I remember a friend (in his 70s at the time) who said he'd never move to a "retirement" community because why would he only want to be around people over a specific age? He stayed as long as he could in his home in a vibrant neighborhood with people of all ages. I'm happy to see the trend is starting to shift a little. Thanks for sharing your take on this with us. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
I was just hearing about The Villages. My husband are I looking into Active 55 communities and a friend sang the jingle. We heard another such community near Knoxville.
But neither is near our grandson. For now, we stay put.
It’s great that you and your wife chose this community. We have options here in Tucson but chose to live in an in-town executive golf course community. Love it here.
I hope your campaign to share this POV goes fast and wide.
My fiction represents the type of women you’re talking about. (And me!)
I'm so fascinated by the mall walkers and the pickle ball players. So competitive? Ran my baton twirler >-------< off the courts every time. So much for sweet granny. 👵🏻
I appreciate that you are living your experience as opposed to just writing about it from an outside in view. This is how stereotyping gets neutralized. Keep up the good work. It is infectious.
I love this and would love to live in a place like it, with more community! I'd want to stay in the SF Bay Area, though. Hope there will be options like that here before long — I'm about to turn 64 and have been longing for more community, and I especially want to ensure my husband and I have that as we grow older.
That would be great Rosana. You mentioning this makes me think of the show called Man On the Inside with Ted Danson. Have you seen it? He moves into a retirement community in SF. It’s a funny and lovely story.
We did see that show and enjoyed it! I thought it was more of an assisted living place, and it didn't seem like any I've seen in the actual world. ;-) Still a good show, though!
I remember a friend (in his 70s at the time) who said he'd never move to a "retirement" community because why would he only want to be around people over a specific age? He stayed as long as he could in his home in a vibrant neighborhood with people of all ages. I'm happy to see the trend is starting to shift a little. Thanks for sharing your take on this with us. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
I was just hearing about The Villages. My husband are I looking into Active 55 communities and a friend sang the jingle. We heard another such community near Knoxville.
But neither is near our grandson. For now, we stay put.
That's a wonderful reason to stay put for now Nikki. Plus I'm sure there will lot more options in the near future.
I just covered this in my digest this morning about housing: https://www.ageproofdesign.com/i/173145536/the-housing-mismatch-design-opportunity
It’s great that you and your wife chose this community. We have options here in Tucson but chose to live in an in-town executive golf course community. Love it here.
I hope your campaign to share this POV goes fast and wide.
My fiction represents the type of women you’re talking about. (And me!)
Very inspirational advice that I will share with many of my loved ones. Thank you, Bryan!
I'm so fascinated by the mall walkers and the pickle ball players. So competitive? Ran my baton twirler >-------< off the courts every time. So much for sweet granny. 👵🏻
Yes, sometimes they are fierce Jen!
Your story has so many interesting implications. Can age-friendly communities be starting from retirement villages? Bring it on.
I appreciate that you are living your experience as opposed to just writing about it from an outside in view. This is how stereotyping gets neutralized. Keep up the good work. It is infectious.
Very reassuring to this 70-year-old
I love this and would love to live in a place like it, with more community! I'd want to stay in the SF Bay Area, though. Hope there will be options like that here before long — I'm about to turn 64 and have been longing for more community, and I especially want to ensure my husband and I have that as we grow older.
That would be great Rosana. You mentioning this makes me think of the show called Man On the Inside with Ted Danson. Have you seen it? He moves into a retirement community in SF. It’s a funny and lovely story.
We did see that show and enjoyed it! I thought it was more of an assisted living place, and it didn't seem like any I've seen in the actual world. ;-) Still a good show, though!
Curious if there are any communities like this in the Northeast?
Not that I’m aware of at this scale.