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Yaletown occupies the southern edge of the downtown peninsula along False Creek. Until the 1986 Expo World's Fair it was a rail yard and warehouse district; the conversion of its brick warehouses into lofts in the 1990s and 2000s turned it into the city's polished downtown neighbourhood. Today it's dominated by glass condo towers along the seawall, with the original warehouse strip along Mainland and Hamilton Streets holding many of the city's best-known high-end restaurants and wine bars.
Yaletown is for professionals who want short walks to work in the financial district, dinner reservations within five minutes of their front door, and the seawall on their doorstep. It's also one of the most expensive rental markets in the city — new-construction one-bedrooms routinely list north of $3,000 a month. Older rental buildings are scarce because most of the stock is strata condos.
The Canada Line SkyTrain runs through Yaletown–Roundhouse station, putting the airport 25 minutes away. If you're moving to Vancouver for a finance, tech, or consulting job and your budget is comfortable, Yaletown is usually the first neighbourhood on the list.
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Local price ranges for services — we don't yet break these down to the neighbourhood level, but prices in Vancouver are consistent across most inner areas.