We moved to south in 2004 when we built our first house in Copperfield. In the 5 years we lived there I could smell the dump maybe 4 or 5 times and it was always outdoors never in the house. After a rain and a north wind was usually what would cause the smell to hit our area.
We live in Cranston now and we love it even more than the McKenzie Towne area. Brand new Sobeys - two elementary schools set to open in Sept. Lots of playgrounds and young families.
As for traffic - if you're at work for 7am, driving on Deerfoot at 6-6:30am is easy mode. 7:00am-7:30am you'll hit the bottleneck at Deerfoot/Anderson but if you exit off onto Southland after that it's empty. It takes me 20-30 minutes to get from Cranston to my office off MacLeod and 50th Avenue.
I'm sure the north is just as good in some of the new areas - but if your friends are all in the south you certainly won't be making a mistake by going south.
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