TL;DR Acadia is a 1960s community in south-central Calgary (SE quadrant), running from Macleod Trail east to the Bow River, between Heritage Drive and Southland Drive. Seven in ten of its homes were built between 1961 and 1980: detached houses on the crescents, plus a large stock of low-rise condos

TL;DR Signal Hill is an established southwest Calgary community on a high ridge west of Sarcee Trail, between 17 Avenue and Glenmore Trail, with views west to the Rockies. It was built almost all at once: four in five homes went up between 1981 and 2000, so most houses here are now 25 to 45 years ol

TL;DR Bridgeland/Riverside is one inner-city community on the north bank of the Bow River, across from Inglewood and the East Village, with downtown a short walk or one CTrain stop away. Two very different housing stocks sit side by side: houses from before 1960 on the old Riverside streets, and the