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Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias by Andrew D Blechman
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- Estado
- Publication Date
- 2008-05-13
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780871139818
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0871139812
ISBN-13
9780871139818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63450411
Product Key Features
Book Title
Leisureville : Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Gerontology, Sociology / General, Life Stages / General, Popular Culture, Customs & Traditions, Personal Finance / Retirement Planning
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-280547
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
306.3/809759
Synopsis
When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retirement community in Florida, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV stations, The Villages is a city of nearly one hundred thousand (and growing), missing only one thing: children. More than twelve million people will soon live in these communities, and to get to the bottom of the trend, Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia. He offers a hilarious first-hand report on all its peculiarities, from ersatz nostalgia and golf-cart mania to manufactured history and the residents' surprisingly active sex life, and introduces us to dozens of outrageous characters. Leisureville is also a serious look at a major and underreported trend, only to get bigger as the baby boomers retire. Blechman travels to Arizona to show what has happened after decades of segregation. He investigates the government of these instant" cities, attends a builder's conference, speaks with housing experts, and examines the implications of millions of Americans dropping out of society and closing the gates on kids., When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retirement community in Florida, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV stations, The Villages is a city of nearly one hundred thousand (and growing), missing only one thing: children. More than twelve million people will soon live in these communities, and to get to the bottom of the trend, Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia. He offers a hilarious first-hand report on all its peculiarities, from ersatz nostalgia and golf-cart mania to manufactured history and the residents' surprisingly active sex life, and introduces us to dozens of outrageous characters. Leisureville is also a serious look at a major and underreported trend, only to get bigger as the baby boomers retire. Blechman travels to Arizona to show what has happened after decades of segregation. He investigates the government of these "instant" cities, attends a builder's conference, speaks with housing experts, and examines the implications of millions of Americans dropping out of society and closing the gates on kids., When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retirement community in Florida, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV stations, The Villages is a city of nearly one hundred thousand (and growing), missing only one thing: children. More than twelve million people will soon live in these communities, and to get to the bottom of the trend, Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia. He offers a hilarious first-hand report on all its peculiarities, from ersatz nostalgia and golf-cart mania to manufactured history and the residents' surprisingly active sex life, and introduces us to dozens of outrageous characters. "Leisureville" is also a serious look at a major and underreported trend, only to get bigger as the baby boomers retire. Blechman travels to Arizona to show what has happened after decades of segregation. He investigates the government of these "instant" cities, attends a builder's conference, speaks with housing experts, and examines the implications of millions of Americans dropping out of society and closing the gates on kids.
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