It certainly has been in the past. And it's mostly the retail places not the bodegas that I see shutdown.. but still it was pretty rough.
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Was recently in Manhattan. Compared to that, Vancouver is a paradise. Some of the worst streets ther 7 out of 10 places boarded or abandoned. Worst of all. Its only chain places that survived. Part of the appeal of Manhattan is all the places run by locals and the lack of chains everywhere. It got "better" the more expensive the neighborhood was of course. Ultimately a huge win for Capitalism and consolidation of wealth.
Honestly it's a nice walk even without the birds. It's also late fall on a sunny day. You can see lots of nests and into areas foliage usually blocks
Getting into downtown on foot is going to be huge. Not to mention house prices getting even higher in Nanaimo