[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

We were just chatting with relatives who have felt relief from their serious joint stiffness after vacationing and then relocating to the Tucson vicinity of Arizona. They claim that they arrived from the airport in a wheelchair (for transport from the plane, etc.) and felt the dry air literally sucking all of the swelling from their inflammed joints, knees, etc., leaving at the end of their vacation virtually pain free and walking onto the plane......without asisstance.

I have a close friend with severe arthritis who has lived in both Florida and Arizona. He much prefers the dry heat of Arizona which immediately takes away his inflamation, and he is able to be pain free and active. Other than the arthritis issue, The Villages is definitely unbeatable.