Tell me about your SE community.

[MikeMc]

Originally Posted by blueski

Quarry park reporting in. I've been sleeping in my van here in random locations the last few months. Not impressed. It should get better when the new YMCA opens. It's too close to the dump, it is hard to get across the river. I am already tired of all the restaurants. Eating out for standard stuff seems more higher priced than the rest of the city. The cell service is terrible. Also, I can't find propane any where close by. People from most other parts hate the commute to here. There's not much of a view and the place just seems dead, not much life at all.

Flying J up on 114th has propane. I'm in Douglas Glen and it's a 5 min drive, QP is basically attached to Douglas Glen.

Curious about the cell service issue, what provider?

Anyone know if the dump is close to closing or if there is a timeline on closure? Wonder when that eye sore goes away.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty

I really wish I could live down south. These house prices are unreal.

Instead, we continue to search for CliffFletcher's paradise a reasonable distance from downtown...

Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty

That's the problem, as there are so many houses with decent lots that are taken up by huge houses. I would much rather have a big yard and a smaller home. I guess most people think differently.

Some neighbourhoods in the south that have big lots and smaller homes, and where reasonably priced homes can be found:

Haysboro
Southwood
Acadia
Willow Park
Braeside
Cedarbrae

[rohara66]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

You couldn't pay me to live in a neighbourhood where the houses are pushed up against each other and you can see all the yards up and down the back of the houses. I need the outdoors and I need privacy.

You can find properties opening onto green spaces, parks, fields in all communities (including new ones). You just need to cherry pick them and pay the required premium. What you describe is not exclusive to older communities.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by MikeMc

Flying J up on 114th has propane. I'm in Douglas Glen and it's a 5 min drive, QP is basically attached to Douglas Glen.

Curious about the cell service issue, what provider?

Anyone know if the dump is close to closing or if there is a timeline on closure? Wonder when that eye sore goes away.

Heya neighbour (at least until my house sells, if it sells...),

How are you liking that Deerfoot construction?

[Red]

Originally Posted by rohara66

You can find properties opening onto green spaces, parks, fields in all communities (including new ones). You just need to cherry pick them and pay the required premium. What you describe is not exclusive to older communities.

Kind of is if you want mature trees etc. New developments have none of that. Concrete and vinyl siding. Plus mostly no back lanes and 2 storey homes. No privacy.
It's not for everyone though. I didn't care about that much when I was younger. I lived in a new house and was happy with it. Now I enjoy the peaceful nature sounds and privacy. My kids love it too, chasing porcupines, climbing trees etc.

[MikeMc]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

Heya neighbour (at least until my house sells, if it sells...),

How are you liking that Deerfoot construction?

Sucks total balls. Getting though to Glenmore via 24th in the morning is also terrible.

Taking ring road but that's no treat either.

What are they even doing on Deerfoot??

Mike

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[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by MikeMc

Sucks total balls. Getting though to Glenmore via 24th in the morning is also terrible.

Taking ring road but that's no treat either.

What are they even doing on Deerfoot??

The are replacing the expansion joints on the Ivor Strong Bridge over the Bow.
My drive every morning is over to Braeside to drop off my daughter at daycare, then back to Macleod and Southland.

Getting onto Deerfoot is pretty good, but coming home has been terrible. I've been contemplating going up to Glenmore and coming down 18th st.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by Makarov

What are house prices in Ramsay and Inglewood like these days? Those are probably the two most desirable SE neighbourhoods imp. The rest sound like they kind of suck, frankly.

Just purchased an older home in Ramsay and I absolutely love it.

Got it for a very reasonable price after it was substantially upgraded 3 years ago.

[polak]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

The are replacing the expansion joints on the Ivor Strong Bridge over the Bow.
My drive every morning is over to Braeside to drop off my daughter at daycare, then back to Macleod and Southland.

Getting onto Deerfoot is pretty good, but coming home has been terrible. I've been contemplating going up to Glenmore and coming down 18th st.

Yup and then they'll decide to build a second bridge AFTER this cause that's the Calgary way. Do it in the stupidest possible order. Can't wait for Deerfoot @ Anderson to be under construction for the next decade like Glenmore was.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by MikeMc

Sucks total balls. Getting though to Glenmore via 24th in the morning is also terrible.

Taking ring road but that's no treat either.

What are they even doing on Deerfoot??

Mike

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They're repairing because of course they are.

They should have imploded that bridge and rebuilt that interchange from scratch rather than spending the resources repairing a bridge thats already obsolete.

[MikeMc]

Originally Posted by Locke

They're repairing because of course they are.

They should have imploded that bridge and rebuilt that interchange from scratch rather than spending the resources repairing a bridge thats already obsolete.

That's what I was thinking. Expand or rebuild it.

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[polak]

Originally Posted by Locke

They're repairing because of course they are.

They should have imploded that bridge and rebuilt that interchange from scratch rather than spending the resources repairing a bridge thats already obsolete.

Nope there's City Of Calgary Road Works Planning quota that has to be met for frustration and anger. If they did the desperately needed upgrade (I'd say more needed than the SW Ring Road) to the interchange instead of repairing and doing the upgrade anyways in a year or two, well, you'd just be to happy.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Locke

They should have imploded that bridge and rebuilt that interchange from scratch rather than spending the resources repairing a bridge thats already obsolete.

How would that make things better? And how is it obsolete? I get that there are huge issues in that part of Deerfoot; so much that I avoid it at the best of times. But if the infrastructure is already at 50% of where it should be- how does cutting it in half again help? Especially with no actual plan going forward.

My impression of why the Southland improvements were scrubbed is that the Lafarge land is now potentially available. So instead of putting on a band-aid for ~$20 million, save that for the ~$200M actual fix.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by ken0042

How would that make things better? And how is it obsolete? I get that there are huge issues in that part of Deerfoot; so much that I avoid it at the best of times. But if the infrastructure is already at 50% of where it should be- how does cutting it in half again help? Especially with no actual plan going forward.

My impression of why the Southland improvements were scrubbed is that the Lafarge land is now potentially available. So instead of putting on a band-aid for ~$20 million, save that for the ~$200M actual fix.

I think we're saying the same thing?

Why sink resources into repairing it now when you're just going to tear it apart and rebuild the whole thing in a couple years anyways?

[ken0042]

I think we will see something like Glenmore- where they add another bridge beside the current one. (or in this case, there are currently two bridges there.)

With the Lafarge only lane, there are 7 lanes of capacity on this bridge. Adding a new 3 lane bridge to give us 5 lanes each way would be a lot cheaper than building a new 10 lane bridge from scratch.

Also, my impression is this is maintenance that is scheduled for every ~20 years or so.

[Kybosh]

Funny to think that my house in Haysboro is practically inner city compared to some of these communities being discussed (and it's still a decent length commute downtown during rush hour). By comparison, I've lived in Mackenzie and New Brighton, and the commute north from that region is completely soul crushing.

[CroFlames]

It's mind blowing that deerfoot narrows to two lanes at probably the biggest interchange in the city (deerfoot and glenmore).

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I think we will see something like Glenmore- where they add another bridge beside the current one. (or in this case, there are currently two bridges there.)

With the Lafarge only lane, there are 7 lanes of capacity on this bridge. Adding a new 3 lane bridge to give us 5 lanes each way would be a lot cheaper than building a new 10 lane bridge from scratch.

Also, my impression is this is maintenance that is scheduled for every ~20 years or so.

Pretty much exactly what they did with 22x over the bow too. Fixed one bridge, then added another beside it

[polak]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Funny to think that my house in Haysboro is practically inner city compared to some of these communities being discussed (and it's still a decent length commute downtown during rush hour). By comparison, I've lived in Mackenzie and New Brighton, and the commute north from that region is completely soul crushing.

NW is soul crushing but NE is breezy now with Stony. 8 am and you're going 130 the whole way if you want.

[rohara66]

Originally Posted by Red

Kind of is if you want mature trees etc. New developments have none of that. Concrete and vinyl siding. Plus mostly no back lanes and 2 storey homes. No privacy.
It's not for everyone though. I didn't care about that much when I was younger. I lived in a new house and was happy with it. Now I enjoy the peaceful nature sounds and privacy. My kids love it too, chasing porcupines, climbing trees etc.

Lots of the communities mentioned in this thread (including several new ones) back onto Fish Creek park which has loads of wildlife, literally in your backyard in some cases.

And like any of the 70's or 80's built communities actually have more peaceful nature sounds and less concrete or siding. Hah. That's quite the stretch.

Again you might have a specific property location that lends itself to 'nature' but again that can be bought in any community, including all new developments. Hell they're building the new area of Cranston in the valley adjacent the river with fish creek completely surrounding it.