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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious to see how this place does. We have a lot of age-in-place elderly in our McLean neighborhood who specifically state they don't want to be surrounded by old people. They have their social circles through Church, community center, country club, etc. If you visited our neighborhood on a weekday, you might think it was part retirement community part daycare between the elderly and the tots with nanny's. It's probably cheaper for them to stay and hire one of those services that manages everything than it is to move to a community like this luxury one.[/quote]

This.  A lot of elderly also have one level homes and some build ramps for wheelchair access.  They have space for their caretakers to come and park and take care of them all day. They can hire cleaning services and outsource food preparation and grocery shopping (many restaurants and delivery services).  There are many options for elderly with money to not have to move to special care housing, and often staying in your older home can be cheaper unless it's falling down and needs $$$ renovations.  Plus, some have kids visit and stay, and are considering passing their "land" to their kids instead of selling.  I now see more sales of older mcMansions that used to be hot new homes for families a decade ago than I see the sales of old homes.  Used to be the other way around, but trends are reversing.[/quote]

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