Dizzy_Lizzie

Hi!

My partner and I are arriving in Calgary in May and we will clearly need a place to live! Any advice on where to live would be welcome, Inglewood, Mission and Kensington are the areas we have our eye on at the moment.
Any information is gladly received!

Almost Canadian

They are fine areas. You will be happy there.

RockiesFellow

All really nice and extremely trendy areas. All walkable into the downtown core, and all have great local shops and restaurants. Pretty pricey though.

salmonfella

Bankview, Knobhill, killarney,mount pleasant are all the areas i am looking at also sunulta and sunnyside too i arrive in April

Dizzy_Lizzie

Super- you can scout out potential areas for me please! Are you all packed and ready to go?
Good to know where we're thinking of are nice areas, not that I imagine Calgary to have any ghetto areas!

salmonfella

I will indeed.. ah i am all ready to go indeed cant wait now tbh

YoshiPal2010

Depends on what you mean by "ghetto areas"! Some people would consider Forest Lawn and Dover to be ghetto areas, but really they are just blue-collar working class. Kensington, Inglewood and Mission certaintly don't fall into that category; they are just very chic and very expensive to buy in.

salmonfella

what are the areas i mentioned like dude?

Beaverquest

Inglewood/Ramsey have some quite 'dodge city' areas also too - bit rundown

and as for walking into downtown from Inglewood in winter laong 10ave past the salvation army / east village etc.....windswept

Almost Canadian

There isn't a community in Calgary that wouldn't be seen as "perfectly acceptable" in any UK city. The "undesirable" areas of Calgary are simply the ones that are less desirable than others. Most from the UK, if taken to them straight off the plane, would have no issue with them at all.

haggis88

i lived in Renfrew when i first moved here...and while some Calgarians i've spoken to would call it "ghetto", i'd say its just an older neighbourhood which could use a lick of paint...

cherryj

I live in Spruce Cliff which is just north of Bankview/Knob Hill / Killarney

It's a good area to live in as it's convenient for a lot of places. You'd be really close to 17th Avenue which is where a lot of the bars / restaurants are.

You're close to downtown and can get there pretty quickly.

Close to the river for nice walks, and Edworthy Park too.

Conveniently located for weekend trips out to the mountains

Sunnyside is not far from where I work, again it's a nice location and right by the river so nice views. Close to Eau Claire, and Prince's Island park.

salmonfella

Cheers cherryj i will focus on these areas i just wanted someone on the ground to conform it

cherryj

Do you know whereabouts you will be working? And if you'll be using public transport or driving?

Pretty much all the areas you are looking at are well located anyway, but it might make a difference.

salmonfella

No idea yet i would imagine downtown labourering in one of the new buildings or at least i hope i will be or working in a bar on 17th avenue..i taught these are perfect as they are well located i will be driving after a while but will take a bit to get a car etc