Carrick on money: Forget city living, seniors are moving to the suburbs

Suburbs straddling the Deerfoot Trail in south east Calgary, Ab. can be seen in an aerial photograph Aug. 31/2010.(Photo by Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail)

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Rob Carrick

Published December 1, 2014

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