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Vancouver

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Vancouver

 Vancouver is the largest city in Western Canada, located at the southwestern corner of the coastal province of British Columbia. It is well known for its scenery, nestled as it is between mountains and ocean. It often makes lists of "best cities to live in" and is certainly a beautiful destination to visit.
 For simplicity the Vancouver area is separated into a number of districts. Most of the attractions associated with Vancouver are in these districts.
 These don't correspond to the legal divisions of the city, but instead a convenient way of sub-dividing Vancouver for travellers.

City Center -- The Downtown peninsula of Vancouver includes the West End, Yaletown, Gastown, Chinatown and Stanley Park.

Kitsilano Area -- The young urban neighbourhood in Vancouver.

Vancouver South -- A mostly residential area of Vancouver includes the neighbourhoods of Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole.

UBC -- University of British Columbia and the surrounding area.

East Van -- The more working class area of Vancouver.

The Lower Mainland is the common name for Greater Vancouver, which the includes larger more suburban districts:

North Shore -- The area north of the Burrard Inlet includes the municipalities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

Burnaby - A separate municipality which is primarly a suburb of Vancouver. Has a number of parks.

Richmond - Richmond has been experiencing growth and change with remarkable speed, transforming from a rural, local community to an international city with a balance of urban, sub-urban family, and rural areas.

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Getting Around

 By North American standards, Vancouver has quite a decent public transit system. It is run by a regional transportation authority called TransLink (http://www.translink.bc.ca) and connects the various municipalities in the greater Vancouver area. Transportation is provided by bus, train (called the "skytrain", because it runs on elevated rails) and even by boats (called "seabus", for obvious reasons). Tickets cost anywhere from $2.25 to $4.50, depending on the time of day and number of transit zones you cross. Buses only accept exact change, but at skytrain stations, tickets are sold at vending machines that give change. As of late the machines now accept debit cards. Books of 10 prepaid tickets are available at a discount from many convenience stores.

 The Vancouver area has a number of municipalities or neighbourhoods that use the "North" and "West as part of their names. The following is a summary:

* The west side of Vancouver is the portion of Municipality of Vancouver west of 1 block west of Main Street.    Generally not including the Downtown Core. This includes the areas we are calling Kitsilano area and Vancouver    South.
* the West End, the western portion of the downtown peninsula.
* West Vancouver, the western half of the North Shore
* North Vancouver, the eastern half of the North Shore (which is split into the City of North Vancouver and the    District of North Vancouver.)

 Yes, even locals who have lived here for many years find the distinctions confusing. To make it even worse many of these areas use the same numbered streets/avenues:

* In the City of Vancouver the East-West streets are numbered Avenues. They always use East or West to    designate whether it is on the East side or the West side (with Ontario Street as the dividing line). Some of the    major streets use names rather than numbers (Broadway would be 9th Avenue, King Edward Avenue would be    25th Avenue).
* In West Vancouver some of the North-South streets are numbered streets.
* In North Vancouver some of the East-West streets are numbered streets.

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Hostels in Vancouver
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