Living in Airdrie

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I've contemplated living in Airdrie.

The distance between Airdrie and downtown Calgary is only ~6 KM more than from the south end of McKenzie Towne to downtown Calgary, which really isn't too bad.

The problem I keep running into is how many options you have to get to downtown:
- Public transit? Nope, not from Airdrie.
- More than one viable route in the event of an accident or congestion on the main highway? Nope, not from Airdrie.

If all I did was drive and had no problems about being on the road potentially for a long period of time, Airdrie would be okay for me... except for the social suicide thing, that'd kinda suck too.

Actually, there is an intercity express bus service between Airdrie and downtown Calgary: http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/airdrie_service.html

But the lack of routes is frustrating. Not just between Calgary and Airdrie, but in north Calgary itself. Seems that if Deerfoot is broken, you have to go well out of your way to get anywhere.

I'd definitely stick to south Calgary instead.

[Gobsgraham]

I want to hear more about the garage doors being half open in Airdrie. Anyone care to elaborate.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Actually, there is an intercity express bus service between Airdrie and downtown Calgary: http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/airdrie_service.html

But the lack of routes is frustrating. Not just between Calgary and Airdrie, but in north Calgary itself. Seems that if Deerfoot is broken, you have to go well out of your way to get anywhere.

I'd definitely stick to south Calgary instead.

I live in North Calgary and I don't find it that bad if Deerfoot is a mess. 52nd, 36th, Barlow Trail, Edmonton Trail, Centre, 14th... they all move relatively quickly. At least, faster than Deerfoot might if there's an accident.

The intercity is interesting but only two trips in the morning and two in the afternoon means that if you miss the late one, you're screwed.

[The Yen Man]

As busy as Deerfoot is during rush hour and stop and go traffic, it's still way better than say a Macleod Trail, a Crowfoot Trail, or 14th St. during rush hour, simply because there are no traffic lights and there are no people trying to turn left. I find these two items make rush hour traffic exponentially worse.

[Lt.Spears]

Originally Posted by dino7c

the english/french thing is exactly what I am talking about...move to India and see how they accommodate your western Canadian beliefs

I know this is an older post and it might have been pointed out already, but travel to basically ANY country in the world and you will see signs/products in plain English when the native language is anything but.

Some people have such a double standard for things.

[trumpethead]

Every time I come back to this thread I hear Subdivisions by RUSH

Spawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order, an insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by trumpethead

Every time I come back to this thread I hear Subdivisions by RUSH

Spawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order, an insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

LOL, every time I come to this thread, I wonder why no one has mentioned that Airdrie has the coolest DJ who plays at a certain Irish pub Saturday nights and will play songs like this...

[greyshep]

Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ

Personally, my wife and I are looking into Langdon. The only thing that concerns me, and we haven't fully looked into this, is access to schooling.

Airdrie is still on the map. Even Balzac.

Langdon is awesome. 2nd school opening here in the fall.

Kids can walk to school from K through 9 currently. High School land has already been set aside but is probably a few years from being built.

Great access to the city via glenmore, hwy1 or 22x depending what part of the city you are headed to.

Lots are truly significantly bigger than the city cookie cutter lots in Airdrie.

[Bill Bumface]

Small town high schools are what keep AADAC in business.

[The Yen Man]

So traffic this morning would probably be a good argument to not living in Airdrie, as two separate accidents on Deerfoot south basically had traffic at a standstill and backed up to near Balzac.

[Bill Bumface]

^Yes, but on the other hand, my 10 minute bike commute which has about 300m of road total, almost ended with me being smoked by a taxi.... it's not all lattes and cheap cab rides...

[malcolmk14]

My mom lives in Airdrie and works right off Deerfoot on McKnight Blvd.

She left her house at 8:55 this morning and at 10:12 when I called her, was still not in her desk yet.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

My mom lives in Airdrie and works right off Deerfoot on McKnight Blvd.

She left her house at 8:55 this morning and at 10:12 when I called her, was still not in her desk yet.

By my math, that's about 20 minutes.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

By my math, that's about 20 minutes.

Out of curiosity, what were actual times experienced by our Airdrie citizens this morning? (going to the core or otherwise)

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Out of curiosity, what were actual times experienced by our Airdrie citizens this morning? (going to the core or otherwise)

They'll let you know when they start arriving at their offices.

[Kybosh]

A lot of Airdrie people I meet are convinced that their commutes are quicker than mine downtown, yet I live in Harvest Hills. This is simply impossible, but people always lie to themselves about their commutes.

[Northendzone]

my guess would be35 to 45 minutes.......took me an hour to leave my place in new brighton, drop the kids off a skool and then drive to work by chinook.....

[malcolmk14]

I live by Westhills. It took me about 25 minutes to drive to the Connaught area where I park, and then another 10 minutes to take the #2 to my office on the West side of downtown.

[The Yen Man]

I left my house (Sage Hill) at 8:15 and got to work (Mcknight and Deerfoot) at 9:15. I thought I'd be smart and try going Stoney Trail to Shaganappi to John Laurie and then to Mcknight. I'm guessing if I had taken Deerfoot it would have been around the same time?

[VladtheImpaler]

28 minutes Woodbine to 16th/Edmonton Tr. Mind you, I left at 6 and Deerfoot was very skate-able...