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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many people in my neighborhood are retired empty nesters in their 60s and 70s who haven't moved on from their four- and five-bedroom colonials. I believe one reason is there's a lack of appealing and affordable one-level-living options in the area. [/quote]

My neighborhood has 1/4-1/3 people in their 70s to early 90s. We have a fire engine and ambulance here maybe once a month. Some really lovely older neighbors did move away to retire, and we keep in touch with one couple. In our case I can tell you why the ones here haven't moved because we know them well. A few did every renovation they ever dreamed of and want to continue to enjoy it, so they set up age-in-place care. One couple wants to be near their adult children who have a lot of issues, and they still feel responsible for them despite their own declining state. One couple (the mean one) consider themselves the king and queen because the husband used to be in leadership in the HOA. The other older couples think they are afraid of not having their imagined status and imagined power elsewhere-LOL. One woman is fiercely independent and not seems to manage without help. They all seem to be managing with varying degrees of care. I will say some of the higher functioning ones make fun of the lower functioning ones behind their backs-mock the senility-which seems cruel. It's not the safest situation, but it is what it is. I did notice at a recent open house a family was eyeing one neighbor with her walker, another with his cane and yet another out on his chair observing everyone. [/quote]

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