Would love to talk to someone familiar with Vancouver neighborhoods (McMinnville: foreclosed, rentals)

[sushi66]

I don't think I want to live in Vancouver permanently, but I see the rentals are plentiful and cheap while I decide in which town to buy. I work from home, but my teenager will be looking for an entry level job until she enters college in California in the fall and I was thinking since Vancouver is full of malls, this might be a possibly more so than in say McMinnville or Forest Grove.

I'd like to know generally between "X street and Y street" are the safer areas, and be able to PM someone with a few street addresses to see if they know the condition of the area.

[Barleysoda]

is that the rosemere neighborhood in Vancouver?

[StealthRabbit]

You need to post this in WA, as we can get AXED from CD for talk'n bout that place across the river in the OR forum WA forum is QUITE a bit more 'forgiving' (i.e. tolerant)

Vancouver is full of malls

really? more so than tax free OR

I'm sure she would enjoy the 9% raise tho

[musicaldogs]

Rosemere (or "Rose Village" as it is now called) is one Vancouver's cheapest and therefore most run-down neighborhoods. A couple of elementary schools are in this neighborhood, so there are plenty of kids and young parents, but many are low-income families and/or on government assistance. Some of the owned houses are elegant and well-kept, but most of the homes are rentals that are falling apart due to neglect, and may or many not be occupied by questionable characters. I feel relatively safe walking my dogs in the neighborhood and have met a number of friendly people, but the foreclosed houses, empty units, noticeably high pit bull population and homeless men walking around are somewhat depressing.