     the downtown eastside (dtes) is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in vancouver, british columbia, canada and is erroneouslyhttp://www.vancouversun.com/news/vancouver+myth+busters/4523360/story.html known as "canada's poorest postal code".canada's poorest postal code in for an olympic clean-up? the globe and mailis vancouver's downtown eastside really "canada's poorest postal code"? vancouver sun community blogs according to the city of vancouver, the following zoning areas are partly or wholly within the downtown eastside: chinatown, gastown, oppenheimer park (formerly japantown), strathcona, thornton park and victory square, as well as the light industrial area to 
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