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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
Objectively have a look at real estate values and you will note that lakefront, direct lake access, and lake access all add to market value. Its like green space and no green space, or being on a busy street vs a quiet one. I'd like to hear the real estate guys chime in but they are probably worried about irritating potential customers.
Subjectively, i have noticed a lot of people who grew up in LBV have done their time in the yuppie havens and return when they have kids. Fundamentally the lake is about secured semi private access to a safe playground area for kids that is far more then a regular playground. You then get to know the other people with kids and there you have the building blocks of a community.
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Good points. That's another thing about lake communities: they are great for people at more stages of their lives than anywhere else. Frankly, a single 28 year old guy doesn't have a broad enough range of life experience to make the judgement that an inner city neighborhood is the best neighborhood. It's too narrow a view of what makes a community great.
Those of us who have been through more stages of life are more qualified to determine which neighborhoods are better than others and our opinions should carry a greater weight as a result.
This isn't a conversation about which neighborhoods are better for you as an individual; it's about determining the best neighborhood for Calgarians. So the fact that some of highlight the fact that you can ride your bike to your office tower is not a compelling argument for a neighborhood being good or bad for all Calgarians.
Sorry about "neighborhood" being spelled the American way - phone kept autocorrecting.