17th, 2011
I have clients who would gripe about my rates while living in Vancouver, but since moving to the Island they haven't griped a bit.
Quote: Originally Posted by talloola
Huh? That's my favorite part? You *like* Costco?I'm not fond of the old downtown area of nanaimo at all.
#44
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 17th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by Trotz
Yeah, you definitly want to stay away from those easterners!!Honestly I would avoid Nanaimo; much like Victoria, it attracts far too many obnoxious Eastern Canadians
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#45
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 17th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by Omicron
love costco, and now that we have our own here in courtenay, don't need the nanaimo one any more.I have clients who would gripe about my rates while living in Vancouver, but since moving to the Island they haven't griped a bit.
Huh? That's my favorite part? You *like* Costco?
I actually hate the downtown core of nanaimo, but love everything north of that area, use to live
in parksville, very nice there, beautiful beach.
#46
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 17th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by bill barilko
Nonsense!I know the place well-although the past decade has seen some changes it's still very much a hard bitten blue collar town with serious drug/gangs problem.
Local RCMP call it Surrey-by-the-Sea-Surrey being one of BC's premiere sh!tholes.
There are so many other attractive/amenable places to look I urge you to consider the Comox Valley or anywhere north or south of Nanaimo like Parksville or Ladysmith just not that miasma.
Funny how so many places that started out as rough mining towns keep that image.
I'm sure Nanaimo wasn't the the most attractive place during the height of the coal mining days
but that was thirty or forty years ago. The current renewal of the downtown area and the
seawall and waterfront park make Nanaimo a rival to Victoria.
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#47
Re: Nanaimo
Jul 17th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by #juan
Nonsense!
I'm sure Nanaimo wasn't the the most attractive place during the height of the coal mining days
but that was thirty or forty years ago. The current renewal of the downtown area and the
seawall and waterfront park make Nanaimo a rival to Victoria.
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the waterfront park is nice, I was there attending a boat show couple of years ago, but avoided
going into the city center.
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