It will be two years tomorrow that I started the move from Vancouver to Surrey. Where has the time gone.
When I made the move it was partially to be nearer to the inner circle and partially to help with my anxiety and depression issues.
In light of the challenges the world is facing now it has turned out to be a good move. While we have some constraints of our activities you can still go down to the lobby and talk to other residents and staff which helps my depression. We keep our distance and are reminded by staff etc if we do get too close together.
Do I miss Vancouver - yes and no - I missed the easy access to the seawall, False Creek and Stanley Park and the relatively close access to the North Shore mountains.
I don't miss the concrete jungle and always on the go mentality of the downtown crowd.
As for Surrey - it has really grown up the last decade or so - yes it has it's social issues as any city of over 500,000 people will have - it has an extensive parks system and many of them are in a more natural setting - like streams running through them, like first growth trees, like nature trails, a couple of gardens - Bear Creek and Fleetwood to name a couple.
It has it beaches at Crescent Beach and White Rock next door.
It has easy shopping here in Newton, roads with left turn lanes and green arrows and a much improved transit system. Most common areas in Surrey have some bus service.
It is a very demographic diverse area and the people for the most part are friendly and right now seem to be abiding by the social or physical distance measures implemented by various layers of government.
The flowers are starting to bloom - the last two pictures are the scene from my balcony taken earlier today.
Part 2 coming up.
When I made the move it was partially to be nearer to the inner circle and partially to help with my anxiety and depression issues.
In light of the challenges the world is facing now it has turned out to be a good move. While we have some constraints of our activities you can still go down to the lobby and talk to other residents and staff which helps my depression. We keep our distance and are reminded by staff etc if we do get too close together.
Do I miss Vancouver - yes and no - I missed the easy access to the seawall, False Creek and Stanley Park and the relatively close access to the North Shore mountains.
I don't miss the concrete jungle and always on the go mentality of the downtown crowd.
As for Surrey - it has really grown up the last decade or so - yes it has it's social issues as any city of over 500,000 people will have - it has an extensive parks system and many of them are in a more natural setting - like streams running through them, like first growth trees, like nature trails, a couple of gardens - Bear Creek and Fleetwood to name a couple.
It has it beaches at Crescent Beach and White Rock next door.
It has easy shopping here in Newton, roads with left turn lanes and green arrows and a much improved transit system. Most common areas in Surrey have some bus service.
It is a very demographic diverse area and the people for the most part are friendly and right now seem to be abiding by the social or physical distance measures implemented by various layers of government.
The flowers are starting to bloom - the last two pictures are the scene from my balcony taken earlier today.
Part 2 coming up.
