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TastyReuben

TastyReuben

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Warm today…windchill is 14F! :laugh:

Breakfast, then driving to another retirement community to have a look around, then stopping by a place to get tickets to an event tomorrow afternoon - their website doesn’t work at all, which I’m really chomping to point out when we get there, but of course, the kid working the desk won’t give a 💩.

Yesterday…three retirement communities, all looked promising, so that’s encouraging, and we absolutely adore driving around this area. MrsT kept remarking, “It already feels like home!”

We did did out, though, that property taxes are roughly a bit more than double here, compared to home. Cheap taxes is one of the good things about semi-rural Ohio…not so much here.
 
TastyReuben said:
Warm today…windchill is 14F! :laugh:

Breakfast, then driving to another retirement community to have a look around, then stopping by a place to get tickets to an event tomorrow afternoon - their website doesn’t work at all, which I’m really chomping to point out when we get there, but of course, the kid working the desk won’t give a 💩.

Yesterday…three retirement communities, all looked promising, so that’s encouraging, and we absolutely adore driving around this area. MrsT kept remarking, “It already feels like home!”

We did did out, though, that property taxes are roughly a bit more than double here, compared to home. Cheap taxes is one of the good things about semi-rural Ohio…not so much here.
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Can you stay in you place of preferences for a week or two before you decide?
 
TastyReuben said:
Warm today…windchill is 14F! :laugh:

Breakfast, then driving to another retirement community to have a look around, then stopping by a place to get tickets to an event tomorrow afternoon - their website doesn’t work at all, which I’m really chomping to point out when we get there, but of course, the kid working the desk won’t give a 💩.

Yesterday…three retirement communities, all looked promising, so that’s encouraging, and we absolutely adore driving around this area. MrsT kept remarking, “It already feels like home!”

We did did out, though, that property taxes are roughly a bit more than double here, compared to home. Cheap taxes is one of the good things about semi-rural Ohio…not so much here.
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Why do you feel you need to move to a retirement community? You seem far too young to be considering that. I think it's different here. Retirement communities here are usually quite expensive and the good ones are very, very expensive. Most folk here tend to downsize if they need to do so (or can) but don't move to special retirement villages. Well maybe the rather rich do, but not most people.
 
Morning Glory said:
Why do you feel you need to move to a retirement community? You seem far too young to be considering that. I think it's different here. Retirement communities here are usually quite expensive and the good ones are very, very expensive. Most folk here tend to downsize if they need to do so (or can) but don't move to special retirement villages. Well maybe the rather rich do, but not most people.
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In this town you can rent a "remodeled" hotel room in an assisted living place and it's an easy $2000/month.
 
Morning Glory said:
Why do you feel you need to move to a retirement community? You seem far too young to be considering that. I think it's different here. Retirement communities here are usually quite expensive and the good ones are very, very expensive. Most folk here tend to downsize if they need to do so (or can) but don't move to special retirement villages. Well maybe the rather rich do, but not most people.
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Retirement communities are very different in America. They’re aren’t necessarily for the infirm (although they can ultimately deal with that too in certain areas of the ‘community’).
They’re just a place that’s geared up for older peoples interests and needs with out pesky young people getting in the way. A bit like a cruise ship on dry land 😂
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Retirement communities are very different in America. They’re aren’t necessarily for the infirm (although they can ultimately deal with that too in certain areas of the ‘community’).
They’re just a place that’s geared up for older peoples interests and needs with out pesky young people getting in the way. A bit like a cruise ship on dry land 😂

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I'm not sure what 'older people's interests' are but I don't think I have any!
 
Morning Glory said:
I'm not sure what 'older people's interests' are but I don't think I have any!
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Of course they do. If you’re old (not suggesting TR is old) then it is by definition an older persons interest.
Something can also be of interest to a younger person but there are marked differences in different age groups.
All the gens aren’t the same.

There are generational differences that make being with your own age group more pleasant because there are common reference points. Those collective experiences make every gens interests different.

Young people have the capacity to make noise, cause a bit of chaos and partaaaay in a way oldies don’t. They like to join sports clubs etc for quite extreme exertion pursuits. None of these are older peoples interests.

My sons for example if they were in a retirement community later in life would probably be joining an anime group because there would be enough interest in there being one.
Older people now would have no interest and possibly wouldn’t even understand it.

Birds of a feather.
 
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Morning Glory said:
Why do you feel you need to move to a retirement community? You seem far too young to be considering that. I think it's different here. Retirement communities here are usually quite expensive and the good ones are very, very expensive. Most folk here tend to downsize if they need to do so (or can) but don't move to special retirement villages. Well maybe the rather rich do, but not most people.
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I shouldn’t use the term “retirement community” - it’s becoming outdated and even slightly offensive to people of my generation (I’m 58). The preferred term nowadays is “55+ community.”

It means different things in different places. Pennsylvania isn’t a huge retirement state, so 55+ communities are just that - housing develops that restrict residency to people who are 55yo and older, and that’s about it.

In places with a huge retired population, like Florida, you’ll have the houses in the community, frequently gated, with a clubhouse for centralized in-park things (monthly cocktails to meet new residents, Saturday morning yoga, rock-n-roll night with a band made up of residents, etc), a community pool, gym, and an activities person who’ll organize shopping trips, dinner theatre trips in town, day trips out, and other things like that. That’s what my in-laws’ community was like (and it was on a lake, so they had a fishing pier, paddle boats, and an 18-hole golf course).
 
My minor experience of belonging to a gym that did not allow children anywhere but the crèche (and certain hours in the swimming pool) was enough to convince me they’re a great idea 😂
And I had young children myself at the time.. or maybe that’s why I thought it’s a great idea 🤣

I saw a ‘SAGA’ (that’s an over 50’s thing) coach the other day, something that I would have previously looked at and scoffed but this time I thought hmm, no young people with no life experience on board talking drivel that would be nice 😁
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Of course they do. If you’re old (not suggesting TR is old) then it is by definition an older persons interest.
Something can also be of interest to a younger person but there are marked differences in different age groups.
All the gens aren’t the same.
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Well, I suppose I am old. But I can't think of anything which interests me which could be termed an older person's interests.
 
Morning Glory said:
Well, I suppose I am old. But I can't think of anything which interests me which could be termed an older person's interests.
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With respect to this conversation, “older person’s interests” to us is defined as, “Anything that interests us that also forbids anyone under 55 partaking.” :laugh:

That really is what it comes down to. Of course, allowances are made for kids/grandkids visiting, but some places are quite restrictive that way. Where my in-laws lived, any visitors had to be registered with the front office, could stay no longer than two weeks, and had to be accompanied by a resident if using any of the park facilities, like the pool, and they came down hard on anyone who violated that.

What we’re looking at isn’t nearly that restrictive, due to the location.
 
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