places and neighborhoods in calgary to avoid???

[parkinsn]

Depends on where you work. Forest Lawn, dover have bad reps but as stated they are pretty close to all your major roads. Yes they are worse than say Willowpark, makenzie, douglas dale/glen, but you get what you pay for. I have lived in Penbrook (beside forest lawn) and Erin woods (beside Dover) never had any problems. The guy that lived next to me in Penbrook was a crack dealer but it wasnt problematic. My GF at the time never like the idea so we moved to Erin woods, but he stayed to himself never bothered us really. I live down town now and like it so far.

I lived in Woodbine and cedar brae and liked the location a lot but its not super conveniant to get around. All in all anything south of 17th ave is a pretty safe bet.