Yeah outside of Halifax and Saint John, there really isn't much in the way of commercial main streets outside of the downtown in Atlantic cities. It really is just the downtown and then suburban strip malls and such. Very weird because cities similar in size, but much newer, out here, will often have alternate main streets (eg Victoria, Saskatoon). I wouldn't necessarily expect it in smaller cities like Charlottetown, or newer cities like Moncton, but it's a bit surprising in St. John's, at least.
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Originally Posted by hipster duck
I think Vancouver is a strong downtown city - downtown including, of course, the West End/Stanley Park, Yaletown and the whole Gastown/DTES/Chinatown area.
I actually find Vancouver's off-downtown urban neighbourhoods to be relatively weak, considering the size of the city.
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Yeah, I was thinking about Vancouver, but was on the fence about it. I could see it either way.