Complex sentence: As workers moved out, the area's low rent and proximity to downtown, the beach and nearby UBC made it a hotbed for artists, students, and subsequently became the heart of the city's counterculture movement, giving rise to Greenpeace in 1970.
Split into simpler sentences: As workers moved out, the area's low rent and proximity to downtown, the beach and nearby UBC made it a hotbed for artists and students. It subsequently became the heart of the city's counterculture movement, giving rise to Greenpeace in 1970.