Age Diversity
Today’s Times has an interesting article about the elderly: they’re moving back North in record numbers. After losing a spouse or entering a period of declining health, many seniors have elected to leave their retirement homes and head back to their families in the Northeast and Midwest. The article quotes one 78-year-old woman on moving to Manhattan to be closer to her daughter: New York “makes you feel more alive, it keeps you interested in life.”
But, of course, some elderly have never left the city. The first neighbor we met when we moved into our building was named Julio, and he’d lived there for 69 years. When he passed away, flyers for his memorial service appeared on front doors and telephone poles throughout the neighborhood. It’s tough to imagine that happening in a gated retirement community.
But, of course, some elderly have never left the city. The first neighbor we met when we moved into our building was named Julio, and he’d lived there for 69 years. When he passed away, flyers for his memorial service appeared on front doors and telephone poles throughout the neighborhood. It’s tough to imagine that happening in a gated retirement community.
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