[Irish Rover]

I just finished the book last night. I agree with a couple of the posts but I interpreted some of the authors points differently. One point he made was that "age segregation" ala Sun City & TV seems to cause school bonds to fail at the ballot box. He cites several instances where the seniors actually had their community removed from the county school tax obligation, which in turn caused some of the large school situations gfmucci talked about.

He also says that "age segregation" deprives the younger people in the country from learning from their experienced elders. With all of the new "senior's only" communities being built or in the planning stage, he thinks a lot of experience and knowledge will not be passed on to the generations behind us because young people are not welcome in the community.

My take on the overall book was that he has a real bone to pick with the developers of these new "over 55" communities. He feels that they will eventually leave the residents with huge debt when the developer finally pulls out. There is also the "lemming factor" that says the residents have no say in their local government or rules so they just fall inline and drink the Koolade.

The stories he relates about specific people and situations were funny and sad too. Most of the things he discusses in his interviews have been seen in the paper or talked about for years in the coffee shops. Unfortunately, I think most of them are true.

Take the book with a grain of salt because after all, it's just one man's opinion.

Irishrover