http://www.avenuecalgary.com/article...bourhoods-2012
In a blow to us inner-city elitists the results from this survey picks a whole bunch of suburban communities.
I will be sobbing into my latte tonight about Sunnyside's lowly 20th place finish (behind Cranston? Shoot me now.).
1) Varsity
2) Arbour Lake
3) Bowness
4) Haysboro
5) Fairview
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Originally Posted by Avenue Mag
It all starts by determining what “best” means.
To do that, we turn to our readers with a survey that asks you to tell us what is most important in a neighbourhood that people want to move into and stay for awhile.
The survey says low crime, good commute times and pedestrian-friendliness are highly desirable. Calgarians want their neighbours to be friendly and the homes along their streets to be well maintained.
We care more about playgrounds and recreation facilities than we do large yards and low density. While we don’t necessarily need to live near family or friends, we do want access to pubs, restaurants and coffee shops where we can meet them.
And we love good value, which means keeping a keen eye on neighbourhoods where property values are on the rise.
Once readers determined the criteria of “best,” Leger Marketing got to work crunching the numbers, using hard data from the City of Calgary in areas such as property assessments, crime stats and access to amenities, and weighing those with reader rankings on friendliness and other factors.
The calculations led to this year’s list of the 25 best neighbourhoods in the city.
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Debate! Discuss! Turn this into another "inner-city versus suburbs thread", and make sure to tell us how Airdrie and Okotoks are better than all of these communities with a 10 minute commute to boot!
