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guzzy · 09-23-2007, 09:18 AM

I think it comes down strictly to personal taste. Do you want inner city - Renfrew, Mount Pleasant, Inglewood, sunalta etc? Close in - Bowness, Lake Bonavista, Maple Ridge? Or the burbs - Macenzie Towne, Tuscany - even further Cranston etc?

I, for one, love the inner city. I owned a townhouse in Renfrew for a few years and loved everything about the community. 15 minute bus ride downtown. 40 minute walk (my house to my office). You can get anywhere in the city in 15 to 20 minutes. You are right on 16th Ave, just above Deerfoot, and just west of Barlow. You can still pick up townhouses in that area for right around $300,000.

I am in Inglewood right now and enjoy the diversity. There are million dollar homes popping up everyhwere - 4 on my block alone. Plus I am a few minutes walk to a few different pubs. I love living one block off the river. 40 minute walk to my office. 15 minute roller blade to the office.

If I wanted to live in the burbs (if i didn't work downtown) I would choose Tuscany for the NW, Macenzie Towne (SE), Cranston (s)or Hanson Ranch or Kincora area (N). I just hate the commute. Anyone who tells you they live in the burbs and it takes 20 or 25 minutes on the express bus is lying. People in the burbs like to discharge myths about commute times because they don't want to admit the spend up to 2 hours a day on transit. I live in INglewood and I can catch the express bus in front of the old molson brewery and it 15-20 minutes from there to get to my office. So if that bus moves from Macenzie to Inglewood in 5 -10 minutes they must be flying - literally. If you want the burbs move to Chestermere. It is closer to d/t than macenzie, country hills, Tuscany, etc and the lots are larger. The same crap boomtown houses but at least they are sitting on larger lots.

If you want close in - Bowness and forest lawn are said to be the next "IT" communities. I don't really see how they remove the trash from Forest Lawn and make it an "IT" community but it is still very affordable and a good location. Bowness has already come along way and there are lots of expensive housing in that area. The diversity is there as well. Rich and poor living together. Places like Thornhill etc are relatively affordable and considered close in.

09-23-2007, 09:18 AM	#18
guzzy Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2006 Exp:	I think it comes down strictly to personal taste. Do you want inner city - Renfrew, Mount Pleasant, Inglewood, sunalta etc? Close in - Bowness, Lake Bonavista, Maple Ridge? Or the burbs - Macenzie Towne, Tuscany - even further Cranston etc? I, for one, love the inner city. I owned a townhouse in Renfrew for a few years and loved everything about the community. 15 minute bus ride downtown. 40 minute walk (my house to my office). You can get anywhere in the city in 15 to 20 minutes. You are right on 16th Ave, just above Deerfoot, and just west of Barlow. You can still pick up townhouses in that area for right around $300,000. I am in Inglewood right now and enjoy the diversity. There are million dollar homes popping up everyhwere - 4 on my block alone. Plus I am a few minutes walk to a few different pubs. I love living one block off the river. 40 minute walk to my office. 15 minute roller blade to the office. If I wanted to live in the burbs (if i didn't work downtown) I would choose Tuscany for the NW, Macenzie Towne (SE), Cranston (s)or Hanson Ranch or Kincora area (N). I just hate the commute. Anyone who tells you they live in the burbs and it takes 20 or 25 minutes on the express bus is lying. People in the burbs like to discharge myths about commute times because they don't want to admit the spend up to 2 hours a day on transit. I live in INglewood and I can catch the express bus in front of the old molson brewery and it 15-20 minutes from there to get to my office. So if that bus moves from Macenzie to Inglewood in 5 -10 minutes they must be flying - literally. If you want the burbs move to Chestermere. It is closer to d/t than macenzie, country hills, Tuscany, etc and the lots are larger. The same crap boomtown houses but at least they are sitting on larger lots. If you want close in - Bowness and forest lawn are said to be the next "IT" communities. I don't really see how they remove the trash from Forest Lawn and make it an "IT" community but it is still very affordable and a good location. Bowness has already come along way and there are lots of expensive housing in that area. The diversity is there as well. Rich and poor living together. Places like Thornhill etc are relatively affordable and considered close in.