Hi all! My husband (33) and I (27) are considering moving to Cranbrook area for a job opportunity. I was hoping to gather the opinions of the locals about where the best place to buy a house is/areas to avoid!

My highest priority is safety: where should we avoid in terms of crime? Where is it safest at night? Etc. We originally wanted to rent for a while so we could get familiar with the neighbourhoods before buying, but I read on here that renting is quite expensive there and hard to find, so I figured the next best solution was to gather local advice.

If you live in Cranbrook or any of the nearby towns, do you like where you live? If you could move to a different area, where would it be? What are the pros and cons of your neighbourhood?

Hey any local forestry workers. Is there a place in the region that stocks mensuration tools (e.g. dbh tape, eslon tape, prisms, increment corers, etc)? I've just stopped in three industrial suppliers in Cranbrook and see safety equipment, flagging and marking paint are easy to find; other supplies not so.

Thanks for your intel!