[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Velvet

I understand that some people bought in TV to retire to a quiet community for the rest of their lives. For some it’s not going to happen. TV promotes activities, fun etc not so much geriatric care. Just look at the layout. Then the population. Not everyone expected huge growth and the good and bad that comes with it. People appreciate the more and higher quality service, better choice at stores and good restaurants. For these events there has to be sustainable numbers in the population. But, it comes at a cost, more traffic, more line ups, more like the big city.

Some of the big city services are lagging in TV, for example, sidewalks and public transportation just to name two. And the city of TV is oriented towards the younger people, in my opinion, the ones who buy the houses. The ones who will play golf, softball, water volleyball. The houses are built to accommodate aging, one level, bars, wide doorways etc. But in practice you can only stay here if either you are independent or if you become dependent, you have a caregiver. Often it is the husband that becomes dependent as the wives tend to be younger. We have many widows in TV, single older women. They can leave, find independent or nursing care especially if they can’t drive. I suppose there could be a larger effort made to keep these people. More services. Build more independent care etc so they could stay with their friends who have now become their “family”. But that would perhaps not be quite as lucrative.

Seems this is no different than many other parts of the country.