Avenue Magazine Ranks Neighbourhoods - 2017

[iggyformayor]

Originally Posted by Titan

Huh. McKenzie Towne is 37. Forest Lawn is 33.

huh.

HAHAHAHAHA. And Mahogany at 183...? 3rd worst out of the 185 ranked... I get that it's a little far out, but really...?

[Locke]

Avenue's Meticulous and Calculated Selection Process:

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Titan

Huh. McKenzie Towne is 37. Forest Lawn is 33.

huh.

That's bizarre. I like McKenzie Towne a lot. Pretty unique neighbourhood for Calgary.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by troutman

Anecdotally, I see the demand in the NW. Houses sell quickly in the NW right now, often with multiple offers. People want to live there.

I wonder if you see more deals in the NW because your practice is based in the NW. I would imagine a SE lawyer would close more SE deals. Maybe it doesn't work like that though, IDK.

[calf]

My community ranked #11 - funny looking at their individual category rankings vs the overall:

Spoiler!

2017 Category Rankings
Best overall
11/185

Access to restaurants, coffee shops and bars
147/185

Access to parks and pathways
13/185

Value of homes
56/185

Low crime
18/185

Walkability
131/185


Transit Score
76/185

Community engagement
26/185

So, not very high rankings in most categories (and I actually agree with the category rankings, I think). But then a sudden surge in the overall ranks. Makes no sense. I mean, I like where I live for many reasons, but it's missing so many things that there's no way it's 11 overall.

[LanceUppercut]

Originally Posted by Titan

Huh. McKenzie Towne is 37. Forest Lawn is 33.

huh.

I like how McKenzie Towne is 37, but New Brighton is 175. They are basically the same damn community.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Can at least get it out of the way early this year?

They purposely create this list with the intention of drawing in page hits due to disbelief and "outrage" over ranking. That's what they do, they do it every yeah, they're doing this year, again, and they will also do it next year.

Quoted because some people obviously didn't read your post, and are complaining about this blatantly controversial list.

Lists are made to get page views. The worse they are the more they get shared, resulting in even more page views, so they make them awful on purpose. It's pure click bait.

[jammies]

What they need is an online poll CP can jihad. You want controversy? We'll give you controversy!

[calgarygeologist]

I live in Varsity and it is a great community. Not #1 great though. It is a perfect mix of suburban and inner city. Great access to major routes and easy to access most of the city and also get out of the city quickly.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I wonder if you see more deals in the NW because your practice is based in the NW. I would imagine a SE lawyer would close more SE deals. Maybe it doesn't work like that though, IDK.

My point was not about the number of deals, but an observation on how fast NW homes are selling.

Trying to find stats for average days on the market for different areas of the city...

[Locke]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I live in Varsity and it is a great community. Not #1 great though. It is a perfect mix of suburban and inner city. Great access to major routes and easy to access most of the city and also get out of the city quickly.

So what you're saying is that this is all your fault.

[Cube Inmate]

I think of it this way: if you had to spend an entire year without leaving the bounds of your community (notwithstanding medical emergencies), which one would leave you least insane? Ignoring whatever else might be in close proximity.

Mine does not have any entertainment venues, any gyms, any golf courses, any significant retail, or even a community centre. It does have a couple of low-end restaurants, gas stations, a liquor store, a 7/11, a relatively low crime rate, and lots of natural & manmade park space.

Despite being objectively "desirable" based on property values, the community itself has very little going for it. Its greatest asset is being near services in other communities, and near some major roads.

[nik-]

Sunnyside 27th.

Apparently our crime level is basically the crime wave montage from the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie now.

"Danny!"

[Zarley]

Arbour Lake is a garbage lake for peasants.

[snootchiebootchies]

Hidden Valley is a forbidden alley for the hoi polloi.

[Mass_nerder]

I'm pretty sure last year Windsor park was in the top 10.
This year? 184.
The only changes? A few more retail stores and restaurants.

[Erick Estrada]

There was a time where I used to go over the list and scratch my head wondering how the hell they came up with that order. Now I just don't care as I clicked the first few pages out of curiosity and closed the page. Troll me once shame on you, troll me twice shame on me.

[CliffFletcher]

I honestly think they generate the rankings randomly. And laugh their asses off while doing so.

[topfiverecords]

As usual it's heavily slanted towards "who got ranked low last year and got in a huff" gets moved up, and those ranked high last year get moved down. The rest they shuffle and pick out of a hat.

Then they pass it off to some interns to false justify the top 10 further.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by LanceUppercut

I like how McKenzie Towne is 37, but New Brighton is 175. They are basically the same damn community.

The lowest ranked community is 185, so since we are locked in at 175 we can truly say suck it to 10 other communities......