Youth Survey Verbatim Comments

YOUTH SURVEY

Question 1: Let’s start by getting to know what makes View Royal special to you! Tell us about your favourite place in View Royal.

1. Park and walkways along the Gorge
2. I only go in view royal when I go th school and Canadian tire so I have to say Shorline middle school
3. The Gorge Water Way
4. eagle creek village
5. the gorge
6. My favourite place in View Royal is my home.
7. [Redacted]'s house
8. Portage Park
9. eagle creek
10. my home and the park and the stores
11. my home and the park and the stores
12. my favorite place in view royal is my house since I go there everyday.
13. less bilke lanes there's to many
14. [Redacted]'s house
15. my school, shoreline
16. my favorite place in view royal is my house since I go there everyday.
17. [Redacted]'s hous
18. My house
19. dairy queen or any of the lakes. and the swimming pools ofc
20. DQ
21. i like thetis lake its a nice place to walk around and seeing the water calming
22. My house
23. juan de fuca rec center
24. thetis lake
25. my house
26. basketball courts
27. thetas lake
28. Dq
29. My home
30. not sure :P
31. Thetis lake
32. the wetlands near my house
33. Thetis lake
34. view royal mall
35. not sure
36. gyro park
37. the mountains
38. Royal Victoria Yacht club
39. The library
40. View Royal Pool.
41. Canadian tire.
42. I don't really have a favourite place in View Royal.
43. Gorge
44. My favorite place in view royal is shoreline school and I think you should cut down the black berry bushes
45. nothing
46. my favorite place is school and home depote
47. the park near our school
48. My favourite place in Victoria is my dance studio, Elevate Dance Center
49. dairy queen and portage park
50. I don't know, sorry
51. fun playgrounds
52. Dairy Queen
53. portage Beach.
54. Shoreline Middle School
55. Portage
56. Dairy Queen
57. The skate park
58. portage park
59. portage park it a just so beautiful
60. It's a very pretty place
61. my house
62. I don't really have a favourite place but after school I really like to chat with my friends at the playground at shoreline middle school
63. park
64. Shorline
65. My grandparents house
66. view royal park
67. The extreme coffee house.
68. portage
69. songhees
70. the coffee house
71. My favourite place in view royal is the coffee house
72. parks
73. the coffee house
74. thetis lake
75. portage park
76. I like the schools
77. 7 eleven
78. My favourite place is view royal pump track
79. my favourte place in view royal is to view royal pump track
80. paddle boarding at Thetis lake
81. My favourite place is the parks in view royal
82. The extreme coffee house

Question 2: Now that you have written about your favourite place in View Royal, can you think of something that might be missing to make it even better?

1. Boat rentals like canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards
2. Shoreline middle needs to have some renovations
3. Yes, even more parking. There is nothing better than parking.
4. more parks
5. a really big park
6. Its already better
7. Mary brown's
8. Add more paths
9. more clothing stores
10. I would add a new recreation centre
11. I would add a new recreation centre
12. less bike lanes there's to many.
13. basketball court
14. Mary brown's
15. more stores like Lululemon and garage and stuff
16. less bike lanes there's to many.
17. basketball court
18. better parks and more public areas to explore
19. more grass areas, warmer lighting, less modern stuff . it should fr become a coastal townnn
20. mcdonald
21. maybe cut down less trees and keep the forest up
22. McDonalds
23. target
24. less people littering
25. the numbers mason what do they mean
26. a better basketball court
27. food trucks
28. A pool
29. Cheap drop in gymnastics place in the mall like the one in tsawwsen
30. Canada's biggest water park that's free with giant water slides, drops, and jumps.
31. it needs more book stores like bollen books
32. More bus stops
33. more protections
34. A slide
35. add more stores
36. maybe more places for kids?
37. a huge pool
38. make it bigger
39. Even more boats for people to explore
40. More different types of genre of books.
41. A BIG water slide and a big rope to swing into the water with.
42. Rock climbing.
43. A candy shop or a movie theater.
44. Better swimming spots
45. Being allow are phones at school
46. free money
47. a park
48. maybe making it bigger and different things to play on
49. Nothing can make it better.It's perfect
50. lower prices at dairy queen?
51. more park so kid's can play
52. I don't know, sorry :c
53. more restaurant
54. A hammock.
55. better playgrounds with swings. more bike lanes.
56. a cat cafe
57. I think View Royal is perfect the way it is!
58. I don't know
59. Malls
60. A tech deck skate park to play on.
61. longer paths and secret passage ways
62. a pump track
63. More parks and playgrounds
64. less school hours
65. although the variety of monkey bars is great, I would really like a swing set
66. slide
67. A pizza party for div 4.1
68. more parks
69. a motocross/suppercross dirt bike track
70. A place for young kids to hangout after school.
71. sports senter
72. more basketball courts, places for kids to play sports
73. STARBUCKSSS and a malll
74. More activities for kids to do
75. water fountain
76. it would be great for somewhere young kids and teens could hang out in
77. pizza hut
78. sports senter
79. A nice basketball court
80. more slushie flavors
81. I think their could be a soccer card store
82. I think there should be more soccer stores
83. no I can't think of anything
84. They should make the parks better and put better equipment in it.
85. A STARBUCKS/GAS STATION NEAR THE EXTREME COFFEE HOUSE.

Question 3: Now imagine that you are 20 years older than you are now and you are about to become the Mayor of View Royal. You have some big decisions to make! As Mayor, what are some things you would change about View Royal?

1. Improve old Island highway to help prevent daily back up
2. I guess I would renovate all schools and buisnisses in need
3. (Skip)
4. i would put a starbucks and more parks
5. I don't know
6. I will make food cheaper so people can eat?
7. More food places
8. Make simple needs more accesible
9. more food places
10. I would make more parks and more houses
11. I would make more parks and more houses
12. have less bike lanes and add a basketball court and have more parks
13. more bus stops
14. More fast food places
15. I would make a new recreation centre
16. have less bike lanes and add a basketball court and have more parks
17. open private school
18. everything I just said in the last question
19. change the lights , renovate the schools, make another large but pretty and eco friendly mall, add more greenery, fix the roads.
20. I would add taco bell
21. again probably plant more trees
22. add Taco bell
23. less bike lanes
24. littering more illegal than it is now
25. the numbers mason what do they mean
26. make better basketball court
27. more food trucks
28. Resign from being mayor
29. Make it more enviormentel friendly
30. what if I don't live that long? Also, I don't want to be the mayor of any place! That's too much commitment and work.
31. STOP BILDING RODS AND DIGING UP THE OLD ONES IT'S SO FRUSTRATING
32. Make candy cheaper
33. I would make more housing opportunities and more protections for nature
34. I would give a slide to thetis lake I would take care of the plants and make it safe
35. have fairs at places like open grass lands or a good new park
36. make more things that people need
37. give more homes to the poor and add another hospital.
38. i would build a brand new parrkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
39. I would help make more schools earthquake proof
40. Less buildings that help pollute View Royal.
41. Have a permanent fair, a big petting zoo, and make it (hopefully) CRIME FREE!
42. Cut down the blackberry bushes because they really hurt.
43. I wouldn't really change much, but I would add some more shopping (all kinds - food, etc.)
44. Make shoreline a better school
45. I would cut down the black berry bushes at shoreline school
46. more homeless shelters
47. I would give all the school good toilet paper
48. make a train that takes you places like the bus
49. I would make it better by making it illegal to cut down trees
50. I would add a Salvation Army thrift store
51. making more trees that kid can climb
52. add a hot topic lol
53. more parks
54. Add more restaurants
55. to tell all the car companies in view royal to cut down on the cards that come into view royal and pollute the air. and to make more houses.
56. add more water fountains
57. Invest in schools, shelters, and hospitals.
58. nothing
59. Maybe add more luxurious malls
60. I would make sure all the rats would be gone. Then I would tell the schools to improve the playgrounds by adding swings. I would also add a store where people could play games and buy games stuff.
61. what I just said longer paths and secret passage ways
62. I would remove all weed stored and replace them with cool and nice restaurants
63. Add more parks and safe sidewalks for people who take the bus
64. houses not so expensive
65. more hiking trails
66. I want more places for kids to hang out
67. I would try to make traffic lighter
68. lower taxes, increase pay and build a motocross/suppercross track
69. Add more activities for the youth.
70. ill add more learn support
71. help with too much traffic
72. school hours being shorter
73. add more houses to view royal
74. no bike lanes
75. make a kids and teens community centre
76. to add a community center
77. I will add more homes
78. I'd add a store
79. add more restarunts
80. I would ad a soccer field
81. I would ad soccer field
82. try and make necessities more affordable
83. to make more houses and make things cheaper!
84. I'd add more to the area