North/South

At Central City today, defined by the GVRD's LRSP to be a Town Center and an area of desired high population density. It's served by skytrain and has a university campus in the only tower to be erected so far yet its still not taking off like the South end is. Blame it on location or reputation but Whalley is a pretty tough sell even though its looking prettier these days.

What struck me most was not the changes since I've last been up that way but the amount of vacant land that still exists. Yes, there are development signs and ads for condos on nearly every block but then there are empty fields and run-down residences on half acres right next door.

Surrey's trying, the rec centre got a facelift recently and there's a new park and plaza going in on King George but its going to take awhile to catch on. Compare this to South Surrey/White Rock where in the last two years every single piece of un/underdeveloped land has been snatched up and transformed into single family dwellings with a couple of apartment blocks and huge commercial centres thrown in for good measure.