I was wondering what areas would be the best place to live. Taking into consideration the cost of living in that area, nice schools, grocery stores and other conveniences. Oh of course taking into consideration safety and other crime related info that might be good to know about.
What residential areas are growing quickly?
What are the main roads for quickly getting around the city?
Is the public transit in one area of the city better than others?
Last but not least if you are in the northern end of the city can you smell the Edmonton people? I hear the mullet gel the men and women use really stinks.
Sunnyside is a really nice community. Close to downtown about 10 min walk, It has a Safeway, Sunnyside Community School, C-Train station. Being close to Memorial Drive is the downside. I've seen a lot of idoits zipping through this community to save time.
The crime rate here seems pretty low, It's a really safe neighborhood to house a family in.
if a house, what is the square footage you are looking for? are you looking to raise a family? how long to you plan on being in the neighborhood? do you want transit because of convenience for the odd time you use it or are you going to be using it to get to work everyday?
I was wondering what areas would be the best place to live. Taking into consideration the cost of living in that area, nice schools, grocery stores and other conveniences. Oh of course taking into consideration safety and other crime related info that might be good to know about.
Personally I recommend living in the NW or SW because there's less chance you'll need to use Deerfoot which happens to be hell on earth.
What residential areas are growing quickly?
Any area that isn't completed.
What are the main roads for quickly getting around the city?
You really don't get around quickly in this city unless you're staying within a 4 block radius.
Is the public transit in one area of the city better than others?
I don't know buses but the LRT runs into the NW and the SW. It goes to the NE too, but that's where most of your crime is (along with certain parts of downtown of course).
Last but not least if you are in the northern end of the city can you smell the Edmonton people? I hear the mullet gel the men and women use really stinks.
You have to get on Deerfoot which becomes the QEII around the city limits and get within 30 minutes of Red Deer before you start to feel like vomiting.
Sunnyside is a really nice community. Close to downtown about 10 min walk, It has a Safeway, Sunnyside Community School, C-Train station. Being close to Memorial Drive is the downside. I've seen a lot of idoits zipping through this community to save time.
The crime rate here seems pretty low, It's a really safe neighborhood to house a family in.
Sunnyside has a lot of nice features, including transit, proximity to parks, downtown and restaurants, and other QOL features that would appeal to youg singles, but I think it would be overselling the neighbourhood to call it a quiet family-oriented, low crime area.
Somerset is nice - family community, close to the c-train and all the Shawnessy shopping (easy walking distance from some parts of the community), not excessively expensive.
Thank you for all the info it is greatly appreciated.
Either condo's or homes. Heck even town houses for rent would nice to know.
Have you already got a job here? Let us know what quadrant you will be working in if you know because if you don't want to do a lot of driving we can tell you good communities close to your work that you could look at.
A lot of what you are asking for boils down to little more than personal preference in Calgary.
Everything newer is growing, handy to groceries etc., and pretty safe. Older neighbourhoods are more convienient to the core, have more character, etc. They are all pretty safe too, though maybe a a bit less.
The west is generally considered 'nicer' than the east. I'd live anywhere but the NE. I'm sure there are some great areas there, but it just doesn't have a good reputation overall.
Here's a sales pitch for those areas. See if you can recognize any of these locations.
I think I saw my house in that commuter class home wasteland!
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The guy asked for somewhere in Calgary to live in, that narrator in your video obviously likes living in a European village or something
I believe he lives in a blimp that floats over the sea eating seal meat, defecating randomly and making un-inspirational youtube videos for the great unwashed masses.....
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the west side in general is pretty good (wildwood, strathcona, coach hill patterson, cougar ridge signal hill, aspen, etc). Nice and close to downtown especially with the widening of bow trail. Very central, the biggest down size is the lack of LRT so far.. There is a nice mix between affordable to upscale. If you are looking for condos the new Brava places across from westbrook mall are quite nice.
I think it comes down strictly to personal taste. Do you want inner city - Renfrew, Mount Pleasant, Inglewood, sunalta etc? Close in - Bowness, Lake Bonavista, Maple Ridge? Or the burbs - Macenzie Towne, Tuscany - even further Cranston etc?
I, for one, love the inner city. I owned a townhouse in Renfrew for a few years and loved everything about the community. 15 minute bus ride downtown. 40 minute walk (my house to my office). You can get anywhere in the city in 15 to 20 minutes. You are right on 16th Ave, just above Deerfoot, and just west of Barlow. You can still pick up townhouses in that area for right around $300,000.
I am in Inglewood right now and enjoy the diversity. There are million dollar homes popping up everyhwere - 4 on my block alone. Plus I am a few minutes walk to a few different pubs. I love living one block off the river. 40 minute walk to my office. 15 minute roller blade to the office.
If I wanted to live in the burbs (if i didn't work downtown) I would choose Tuscany for the NW, Macenzie Towne (SE), Cranston (s)or Hanson Ranch or Kincora area (N). I just hate the commute. Anyone who tells you they live in the burbs and it takes 20 or 25 minutes on the express bus is lying. People in the burbs like to discharge myths about commute times because they don't want to admit the spend up to 2 hours a day on transit. I live in INglewood and I can catch the express bus in front of the old molson brewery and it 15-20 minutes from there to get to my office. So if that bus moves from Macenzie to Inglewood in 5 -10 minutes they must be flying - literally. If you want the burbs move to Chestermere. It is closer to d/t than macenzie, country hills, Tuscany, etc and the lots are larger. The same crap boomtown houses but at least they are sitting on larger lots.
If you want close in - Bowness and forest lawn are said to be the next "IT" communities. I don't really see how they remove the trash from Forest Lawn and make it an "IT" community but it is still very affordable and a good location. Bowness has already come along way and there are lots of expensive housing in that area. The diversity is there as well. Rich and poor living together. Places like Thornhill etc are relatively affordable and considered close in.
Silverado is a new community in the south, lots of newer homes 2000+ square feet, Estates, next to spruce meadows and a five minute drive to the Somerset LRT, it's like the Tuscany, Arbour lake of the S/SW
Nice areas in Calgary to live
See if you can recognize any of these locations.
