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Old 06-14-2012, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by buggyone View Post
Go enjoy yourself if Great Barrington, Michigan. I will stay here in The Villages.

This is not an attack on you by any means, but I just do not understand the reason you are posting most of your stuff which consists mainly of a link somewhere.

I believe you had said earlier you came to stay with a parent in The Villages and that you are an advocate of victim rights to some degree. Do you do any paid or volunteer work for that purpose to make it more well known? How is that working out for you? Maybe a paid or volunteer position with the county government might be an avenue for your talents.
It is Great Barrington. Massachusetts. That's where Andrew D. Blechman is a Selectman. The topic is Andrew D. Blechman not me. Great Barrington, MA - Board of Selectmen

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Originally Posted by quidam65 View Post
I wish his views were just that simple.

But in his book he mentions a change in the 1980's Fair Housing Act which made it illegal to discriminate against persons with children. (Prior to that, many apartment complexes were designed and marketed as "all adult" complexes.) When the law was changed, an exemption was made for "senior adult communities", and the limitation was not just for assisted living facilities but to preserve and allow for communities such as TV, Sun City, etc.

It is that exemption to which Blechman takes issue. In his view, it simply isn't enough that some seniors choose to live in places like TV while others choose to remain closer to family. He would like to see the exemption repealed almost completely. In his liberal utopia there would be no TV, no Sun City, period.
That's interesting. Seems very unrealistic too with the number of moves many working adults make in the course of their careers. They would not be able to stay close to their parents that often.