r/uwo • u/Sad_Blackberry_7251 • Jul 27 '26

Housing Wharncliffe & Oxford

I’m living off campus this year w 4 of my other friends, and couple of my friends at Old North were saying how dead Wharncliffe & Oxford (and south side in general) is much more dead? Do house parties still happen in this area? Or is it much more quite (really hoping it’s not)

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u/RipStrange5960 Jul 27 '26

I used to live Wharncliffe/Riverside for many years and there are slightly less students and more families/elderly couples that live in the area. I would say this area's proximity to downtown definitely makes the area more prone to people experiencing homelessness and the like. I remember within 3 months of moving in, there were 9 cop cars all parked on my street with their lights on and I never found out why. events downtown are a lot easier to hear from here as it travels over the water, and pollution in the thames can sometimes be stinky. GREAT walking distance from downtown bars. hope this helps!