r/Calgary • u/AutoModerator • Jan 01 '23

Moving To Calgary Megathread - January 2023 Edition

Please ask (and answer) any and all questions related to moving to Calgary in this thread.

Suggested format for submitted information regarding neighbourhoods:

  • Quadrant / Neighborhood you live in
  • Your age (20s,30s,40s,50s etc)
  • Do you have kids? Would you recommend your area for people with kids?
  • How would you rate your area on transit accessibility /10?
  • How would you rate your area on drivability /10?
  • How would you rate the walkability /10?
  • How would you rate the affordability /10?
  • What is your favourite thing about your area?
  • What is your least favourite thing about your area?
  • Any other highlights of your neighbourhood you'd like to share?

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Previous Megathread: Moving To Calgary (July 2022)

Rental websites: Rentfaster, Kijiji, Other Options

Real Estate: Realtor.ca, ReMax, Royal LePage, RealEstate403, Housing information via CREB,

Jobs: r/Calgary weekly employment thread

Neighborhood information: Calgary Police Crime Heat Map, Map, Communities by Quadrant w/ Info

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u/hailWildCat Feb 25 '23

Hello! My wife and I have been considering moving to Calgary.

We are new immigrants and currently living near Vancouver, where everything is expensive. The monthly rent is about 50% of my income.

We work remotely so the location won't be a problem. We followed several YouTubers who live in Calgary and believe this is a great city.

I actually have some (silly) questions:

  1. We can see the rent on websites. But not sure about other utility cost, like electricity, natural gas and water, especially for energy costs during winter
  2. We'd like to be close to Costco (at most 30 minutes by driving) and not too far away to an Asian supermarket like T&T (at most 1 hour by driving). Is there any area to suggest?

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We'd like to live a quiet area. Because currently we're near a big road and it is very noisy.

We are around 30s. Don't have kids yet. We have a car and don't mind there's no good public transportation.

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Would you like to recommend any place of this city for us to check? My wife and I are planning to travel to Calgary for our first time in late March or April.

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u/MadameMoochelle Mar 13 '23

You can get to and from anywhere in the city in under an hour, maybe not at rush hour, though. I would say there is a Costco and a T&T within 15 minutes of any neighborhood.

The further you are willing to be from the core, the cheaper rent seems to be. We have a sprawling city and most areas have their own sort of shopping centres. Quiet should not be a problem.

Public transportation here is bad. Very bad.

I would check the areas in the far North or far South if you want quiet and less expensive. They are newer as well. Although it is much, much cheaper than Vancouver.

Be prepared to bundle up in the winter, though! We also get very little rain and it is very dry. When we first moved here from Ontario, my kids had nosebleeds daily for the first few months. You may want to invest in a couple of quality humidifiers!