Mckenzie Towne/New Brighton

[red sky]

My fiancee and I currently live in the SW (by Westhills) and we are thinking of joining some of our close friends in the Deep South. We both work downtown and would therefore drive to work each morning but we generally go in earlier (7 - 4) so hopefully we wouldn't be hitting rush hour traffic. Any CPers that live out in Mckenzie Towne or New Brighton that could comment on the area? Likes, dislikes? Safety, Brewster roof top patio?

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by red sky

My fiancee and I currently live in the SW (by Westhills) and we are thinking of joining some of our close friends in the Deep South. We both work downtown and would therefore drive to work each morning but we generally go in earlier (7 - 4) so hopefully we wouldn't be hitting rush hour traffic. Any CPers that live out in Mckenzie Towne or New Brighton that could comment on the area? Likes, dislikes? Safety, Brewster roof top patio?

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA

Are you looking to rent or buy? There are some new developments in New Brighton and Auburn Bay that are decent.....BUT, I found this old thread and apparently the dump is close by and stinks up the communities. This might not be the case in 2010, as the thread is from 2007.


http://forum.calgarypuck.com/archive...p/t-42261.html

[red sky]

We would be buying and would most definitely build. Hadn't thought about the smell from the dump. I will have to see if I can notice it next time I am out that way.

[Komskies]

130th ave has basically every type of fast food and restaurant you could think of.

[psicodude]

I live in Cranston and really like the area. The average demographic in that area is either young family or retiree so it's very family friendly. Crime is low, there are tons of parks (fish creek), and between 130th, McKenzie Towne, and Shawnessy, you can get pretty much anything you need. Even South Centre is only 10 mins away. Restaraunts and night life are your standard suburban faire I suppose, although there are a decent number of ethnic restaraunts.


The only real suck part is the traffic. Your driving options are pretty much limited to Deerfoot, Barlow, Macleod, and maybe 84th st. The addition of the SE BRT has really seemed to help though and we can look forward to having the C-Train in 20 years.

[red sky]

What is this annual fee in New Brighton that I am reading about in the older thread? They charge you to live there? Very strange

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by red sky

What is this annual fee in New Brighton that I am reading about in the older thread? They charge you to live there? Very strange

Its a community fee (I checked out a build out there earlier in the year) which goes to things like tennis courts, skating rinks......basically a slush fund of sorts.

[return to the red]

please, for the love of god, know how to use traffic circles if you move there.

[red sky]

Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil

Its a community fee (I checked out a build out there earlier in the year) which goes to things like tennis courts, skating rinks......basically a slush fund of sorts.

I guess I don't mind paying a bit of a fee. I would spend most of my summers at the beach vollyball court.

[Komskies]

I'm having a house built right now in Copperfield. It should be completed around the beginning of August.

Of all the times I've been down there, I haven't been able to smell the dump. 6 years ago when I was doing landscaping and show home maintenance in Copperfield for my summer job I wasn't able to smell the dump, even on the really hot, humid days.

[Jimmy Stang]

If location is the only factor (and it probably isn't), I would stay around the Westhills area. You have more options for access into downtown and you are generally closer to more of the city than being in the deep south.

Bow and 17th are going to be crap for the next couple of years, but then you'll have the C-Train up that way (not right to Westhills, obviously, but in the general region).

Of course, there are probably other factors at play like house prices, where your friends live, etc. and those are important too.

[MikeN]

Check out Cranston, not that far away, nice area LOTs of cops live out here.
And homes start in the Low 3s

[Sliver]

What is the school situation like down there? If you're already engaged now, you're going to blink and have a kid about to start kindergarten. I'd be looking for a neighbourhood with good schools if I were you.

When I was first married, we bought a house in a new neigbourhood in the deep NW. We moved out of there last summer because there were no schools, and the only options were bussing for our daughter that will start school in September 2011. I think that unnecessarily adds time and hassle/stress to a small kid's day that can be avoided by moving somewhere close to schools. It might not seem like that big of a consideration right now, but in a few years your kids will be your primary concern, so you should start planning now.

Of course you can ignore this whole post if there are schools in the neighbourhoods you're thinking about lol.

[IliketoPuck]

My cousin moved there after living downtown. We used to hang out all the time. Now I see him on holidays. I might as well go to okotoks for icecream.

[red sky]

I have four really close friends and their wives that live out there. Basically childhood friends. I ideally want to keep the tradition with our children.

[fundmark19]

I am in NB love it lived in mckenzie towne before and riverbend growing up. You can notice the dump smell some days. But since I have lived around here my whole life I had no idea it was the dump until last year. If you dont feel like driving we have the express bus 302 which gets you down town in under an hour. I work 7 to 3 30 traffic going to work is fine coming home from 4 oclock on it is a little heavier but if you stick to routes like ogden rd instead of deerfoot and mcleaud it is not bad

[Barnes]

I live in Copperfield.

You can smell either the dump or the ponds they have near the dump that are used to house grey water from things like car washes. It happens generally in the summer right after dusk when it begins to cool off and the winds change. It goes away eventually.

Last summer, they were working on the dumps venting system and it was especially stinky some nights. Not like garbage or a horses bum (AKA Lethbridge) just a smell. If you work downtown, the BRT and local express buses are great.

[burn_this_city]

I live in Elgin in McKenzie Towne. We havent smelled the dump since moving in last November, I know the smell from driving down 52nd street sometimes. To be honest its not that bad of a smell, its a musk similar to Edmonton. I love the neighbourhood, its clean and for the most part people are friendly. Having the deerfoot so close is great, you can get downtown in 15-20 minutes.

[Russic]

We moved to Somerset after being NW dwellers for several years (I grew up in Edgemont, the wife and I lived near the University). I'm shocked at how much I prefer the deep south to the north now. We moved mainly to be closer to family who live down there, but I was sure I'd miss the north. After about a week I decided I probably couldn't leave the south. Not sure if it's the communities or not, but I much prefer the people.

My sister-in-law and brother-in-law live in Auburn Bay, and while they do pay a community fee, the lake in that community is the best I've ever seen in an urban setting. The water is incredibly clean and constantly moving. I don't really like Auburn Bay at the moment though due to it's location away from basic services like gas stations, grocery stores and miscellaneous shops. That will change in the next few years as the hospital is finished, but for the time being it's quite secluded.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Russic

We moved to Somerset after being NW dwellers for several years (I grew up in Edgemont, the wife and I lived near the University). I'm shocked at how much I prefer the deep south to the north now. We moved mainly to be closer to family who live down there, but I was sure I'd miss the north. After about a week I decided I probably couldn't leave the south. Not sure if it's the communities or not, but I much prefer the people.

I agree. I grew up in Dalhousie and my wife grew up in Brentwood. No we rep the southside for realz.