Rocky Ridge
Pros:
- Excellent family community with a good mix of old and young.
- Newest C-train station on the line for easy access downtown.
- Quick access to Crowchild Trail for North/South and Stoney for East/West
- Very decent amount of shopping in the ever growing Royal Oak shopping area. Alternative options, with pretty much everything you could need, very close by in Crowfoot and/or Beacon Hill.
- Close to Cochrane/Canmore if you wanna escape the city even more.
- Wicked paved trail system throughout the community, that lots or people make use of.
- Community Association that is very active and involved.
- Decent mountain views.
- Great private park (The Ranch) which is wicked for kids: Playgrounds, basketball/tennis courts, wading pool, pond with canoes and paddle boats that doubles as an ice rink in the winter.
- The Sobeys Liqour store just doubled it's size, and it's selection is phenomenal now.
- New YCMA rec centre is set to open in 2017, and is going to be a great addition to the area.
- Lots of wetlands and wildlife nearby.
Cons:
- Next door to a dump, remand center, psych ward, and juvie jail. Can't smell anything, people never like that those are so close.
- The aforementioned, newly opened Ctrain station seems to be a possible link to recent raise in car break ins and thefts. Or that could be just from the people who are released form the jail after serving weekends. Tough to say.
- Brooklyn Pizza is over-hyped, and there aren't many "great" restaurant options, but many average ones.
- Being the highest elevation in Calgary, it gets pretty windy here.
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