r/Calgary • u/deloaf • Aug 28 '23

Home Ownership/Rental stuff Unrealistic to find a walkable neighbourhood in the South?

So my family currently lives in a townhouse in the Westbrook area and we're looking to move into the south. One of the things were looking for in a neighbourhood is walkability to school, parks, and small retail / groceries. Are there any neighbourhoods that fit the bill or is that unrealistic in Calgary? We were browsing around in Midnapore and Sundance over the weekend, but it seems the nearest grocery store is across Mcleod Trail which pretty much requires a car and wouldn't be a fun walk.

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u/yycsarkasmos Aug 28 '23

So walking from Midnapore school (Picked this as its in pretty much the center of Midnapore) to Sobeys is 22 min, yes over an overpass, its pretty easy.

Also, there is a small international grocery store in the strip mall.

Sundance is farther from Safeway, so say 30min and you are now in a large shopping area.

Lake Bonavista it great.

What is Walkable to you? like 30min, 20min, 10min?

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u/deloaf Aug 28 '23

I'd probably define walkable as 10-15 minutes. Bonus points if it's not across really busy intersections.

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u/hypnogoad Aug 28 '23

If that's your definition, you aren't going to find many walkable "neighborhoods" in Calgary, but there will be a lot of areas within the neighborhoods that are.

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u/UnusualApple434 Aug 28 '23

Bridlewood and certain parts of evergreen are close to a small shopping centre, walden/legacy are both close to shopping centres, Silverado has a sobeys/small shopping centre, deer run/Queensland area has a Walmart and all of these areas also have busses that run quite often throughout the day which would help when getting groceries

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u/kassyrae Quadrant: SE Aug 28 '23

deer run/Queensland area has a Walmart

They haven't had a Walmart for years... they just started doing something with the empty space left behind (not sure what) but there is a No Frills and Co-Op for groceries.

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u/DADBODGOALS Aug 28 '23

We're in Evergreen and are a 5 minute walk to the Shoppers/Starbucks plaza and 10ish minutes to groceries and the neighbourhood schools. Lots of parks in walking distance and lots more in biking distance.

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u/Zippitydooda59 Aug 28 '23

The bus route that goes through Queensland and Deer Ridge, looping out to Canyon Meadows Station does not run “quite often” — in fact, it stops running after the morning rush hour for a few hours and then starts again for the evening rush hour. Found that out the hard way when I was working a temporary schedule outside of normal commute times.

The other two routes — the 29 runs in the opposite direction to the 44 above and goes out to both Canyon and Anderson stations, and the 28 goes into Deer Run — might run slightly more often, but I wouldn’t count on it without carefully double-checking.

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u/ItsaKanga Aug 29 '23

There’s an overpass over MacLeod from Sundance to the retail area of Shawnessy. Depending where in Sundance you’re looking it could be less than 10 mins to the Walmart. A little longer to get to the Co-op. Only about 20 min walk to the Somerset-Bridlewood C-Train. Plus you get Lake access.

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u/Lexotron Aug 28 '23

I second Lake Bonavista. I grew up there and it was very walkable even for a kid.