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Originally Posted by Echoes
Saskatoon is predominantly east side/west side, but there is also a north end. But no south end.
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Funny how that goes... Winnipeg has a west end and a north end. There is a tendency to refer to a south end even though there is no commonly understood south end. There really is no east end to speak of.
What's interesting about the west end and north end is that they are practically adjacent to downtown... I guess they got those names a century ago when they really were the ends of the city, and it stuck even as the city's footprint leapfrogged them.
In terms of prosperity, as noted before I'd say Winnipeg is definitely oriented on a N/S split. The east side of town tends to be working class, the west side (beyond the working class West End) tends to be comfortably middle class. However, there are pockets of wealth that run along the rivers through the entire city... even in much of the North End, the banks of the Red River are lined with comfortable middle class homes even though gangs might be running around in a dilapidated neighbourhood 500m to the west.