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Hey guys. Thought you might be able to help me out.
My family and I are planning on moving to Calgary come next year once i finish my degree. Now my question is what are some nice neighborhoods to live in? Its really hard to tell that online and was hoping for some input. From what i can tell, Chestermere looks like a decent area. We will likely be looking at a townhouse/apartment, 3 br, for around $1500-$2000/mo. Is this unrealistic? Ive hear Calgary was expensive, but was just wondering If that would get a decent place. Thanks for any input guys!
My family and I are planning on moving to Calgary come next year once i finish my degree. Now my question is what are some nice neighborhoods to live in? Its really hard to tell that online and was hoping for some input. From what i can tell, Chestermere looks like a decent area. We will likely be looking at a townhouse/apartment, 3 br, for around $1500-$2000/mo. Is this unrealistic? Ive hear Calgary was expensive, but was just wondering If that would get a decent place. Thanks for any input guys!
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Hey guys. Thought you might be able to help me out.
My family and I are planning on moving to Calgary come next year once i finish my degree. Now my question is what are some nice neighborhoods to live in? Its really hard to tell that online and was hoping for some input. From what i can tell, Chestermere looks like a decent area. We will likely be looking at a townhouse/apartment, 3 br, for around $1500-$2000/mo. Is this unrealistic? Ive hear Calgary was expensive, but was just wondering If that would get a decent place. Thanks for any input guys!
My family and I are planning on moving to Calgary come next year once i finish my degree. Now my question is what are some nice neighborhoods to live in? Its really hard to tell that online and was hoping for some input. From what i can tell, Chestermere looks like a decent area. We will likely be looking at a townhouse/apartment, 3 br, for around $1500-$2000/mo. Is this unrealistic? Ive hear Calgary was expensive, but was just wondering If that would get a decent place. Thanks for any input guys!
Well, that's my 2cents on living in Calgary, i'm sure others will be more than happy to chime in and offer any advice/knowledge they have which might help you, good luck with the final bit of school, btw what are you taking?
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Hey guys. Thought you might be able to help me out.
My family and I are planning on moving to Calgary come next year once i finish my degree. Now my question is what are some nice neighborhoods to live in? Its really hard to tell that online and was hoping for some input. From what i can tell, Chestermere looks like a decent area. We will likely be looking at a townhouse/apartment, 3 br, for around $1500-$2000/mo. Is this unrealistic? Ive hear Calgary was expensive, but was just wondering If that would get a decent place. Thanks for any input guys!
My family and I are planning on moving to Calgary come next year once i finish my degree. Now my question is what are some nice neighborhoods to live in? Its really hard to tell that online and was hoping for some input. From what i can tell, Chestermere looks like a decent area. We will likely be looking at a townhouse/apartment, 3 br, for around $1500-$2000/mo. Is this unrealistic? Ive hear Calgary was expensive, but was just wondering If that would get a decent place. Thanks for any input guys!
i live in the S.W (woodlands, woodbine, canyon meadows) any of those area's seem to be pretty goood
on a side note. almost got into a major brawl at whiskey tonight... ******* guido's
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calgary doesnt have a ghetto....
dont listen to any of that crap, dover is a GREAT place to live, i grew up there and my parents live there still, the worst **** in this city happens in the "nice" areas as blue pointed out (ie: shootings, drivebys) where do you think all the BIG drug dealers live...
jus search on craiglist.com and look for places in your price range, you can get FULL houses like me for 1450.00/mth...
i went to timmies tonight, it was pretty dead, and my buddies got pulled over on our bikes cuz "we were riding beside eachother" *cough* bullshit *cough* , he let me and 2 of buddies off with warnings... but my other friend got 3 tickets:
-failure to produce Active insurance (had the temp white card, and it had expired)
-lane change without signal
-blue rear signal lights
oh and some douchebag in a white G35 cut me off and put into the curb on 17th... ******* foreigners...
dont listen to any of that crap, dover is a GREAT place to live, i grew up there and my parents live there still, the worst **** in this city happens in the "nice" areas as blue pointed out (ie: shootings, drivebys) where do you think all the BIG drug dealers live...
jus search on craiglist.com and look for places in your price range, you can get FULL houses like me for 1450.00/mth...
i went to timmies tonight, it was pretty dead, and my buddies got pulled over on our bikes cuz "we were riding beside eachother" *cough* bullshit *cough* , he let me and 2 of buddies off with warnings... but my other friend got 3 tickets:
-failure to produce Active insurance (had the temp white card, and it had expired)
-lane change without signal
-blue rear signal lights
oh and some douchebag in a white G35 cut me off and put into the curb on 17th... ******* foreigners...
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calgary doesnt have a ghetto....
dont listen to any of that crap, dover is a GREAT place to live, i grew up there and my parents live there still, the worst **** in this city happens in the "nice" areas as blue pointed out (ie: shootings, drivebys) where do you think all the BIG drug dealers live...
jus search on craiglist.com and look for places in your price range, you can get FULL houses like me for 1450.00/mth...
dont listen to any of that crap, dover is a GREAT place to live, i grew up there and my parents live there still, the worst **** in this city happens in the "nice" areas as blue pointed out (ie: shootings, drivebys) where do you think all the BIG drug dealers live...
jus search on craiglist.com and look for places in your price range, you can get FULL houses like me for 1450.00/mth...
#4558
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ok to settle this, all area's of town have their crime rate. whether it be little punks who like to vandalize homes/vehicles to the area's that have their drug dealers and yes nathan even sandstone has drug dealers living there.
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*sigh*................if you all feel so safe in places like forest lawn why don't u all move there? it's cheeper than anywhere else in Calgary
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http://www.calgarypolice.ca/news/stats_community.html
heres a link to the calgary police website, it has stats on minor crimes, such as assaults, robberies, car theft, mischeifs and what not, forest lawn's is extremely higher then any other community that i randomly looked at.
forest lawn has had 211 assaults since august 07, woodbine has has 27 since the same date.
forest lawn has had 99 vehicle thefts since august 07, sandstone valley has had 10
forest lawn has had 62 break and enters (house) since august 07, mindapore has had 11.
i think you get the picture.....
heres a link to the calgary police website, it has stats on minor crimes, such as assaults, robberies, car theft, mischeifs and what not, forest lawn's is extremely higher then any other community that i randomly looked at.
forest lawn has had 211 assaults since august 07, woodbine has has 27 since the same date.
forest lawn has had 99 vehicle thefts since august 07, sandstone valley has had 10
forest lawn has had 62 break and enters (house) since august 07, mindapore has had 11.
i think you get the picture.....
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assaults could jus be fights at a highschool... and there is 3 highschools in forest lawn alone...
vehicle thefts are not as high in other areas cuz most new areas, people have new vehicles with alarms, forest lawn has a lot more old cars that people done really care about...
break and enters, again, alarms in alot of the new homes...
all im saying is dont bad mouth an area cuz you read statistics, i lived there, went to school there and worked there and the worst that happened to me was a couple school yard fights and a shoplifter or two at my liquor store...
give it up
vehicle thefts are not as high in other areas cuz most new areas, people have new vehicles with alarms, forest lawn has a lot more old cars that people done really care about...
break and enters, again, alarms in alot of the new homes...
all im saying is dont bad mouth an area cuz you read statistics, i lived there, went to school there and worked there and the worst that happened to me was a couple school yard fights and a shoplifter or two at my liquor store...
give it up
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Thats funny my bro was in one on Friday there.
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assaults could jus be fights at a highschool... and there is 3 highschools in forest lawn alone...
vehicle thefts are not as high in other areas cuz most new areas, people have new vehicles with alarms, forest lawn has a lot more old cars that people done really care about...
break and enters, again, alarms in alot of the new homes...
all im saying is dont bad mouth an area cuz you read statistics, i lived there, went to school there and worked there and the worst that happened to me was a couple school yard fights and a shoplifter or two at my liquor store...
give it up
vehicle thefts are not as high in other areas cuz most new areas, people have new vehicles with alarms, forest lawn has a lot more old cars that people done really care about...
break and enters, again, alarms in alot of the new homes...
all im saying is dont bad mouth an area cuz you read statistics, i lived there, went to school there and worked there and the worst that happened to me was a couple school yard fights and a shoplifter or two at my liquor store...
give it up
#4567
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obviously every area of town has their crime rate and yes forest lawn tends to be higher stats but don't kid yourself's, every area has their problems, every area is gonna have some douche with a gun or have someone come down from the ne with their "gang" and kill someone or boot stomp someone. would i personally live in the forest lawn no because i like a nice looking house, would i live in dover or applewood or abbeydale sure. all in all if you really feel unsafe put up security camera's and buy a shotgun.
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obviously every area of town has their crime rate and yes forest lawn tends to be higher stats but don't kid yourself's, every area has their problems, every area is gonna have some douche with a gun or have someone come down from the ne with their "gang" and kill someone or boot stomp someone. would i personally live in the forest lawn no because i like a nice looking house, would i live in dover or applewood or abbeydale sure. all in all if you really feel unsafe put up security camera's and buy a shotgun.
and im pretty sure the stats made by the city of calgary police are legit, forest lawn doesnt have so many assults beacuse they have 3 high schools, its because of the attidude of the people who go to these schools and live in theese neighbourhoods and low ethics and moral of these people. and trav im not saying your a bad person cause you lived there. your definatly an exeception to the prejudice.
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screw that i'm saying he's a bad person. lol jk buddy. and i agree with you travis (tkaugh).
anyways update with the car troubles so it seem's when 5 bolts on the manifold had come loose (can't ever imagine how they would do that lol) causing an exhaust leak. so i tightened them up and the car definitely seems to be driving better. but i shall be monitoring it for the next little bit. but it did cure this nasty ******* noise i had been having.
anyways update with the car troubles so it seem's when 5 bolts on the manifold had come loose (can't ever imagine how they would do that lol) causing an exhaust leak. so i tightened them up and the car definitely seems to be driving better. but i shall be monitoring it for the next little bit. but it did cure this nasty ******* noise i had been having.
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obviously every area of town has their crime rate and yes forest lawn tends to be higher stats but don't kid yourself's, every area has their problems, every area is gonna have some douche with a gun or have someone come down from the ne with their "gang" and kill someone or boot stomp someone. would i personally live in the forest lawn no because i like a nice looking house, would i live in dover or applewood or abbeydale sure. all in all if you really feel unsafe put up security camera's and buy a shotgun.
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dude nobody said that the attitude's are the same from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. and yes its the kids that are out with knives and guns that aren't smart enough to think **** through. but enough of this already. all this is, is just a big arguement. i've lived in falconridge, forestlawn, abbeydale, applewood. i've lived in all those area's. so lets just drop it and move on.
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sooo........does anyone else see a massive business opportunity now that race city is closed down? if someone with money could buy land, and build nice track on the outskirts of town i bet they would make a killing.
just me?
just me?
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lol it's ok, everybody has had their say and i'm sure you have more than enough info to make a decision one way or the other. Hope everything goes well for the transition to Calgary and moving ect, we've all heard horror stories
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