If you're used to Melbourne, here are the equivalents in Vancouver:
English Bay - South yarra (tidy streets, high density living and high rents. Also fitness freaks running around to Stanley park - reminiscent of the 'tan area!)
Granville Island - Prahran market? (if you put prahran market in port melbourne, this would be it!)
West End - Prahran meets st kilda (gay area, with a bayside feel and good cafe scene)
Commercial Drive - Brunswick st (grunge, dirty, hippy, multicultural and alternative. Very colourful and good food! Lots of wierdos)
Richmond - springvale/clayton (best place for asian food & produce, rent is cheaper, a fair hike from the city!)
Chinatown - West melbourne (I'm not talking about the chinese side to it, but just how the cbd morphs into it and it's a bit of a quiet pocket)
Yaletown - Southgate (yuppie, sterile, picturesque)
Main Street - Chapel St (but more the Windsor end - plenty of style and spunk, not so wanky)
Cambie Village (cambie & 12th) - Glenferrie rd malvern (shopping village surrounded in pleasant suburbs. More functional and convenient than oozing with character, but lots of nice restaurants)
Kitsalano - Brighton (it's a nice area with a shopping strip and close to the water. A little yuppie - probably a more youthful version of brighton to be honest...)
North Vancouver - Camberwell (very family friendly, lots of parks, schools, suburban feel, hilly, village shopping feel)
Coal Harbour - docklands (amazing views, a bit more personality than docklands, expensive!)
Shaugnessy - Canterbury (rich and detatched from reality)
got more? please add them!
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