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Originally Posted by guzzy
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.
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The big difference I see between a place like Bowness and Forest Lawn (aside from the fact the river runs through Bowness which has to be a selling point, especially with all those parks) is that whenever you hear of a crime related incident, there's probably a 1 in 4 chance it happened right in Forest Lawn or a community very close to there like Applewood or Marlborough. Bowness, from my understanding, used to be just like that but now you hardly ever hear similar types of crime stories happening in that area. I watch the news every night and don't remember the last time they mentioned that place.
Jayems mentioned some of the communities he worked in. I can do the same. All in the NW and northern part of the SW. Valley Ridge, Royal Oak, Arbour Lake, Griffith Estates at Discovery Ridge, Willows of Wentworth, Westpark in West Springs, Aspen Stone and Aspen Hills. These are all places that require a commute to downtown and it would be a significantly long drive. I see the lineups on 17th, Bow, 16th, Crowchild, etc. It looks like a nightmare.
They aren't cheap areas either, as you'll probably struggle to find a home in any of these areas under $500k with a good number of them croaching up on $800k to $1m and beyond. I do know if that is in your price range that there a ton of houses in Aspen Hills in the 2000 sq-ft size all going for $600k and over if that's up your alley you can get one there fast. A good realtor should be able to run the price tag down a bit considering the large volume of spec homes they have just sitting there waiting for an owner. The LRT is being expanded to that area but it won't be there for a couple years I would say. I did work in areas like Evanston and MacKenzie Towne but they're no better, if not worse for travel issues because then you have to deal with Deathwish Deerfoot.