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Originally Posted by Laker14

Most of what was said in the article would survive a fact check. That doesn't mean it's not biased.
I'm not sure what the fascination is among the writers and documentarists with this place to constantly paint the same picture over and over again. The only conclusion I can come to is that the fascination has its genesis somewhere in the concept that old people are supposed to be meek, mild, sedentary, and above all, chaste. Old people should, if they are fortunate enough to avoid a nursing home with baby food dribbling down their chins, at least have the decency to stay at home, on the sofa, watching "Days of Our Lives".
Dear God, it's bad enough to think of our parents having sex, but really? Our grandparents? EEEYewwww!
I've yet to read one that shows the 80 year old neighbor out every night on her trike, with her dog in the basket. Getting exercise, meeting her neighbors. Interacting in a healthy way with other grayhairs. I've yet to read one that spends more than the slightest off-hand lip service to the healthy aspects of a social life, and access to physical activities that abound here.
I've met many who have come here for the golf, and the pickle, the music, the dancing, and all of the social opportunities here.
I've never met one person who said they came here because they needed to be with white people who shared their particular political beliefs. Not one.

I actually have neighbors who did move here for the “whiteness” & politics. But hopefully they have found other reasons to enjoy life here.