Surrey Photos

metroXpress · #1 Posted **May 3, 2009, 11:48 PM**

Please make this sticky if approved by mods.

Ok, I think it is about time that there is a seperate photo blog for Surrey. Just preparing for the upcoming years.

Everyone is welcome to post pics of Surrey here!!

Let's start with some photos of Central City...future Downtown Surrey.

All photos taken by DJ Moka, flickr.

Whalleyboy · #2 Posted **May 4, 2009, 12:55 AM**

Lets start with what has to be the coolest house in the city centre

Central city at night

all photo taken by me

Hong Kongese · #3 Posted **May 4, 2009, 1:08 AM**

Allen, obviously, you live in Surrey.

metroXpress · #4 Posted **May 4, 2009, 1:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hong Kongese

Allen, obviously, you live in Surrey.

Nice try

Whalleyboy · #5 Posted **May 4, 2009, 1:40 AM**

he's a delta boy=P

metroXpress · #6 Posted **May 4, 2009, 1:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

he's a delta boy=P

Nay, I consider myself a Surrey Boy better....right on the boundary

Whalleyboy · #7 Posted **May 4, 2009, 2:20 AM**

its funny my gf thinks of herself as surrey too and she lives in north delta

worldwide · #8 Posted **May 4, 2009, 2:26 AM**

anything past the granville bridge is chilliwack.

i kid, i kid

metroXpress · #9 Posted **May 5, 2009, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

its funny my gf thinks of herself as surrey too and she lives in north delta

It's because people that LIVE IN NORTH DELTA = living in Surrey.
The main difference in everyday life is the garbage collection days

Hey, I used to live in Surrey =]

go_leafs_go02 · #10 Posted **May 5, 2009, 4:14 AM**

honestly..surrey has the weirdest boundaries ever....

half the boundaries are in built-up areas, but yet, there are 3 distinct built up sections of surrey.

1) newton/whalley/city centre/guildford/fleetwood

2) cloverdale (which could be part of Langley pretty much

3) south surrey

dont get me started on white rock..haha.

SpongeG · #11 Posted **May 5, 2009, 4:41 AM**

thats how cities start

at one time commercial drive was a "suburb" of Vancouver and collingwood was a later suburb

eventually with growth they grow together

Whalleyboy · #12 Posted **May 5, 2009, 5:03 AM**

cloverdale could never be part of langley!
its where surrey first true centre was
infact its where most of surreys history is
heck even are mayor is from there

raggedy13 · #13 Posted **May 5, 2009, 6:37 AM**

I always saw North Delta and North Surrey as effectively the same, Cloverdale and Langley as a second area of similarity, and South Surrey/White Rock as a third. Those three areas would probably benefit greatly from a planning point of view if they were to splinter into three separate municipalities.

Whalleyboy · #14 Posted **May 5, 2009, 6:45 AM**

i dont think south surrey would go to well with white rock they'd would never let grandview become what it is becoming

raggedy13 · #15 Posted **May 5, 2009, 10:36 AM**

^I don't see that as a problem. So far I'm not a fan of that development. It may offer better retail options than anywhere else in the area and have some new apartment blocks but it is still planned around car use.

All that aside, if South Surrey and White Rock were together they could form a more cohesive plan for Semiahmoo Town Centre which serves as the peninsula's downtown ("uptown") and yet is split down the middle by the municipal boundaries.

CoryHolmes · #16 Posted **May 5, 2009, 11:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by raggedy13

I always saw North Delta and North Surrey as effectively the same

See, this is where you're wrong. Surrey is US and Delta is THEM. You would do well to learn these striking differences and learn them well.

And now if you'll excuse me, I'll be returning to my hatchery in Northern BC... :p

metroXpress · #17 Posted **May 5, 2009, 3:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by raggedy13

^I don't see that as a problem. So far I'm not a fan of that development. It may offer better retail options than anywhere else in the area and have some new apartment blocks but it is still planned around car use.

Agreed. They should make that area into a transit-oriented development

Whalleyboy · #18 Posted **May 5, 2009, 5:14 PM**

south surrey is like a suburb to central
translink doesnt care about suburbs all that much let alone a suburb of a surburb=P

metroXpress · #19 Posted **May 7, 2009, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

south surrey is like a suburb to central
translink doesnt care about suburbs all that much let alone a suburb of a surburb=P

Yea, when you see the buses running on Hwy99 to South Surrey...they are all the old ones!

Whalleyboy · #20 Posted **May 7, 2009, 1:42 AM**

i thought they just looked old but there coach style buses i remember seeing the ones on king george going to white rock they got the big padded seats like on grey hound