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Surrey?

lazyGUY
edited March 2008 in General
Whats ur guys thoughts on Surrey and ppl from there? A couple days ago I was talking to this girl I know who lives in west van and she was making it seem as surrey was the "compton" of BC except full of brown ppl. Ive noticed this with other ppl too, for example one of my profs is always crackin jokes about surrey and ppl always find it funny. lol and the worst thing is that almost every girl out there thinks that any brown guy from surrey is a "Surrey Jack". So anyone mind telling me why there are so many haters? :sad:

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  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited March 2008
    Stupid stereotypes...surrey has it's good parts and bad parts just like any other city. The worst of surrey is not half as bad as the worst of vancouver
  • Broken Lizard
    edited March 2008
    yeah i live in surrey, theres a lot of white people here too
    haha
    I dont think its bad here. Ive walked around whalley late at night and felt way more safe than I would on hastings at night.

    Anyways, theres Indian people everywhere haha
    Richmond has a lot, but never hear about them.
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    It has a bad name, but I'm in more of the Langley area so it's pretty good. Away from Whalley for sure.

    I don't really get what people have against Surrey. With the residential housing burst, there are some really, really cute neighborhoods that I can see myself in within the next little while.
  • DaNoobie
    edited March 2008
    but Nicole thats out in the booonies!
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    Hmm...I wouldn't really call Langley the boonies. I would say Chilliwack fits that stereotype a little better...Langley is building a little city out of itself. It's really not that bad!
  • JayDub
    edited March 2008
    It's true, I've lived in Langely (well... Aldergrove) for a good eight years before moving on and my family lives out there now. Langely is definitely a cool place and not the boonies or a hick town. That's Chilliwack.
  • imelting
    edited March 2008
    now arent u guys generalizing about chilliwack, over time it might just get the same kinda boom langley had
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    They sure could, but I think we're talking in the moment.
  • JayDub
    edited March 2008
    I had to spend a month out in Chilliwack last summer... it sucked.
  • Shi2
    edited March 2008
    I don't have any negative thoughts about surrey. I just view it as a boring place.
  • Ether
    edited March 2008
    Yeah, that's my opinion too. I don't go to Surrey much though.

    I might go there more if it wasn't so damn far away (from North Van).
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    The ironic thing is that there is so much more to do in and around the Surrey campus than on the Burnaby campus...
  • Jimmy
    edited March 2008
    meh i try to stay north of the river
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2008
    yaa the burnaby campus can be soo boring at times. The surrey one on the other hand has a mall, better places to eat at, and a bunch of other stuff to do inbetween classes when ur not in the mood to study.
  • vonnie
    edited March 2008
    I personally have had some horrible experiences in Surrey... so unless you want my biased opinion...

    Hahaha.
  • randomuser
    edited March 2008
    ive had bad experiences in surrey too, walking between parties one night near 132 and 60-70 and guys pulling over yelling stuff at me, i felt very unsafe, this happened on more than one occasion, i wasnt even dressed slutty
  • illicit
    edited March 2008
    randomuser;23908 said:
    ive had bad experiences in surrey too, walking between parties one night near 132 and 60-70 and guys pulling over yelling stuff at me, i felt very unsafe, this happened on more than one occasion, i wasnt even dressed slutty
    SIXTY SEVENTY?

    anyways it wasn't too long ago when two girls were dateraped at standard. one of them woke up in a bush in surrey.
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    randomuser;23908 said:
    ive had bad experiences in surrey too, walking between parties one night near 132 and 60-70 and guys pulling over yelling stuff at me, i felt very unsafe, this happened on more than one occasion, i wasnt even dressed slutty
    Oh give me a break. If you're scared about guys yelling stuff at you, and if you're blaming that entirely on Surrey...puh-leeze. It happens everywhere.
  • illicit
    edited March 2008
    nicole;23917 said:
    Oh give me a break. If you're scared about guys yelling stuff at you, and if you're blaming that entirely on Surrey...puh-leeze. It happens everywhere.
    not true. it didn't happen at our meet up.
  • JayDub
    edited March 2008
    It's true... however after the meet-up when I left BP there was a bunch of people outside the doors just standing there and it looked like they were waiting for me, I was scared.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited March 2008
    I had people yell at me in Richmond... then 5 minutes after some woman flashed me... so it ended up a pretty good night, i was 15 at the time, haha
  • Agentbob
    edited March 2008
    I've been living in Surrey for the past 8-9 years and I haven't come across anything "negative" or "dangerous". Every city has its share of idiots. Oh, and I've heard all sorts of stereotypes about Surrey, and most aren't even true.

    Sorry if you guys had some bad experiences.
  • EricJ
    edited March 2008
    randomuser;23908 said:
    ive had bad experiences in surrey too, walking between parties one night near 132 and 60-70 and guys pulling over yelling stuff at me, i felt very unsafe, this happened on more than one occasion, i wasnt even dressed slutty
    I live near there :)
    Also I have had enough bad experiences with surrey to not be a huge fan of it.

    Anyway, among other things, I have learnt that it is inadvisable to walk through creepy places on king george at night time with valuable items on you, if you want to keep said items and not get threatened by crazypeople on the street who may or may not have weapons!

    (Of course, this sort of thing can happen anywhere, I probably have some better examples though...
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2008
    lol i live near there too and ive never had a bad experience there. ive taken my dog for walks down 132 at around 10-11 pm and id say its a pretty safe area.
  • getoveryourself
    edited March 2008
    nicole;23827 said:
    The ironic thing is that there is so much more to do in and around the Surrey campus than on the Burnaby campus...
    Nothing ironic about that.
    Burnaby campus is on ... surprise.. a MOUNTAIN

    You're comparing the campus at city centre to a campus that's 1200 feet above sea level.
    Kevin M.;23761 said:
    Stupid stereotypes...surrey has it's good parts and bad parts just like any other city. The worst of surrey is not half as bad as the worst of vancouver
    +1
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    getoveryourself;24086 said:
    Nothing ironic about that.
    Burnaby campus is on ... surprise.. a MOUNTAIN


    Ether posted that there was nothing to do on this side of the bridge, but changed the post...doesn't make much sense now ;)
  • Ether
    edited March 2008
    Ether probably didn't post that because Ether is not sure which side of which bridge is being referred to.
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2008
    neone read the Peak lately, on one of the first few pages theres a picture in which {guys in shorts + a chicken/rooster = surrey}. Was this a joke because i totally didnt get it lol
  • nicole
    edited March 2008
    Ether;24127 said:
    Ether probably didn't post that because Ether is not sure which side of which bridge is being referred to.
    The Surrey side ;)

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