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sfg May 3rd, 2005 04:28 PM

Safe Areas, Nightspots for 20 year olds
 
Visiting Vancouver in June with another family. Their 22 y.o daughter and our 25y.o. son will be joining us for a long weekend. The 20 year olds will want to explore the nightspots and clubs. I noticed that there are some areas of town with drug activity or are generally unsafe. Please advise which areas to avoid and suggest some interesting spots/clubs to visit at night. Friends are at the Hyatt, we are at the Times Square Suites near Stanley Park. They will be walking or taking cabs. Thanks.

mitchdesj May 4th, 2005 03:51 AM

I would ask the hotel; there is a very bad area downtown that you can stumble on very easily if you're not savy.....

traveltwins May 4th, 2005 09:34 AM

mitchdesj:
Where is the very bad area?

Sam_Salmon May 4th, 2005 09:42 AM

&quot;<i>there is a very bad area downtown that you can stumble on very easily if you're not savy.....</i>&quot;
That is probably the most nonsensical post I have ever read here.
In fact unless a person is trying to score crack cocaine in the back lanes of the <u>Downtown East Side</u> there is nowhere one can't walk 24/7 in complete safety.
The kids should check out www.clubvibes.com to gather info from their own demographic.


mitchdesj May 5th, 2005 03:51 AM

traveltwins, I'll get the name and location from my son this afternoon, he went to ubc for 4 years.....I remember it was close to our hotel, which was on the waterfront...

mr salmon, I'm just trying to help the poster of the question to the best of my knowledge;
if that area has been cleaned up in recent years, so be it but I remember driving through there late at night and it was pretty scary...

mitchdesj May 20th, 2005 01:26 PM

Hastings Street should be avoided, the whole downtown east side...


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