gloucester and Nepean(OTTAWA,ONTARIO)???

Question

Which one of the following 2 Suburban Areas of Ottawa,Ont :GLOUCESTER OR NEPEAN,ONT do you think is better to live and raise a family with 2 young sons (one is 8 years old Autistic,not a severe case and one is normal 10 years old),and also which of the above 2 suburban Areas is the cheapest to rent a 2 bedroom Apartment and cheaper housing prices and closer to downtown Ottawa???If you can advise on specifically the good Areas for renting Apartment in these 2 Suburbs will be a plus and greatly appreciated.Roughly what is the rate for a 2 bedroom Apartment in these 2 suburbs???Thanks!

Answer 1

There's really not one that is better. Both are so big that they each their own good and bad areas. If you pick Nepean, stay away from Leslie Park, Caldwell Ave, and Baseline Court (aka the Four Holes). In Gloucester, the only part of Blair/Ogilvie to avoid is Jasmine Crescent.

Answer 2

Re. "Stay away from Gloucester Blair/Ogilvie area. Stay away from Christie & Bayshore" -- don't know about Blair/Ogilvie, but Bayshore is admittedly a little decrepit these days.

But nothing at all like what you'd find in even a medium-sized US city, as far as "decrepit" goes. Vanier, which I think I suggested to you earlier as a cheap area, isn't the prettiest, but it's still quite livable.

Thinking about this a bit more, I wonder if you don't want to look where the students look. Cheap, decent neighbourhoods, on bus routes. There's the Algonquin College area ("College Square" area, sometimes), and Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, and St Paul's. Anything near any of those would be a safe bet. Algonquin is right next to the 'Baseline' transit station -- very easy commuting.

Finally -- why suburban? I've been renting in Ottawa for years, and it's never been worth it for me to live outside of the city centre. There's a much wider range of apartments, they're not much more expensive if at all (townhouses are another story, though), you save an awful lot by walking everywhere*, the two main high schools downtown are top-notch (not sure about middle schools, but I've never heard anything bad), there's plenty of recreation, and so on. I'm within view of the Parliament Buildings, and I don't have any problem with, say, heading to the corner store at 3am.

Or going to the museum at the end of my street. Or the pool a few blocks away. Or the street-o-restaurants a skip away. Or...

(But, if you do, Bank Street, especially around Bank and Somerset, is what you want to avoid. Every neighbourhood has its problems.)

* We also use a car-sharing service. See http://vrtucar.com/ -- I recommend it.



Edited to add: didn't they fix up the Four Holes quite a bit? They look so different I wondered that they hadn't been torn down and re-built. Still, if it's just cosmetic, then no mind...

Answer 3

I would say Nepean is better, they both have their troubles though. Stay away from Gloucester Blair/Ogilvie area. Stay away from Christie & Bayshore. Apts in those areas are cheap so there is also a stigma because of that. Baseline/Greenbank is close to schools both elementary and high, hospital,plus on the transit route to get downtown also close to the 417 Queensway for travel to downtown. You'll be looking around $800-$850 depending on location for a 2bdrm utils included. Try www.ottawacitizen and www.rentersnews.ca to get an idea of the prices and whats available

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Try Nepean

Answer 6

Goodness gracious! I thought you had decided on the St. Catharines area (I have been following the trend of your questions over the past week; I answered one of them).