[PilotAlan]

Great perspective. Like any neighborhood, over time the demographics average out.

I can see advantages to everyone moving in together, but it may not be as dramatic as it’s been portrayed.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

This age thing needs to be retconned from the forums and stripped from youtube. Here's some just super basic logic for ya, in storytelling form:

Once upon a time in the 1970's, a bunch of 55-60-year-olds moved into a trailer park called Orange Blossom. By the time a new place called Spanish Springs was built, Orange Blossom had split into three sections called Orange Blossom, Silver Lake, and Country Club Hills. Those 55-60-year-olds were now 58-63 years old.

Then, new developments went up, heading west, and northwest into Marion County. Those 55-60-year olds were now 61-66 years old.

Over the next 20 years development continued down to 466. Those 55-60-year-olds were now well into their 80's, and some were moving to newer areas so they didn't have to pay so much to maintain 20 year old mobile homes. Some were moving into assisted living, a few into memory care and nursing facilities.

Those newly-vacant homes in the old trailer park were being filled by new homeowners, who were around 55-60. That was in the 90's. Then, in the 2000's, the original 55-60-year-olds who moved in during the 70's were now over 90 years old. MOST of them had moved out, or died. And their homes replaced by a NEW set of 55-60-year-olds.

Fast forward to 2025, and we now have a wide variety of homeowners in the original trailer park, which isn't really a trailer park at all, it's a luxury manufactured home community with acres of well-kept amenities and a country club pool with a jacuzzi and waterfall and full service restaurant and pool-side service as well.

The ages here span the extremes. There are folks well into their 90's, and there are some "children of former owners" in their 40s and 50s. Most people here are over 65, but the oldest of the bunch are in their final years of living independently, and will soon be replaced by another batch of 55-60-year-olds.

If you're 68, then you aren't in the category of "younger" people living here on our side. You're in the "usual and customary" category.