Edgemont

Multiple schools cluster within easy reach — Tom Baines, Edgemont School, and Mother Mary Greene — and give mornings their shape: drop-off lines, crossing guards, the quieting that follows once the bells ring. The Real Canadian Superstore handles most weekly errands without leaving the northwest, and the bus routes connect to the rest of the city for those who need them. The off-leash areas all go by the same name, Edgemont, and regulars sort out which one they mean quickly enough. By the end of a Calgary winter you tend to know people by their dog's name before you know theirs.