The Search Part 2: Five More Community Types to Vote on
Category: Active adult communities
July 11, 2024 — Continuing on from Part 1 of last month’s “The Search” feature, here are 5 more retirement community types for you to vote on at the bottom of this page. With 10 community types to consider, we broke this series into two sections to make it more manageable. Part 1 results are shown at end of this article.
Voting Instructions
You and/or your partner are the buyer in this exercise. Read these descriptions and then vote (below) on which community type you would choose. If you already own your retirement home, pretend that you just retired and have a clean slate – which of these 5 community types (or none of the above) would you take. The choices are presented at the bottom of the article as an instant poll – vote and then you will instantly see how others have voted. These 5 options are part 2 of the exercise. Next week we will give detailed results.
Please take a moment to vote, because the more input we get the more valuable the poll will be. Vote on the TYPE of community, the ones listed below each type are shown to give you an idea of the type.
1. Very Large 55+ Active Adult
Comments on "The Search Part 2: Five More Community Types to Vote on"
Goldie says:
I am glad to see a traditional neighborhood or New Urbanism is listed here as a choice to vote on. Many years ago (maybe 20 years ) when I was considering retirement I visited Williamsburg, VA because I felt it checked many of the boxes for me: college town, east coast, nice amenities, etc. The realtor was very excited to show me the beginnings of New Town and had pretty much sold me on it just talking it up over the phone. I loved the idea of walking to everything. However even though the streets were narrow and cars were frowned upon, it was obvious people were not going to leave their cars at home. I didn't end up buying in Williamsburg at all but have wondered about New Town and if the idea everyone walks to everything took hold. Will be interested to see if new urbanism gets many votes.
SC says:
We moved 5 years ago to a one level home in a traditional neighborhood, however, we are now wishing 1 mile of a grocery store, Hardware store, Bank, DQ, pizza shop and even a UPS store. We do walk a lot more to get groceries and get our exercise in at the same time. We just love our new location as it is also within 20 minutes of a few different Costcos, our doctor offices and 3 hospitals. There is something very comforting about being so close to all of our main amenities. It would be nice if builders would locate the 55 plus communities within walking distance to stores, medical etc. but it is the cost of land/location.
Admin says:
Voting is going well, and a bit surprising. I you haven't voted on your favorite type of community yet (Part 1 and 2), Please do so. Results coming next week.
Charles says:
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