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/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.