cheeky_monkey

Depends how you define good and bad?

Almost Canadian

Of course it does. What the Queen would find "bad" will be very different from what someone that lives in "Queens" will find bad.

What areas of Calgary do you define as "bad" and why?

lf1

There are lots of walking paths in Calgary - along the Bow River, Fish Creek Park, Glenmore Reservoir/Park to name a few. There are also lots of hiking trails in the Rockies - not my cup of tea as I don't fancy meeting a bear or cougar and ending up as lunch - but, they are vary beautiful. I have just sold my house and was extremely pleased with the realtor I used. I'll PM his details as I can't remember if you are allowed to post that sort of info on the public forum and I don't have time to check the rules as I am preparing to move. Speaking of which I had better get back to the task at hand

I have worked in Toronto (lived in Oakville) and lived in Calgary. I would choose Calgary over Toronto, but it really is a very personal choice as we all like different things. Good luck with your move.

Steve_

I've been there, been there a lot. There are some crappy places in Calgary and most of them are in the NE, but it's a huge area and you can't compare the stuff up on Stoney Trail for example with the stuff near downtown. I mean some of the poshest areas are technically in the NE, e.g. some of the houses along Memorial Drive. But on the other hand there are some fairly crappy areas just north of that.

Steve_

Realtors. www.mls.ca

Depends on your budget really more than anything else. There are a few crappy places in the NE, but it's obvious, just look on Streetview.

Calgary is not a traditional conurbation like most cities, it's basically one monolithic entity surrounded by some much smaller towns like Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks and High River. You don't go "to and from" it, you go from one place to another inside of it.

But anyway living near the LRT helps. Traffic is worst on the west side of the city, but eventually they will finish the ring road (November 2017 is the currently scheduled date).

Calgary has more paths, park, dog stuff, etc. than any other city in North America, although I'm not sure who measured that.

Basically if you live near the rivers or the reservoir you are near a park with lots of paths, but on the other hand you're also living in the flood plain.

YoshiPal2010

Now that I do agree with! And here we are, May 25, and a daytime high of 8C. No wonder my daughter -- born in Devon, but grew up in Calgary -- wants to back to the UK after school (I must encourage that!)

cheeky_monkey

i wouldn't define any area of Calgary as bad or good when i think about it. I have only been here 3 months so my summary of Calgary so far is bland.

iaink

Glorious mid to high 20s in Ontario today

Steve_

OMG, this girl was telling me today about how awful Applewood is and it's full of druggies, etc. and I replied: "Err, you're from Alberta aren't you... thought so." No appreciation of what a really bad area is like.