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Originally Posted by le calmar
En effet! And you are right about that specific stretch of Rideau not being so nice. Not much going on on Laurier either. But you are still within close proximity to many services and commercial outlets (including the Rideau Centre, not so far away)
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I once lived a few blocks west of there, and it was nice but not as convenient as one might think.
Rideau St. kinda sucked back then as a neighbourhood main street and I go there often enough still to know it hasn't improved signficantly - yet.
My wife wasn't really super-comfortable walking to and along Rideau and this was the case for a lot of female neighbours.
Most people in our building (a middle class demographic) actually drove to the grocery stores: Loblaws at Rideau and Nelson, or Loeb/IGA (now Metro) at Rideau and King Edward.
Most also drove to Rideau Centre on evenings and weekends unless they stopped off there via transit on their way home from work.
I'd say areas like the Glebe, New Edinburgh and Westboro offer better and nicer neighbourhood amenities on their main streets (Bank, Beechwood and Wellington).
Of course they are some distance from Rideau Centre and the Market but as I mentioned a lot of people in Sandy Hill will drive the 1-2 km to go there anyway.