Over 55? Lock em up!

No, I don't consider living in gated community with people at the same age. I wish to always be able to be around diversity. I wish to have kids, young, middle age and older people around. That is the only healthy solution... HUGS

I don't mind a gated community it's harder for thieves and what not(but I'm such an individual I don't think that I would thrive) .. But It depends on the gated community ..Currently I don't live in a gated community .. But when I lived in Texas our apartment complex was gated and then when we went to the town house it wasn't But the apartment complex when I lived thier had little crime and was nice and beautiful to live at. Ofcourse about over 18-20 yrs later, since I was in single digits when I lived in the apartment, I have no clue what type of apartment complex it is. LOL!! But back to a gated community it depends on the individual and the rules of the gated community ..

I would rather have a shack in the woods. But I think these do sserve their purpose. I am very active in the community and look forward to finishing out my days as a hermit.

Sure I would not mind living in such a place if someone else could pay the fees/rent. Here in the US these type of senior housing facilities are very expensive.

I saw a bit of that too honey and whilst I can sort of see the good points to it I think it would be my idea of hell rather than heaven! Surely mixing with all sorts of people from lots of social backgrounds and age groups is much more interesting than being with only our own generation where no one younger is allowed to live? Sound more like an extended Nursing home than anything else! xxx

I would never live in such a place if I had a choice! When I lived in Arizona there was a place called Sun City and it was huge. They passed a law that nobody under 18 could be in their city after a certain hour unless they had business there like a job. Those old folks were so scared of young people it was creepy. I like to live in a place with a lot of different ages, races and cultures. It makes it much more lively and interesting!

I don't thimk I'd like to be imprisoned for the 'crime' of being old. I would hate this. However it may come soon as the alternative to being shot once you're 30, the way this country is going they will soon take away our freedom to age as well as all the other things, such as eating what we want, kissing where we want,freedom of speech, etc. Hadn't we used to lve in a democracy? Maybe that was something I dreamed.

No I do not think I would and definatly not at 55 that is still to young to hide away lol maybe at 80 I would consider it but not before I hope lol

these sorts of places are taking over here in australia,especially around where i live on the coast,the nicer ones cost a arm and a leg for anything decent.i don't think i could live in one as you seem to be living on top of each other and i certainly need my privacy,but each to their own.i suppose if your lonely these sorts of places would be ideal and then the security is good as well.i do a lot of house calls on patients who live in these sorts of places,and it drives me insane trying to get through the boom gates and every one is watching you,peeping out tjeir curtains.give me that stretch of beach anytime.cheers sue

Well I am thankful I haven't reached that age yet, and definitley don't feel like being 'locked' up each day!! No in one word I wouldn't want to live in a place like that even though my children have me booked into the funny farm when the time comes..yet maybbe the luxury house might appeal then not only to me but to my children rather than the clinical smell of the funny farm!!! hugs LoLo

Don't like the idea. Maybe I"ll warm up to it when I'm older. Especially if I am by myself...

I think that would be my idea of hell. I wouldn't object to the luxury housing, or to the plenty to do, but being locked in with a bunch of people who thought that living in a gated compound was the way forward would have me climbing the barbed wire. The Big Brother house comes to mind!

There are many such "gated communities" in America. They're mostly set up for security and to prevent salesmen. They are more expensive that standard flats, but the security is worth it. Many will even have cafeterias and food stores on the property.

Hi there p1kef1sh I don't think I qualify to respond to your discussion p1key and I am not sure you qualify to start it either!! Anyway I will have a go anyway as I am here!! LOL I think I would feel cut off from the world if I lived in such a place and would also feel like a prisoner in my own surroundings so I would have to say that it doesn't hold any appeal to me at all!

You don't like Sunshine Acres? No I don't live in such a place and 99 percent sure I never will. It is to costly. I guess it is the feeling of security they get from living in places like that. I know my mom would probably love it because she is a people person.

Well, here in the U.S. a lot of people do put their parents in retirement homes. My mother and I did not put my grandmother in a retirement home when she got older, she decided to put herself there, we didn't want her to go.

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That will be a ideal place for the senior citizens. Old  persons feel loneliness.Actually the young people avoid the elderly persons.If the old people can live together in a good atmosphere they will forget their loneliness.But these places must not be costly.Why are you telling about Guantanamo?This is a torture center.When you say about Guantanamo a horror picture comes to my eyes.

I think that if I had no other options this would be something I would consider. I am not too happy about the idea of 24 hour supervision, I guess it just sounds a little more like an old folks prision that a retirement home. I am not too sure though, I really would have to have no other options and I have to say that if I had an elderly relative, I don't think that I would put them in that home either. I understand that they have plenty to keep them busy but it still seems a little too restrictive for my tastes. Happy mylotting.

I do consider living in a place like that,although it seems too far at this moment.I think maybe there are many peaple want to live that way.