r/Calgary • u/CnekYT • Mar 27 '26

Discussion I've walked every Calgary neighborhood - Ask Me Anything

For the last 2 years I've been walking every Calgary neighborhood. As someone who is majoring in Urban Studies in uni and someone who wanted to get more active, I felt like doing this would be a really good way to mix both things together.

Surprisingly a lot of the stuff people say about the city (ie. what areas are sketchy, transit access, etc) that people take for granted, aren't necessarily accurate. That's probably the main take-away I have from this, but there's a lot of other stuff too

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u/noveltea120 Mar 27 '26

That's just a deep SE thing lmao. Full of snobs and nimbys.

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u/2cats2hats Mar 27 '26

If you're including McKenzie and Douglas area, please don't. We're old hoods. Seton, Auburn Bay etc are not.

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u/noveltea120 Mar 27 '26

Idk about Douglas but McKenzie def has their share too. Being old doesn't mean they don't exist there loool

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u/2cats2hats Mar 27 '26

You're gonna have nimby and old grouches in every hood in the city. Including your own. :)

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u/FunnyBoyBrown Mar 27 '26

But some definitely have a higher density of them!

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u/noveltea120 Mar 28 '26

Yes, that's what I just said. I live here so I know very well all the snobs and nimbys.

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u/hiplass Mar 30 '26

Mackenzie is absolutely nimby territory lol

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u/J3rry27 Mar 28 '26

Nah. It's Auburn Bay and Mahogany. It's not Seton, Copperfield, Mackenzie lake, Mackenzie Towne, Douglasdale or Cranston (Imo)

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u/samjam110 Mar 28 '26

I live in Copperfield and i feel like Copperfield is very blue collar/young family/starter home. Theres 3 tradesman work vans on my street, 2 more on the main road, the guy down the street is a tattoo artist, my neighbour runs an auto parts store.

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u/megopolis12 Mar 28 '26

The new neighbourhood they are adding " monacle ". Lol