Throughout the 1980s, The Drive attracted a large counter-culture demographic, including political activists, punks. Around the turn of the millennium, local outlets of multi-national companies became the target of the anti-globalization movement and civil disobedience campaigns. SkyTrain opened into the neighbourhood with Broadway Station in December 1985. Increasing real estate prices near the downtown (e.g. Downtown Eastside) pushed many lower income residents east toward Commercial Drive. Meanwhile, gentrification began to occur in the vicinity of the Drive, increasing housing prices, and driving housing development and new storefronts replacing old wood-frame stores.