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Originally Posted by greyshep
Well I admittedly have a bit of a mental block when it comes to the NW in general I guess. Varsity seems like one that may be able to help me break it somewhat due to the convenient location and nice ravine park nearby.
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When I was in University I was a foreman for College Pro painters as a summer job. My territory the first summer was communities in the SW (Brittania, Elbow Park, etc) it was a pretty good summer of earnings and the weather was pretty decent. The next year I switched with a friend and took the Edgemont/NW area, he took the SW location. My earnings got murdered that summer with the storms and gross weather that seemed to roll thru way too often. I would be up on the hill looking down South at the dry sunny conditions that they were still having. He had lots of fun teasing me about how much less weather interruption he had vs me up in the NW.
That plus the traffic impression I spoke of previously makes the NW a really tough one for me to get my head around, especially the higher density ones beyond Crowchild Trail.
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North of John Laurie and West of Varsity does have the reputation you describe. Most of Varsity, certain parts of Silver Springs, most of Mongomery, University heights and Parkdale seem to typically be a pocket where they're relatively unscathed from the worst weather in the area. Then Banff Trail, Capitol Hill and Hillhurst seem to get the butt end of the stick for bad weather again.
I'm not sure what part of the traffic impression you're speaking of, but I found that I was more frustrated with rush hour traffic for Deerfoot N (Calf Robe), Glenmore and Macleod on a regular basis than I ever was with 16th Ave, Centre street, Edmonton trail, Memorial drive, Crowchild SB and Deerfoot SB. NW does have more dummy Sunday drivers than the other quadrants, sure. But you kinda mentioned that you guys will mostly be at home. The quality of home vs price you'd pay for Varsity vs the other communities you mentioned is likely higher per square foot as well which is a factor to consider as well.