[Magdalen] immigration / migrant situation --->Re: Professionalpanhandlers; was Loaned out.

[Jay Weigel]

When I was moving to Richmond, I looked at a couple of apartments in
communities that were for seniors only, 55-up. I thought it over and looked
at others and decided I didn't really think I wanted to live in a place
with no kids. The apartment I finally settled on was in a townhouse
community with a very diverse population and I was very happy there. It was
quiet but not *too* quiet, and I could watch the kids running around in the
play area. It was also multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-national,
which I loved. I used to tell people I lived at the intersection of north
Rio and west Delhi. Then I met my new neighbor, who was from Kazakhstan.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Roger> Do you really want to
> be in a community where you are the youngest couple?
>
>
> Retirement communities come in all shapes, sizes and investment levels.
> Often it is prudent to look  because if one or the other person dies, the
> remaining person will be in a community that they are familiar with and
> have some kind of continuity... I'm not talking about nursing homes here.
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 4:44 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] immigration / migrant situation --->Re:
> Professionalpanhandlers; was Loaned out.
>
>
> On 15/09/2015 22:12, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>>
>>> I recall that the main front representative of chamber of commerce
>>> announced upon his retirement that he was moving because nobody can
>>> afford to live in New York State.
>>>
>>
>> That shows a metrocentric view of the State.  Last time I checked New
>> York State reaches up to the Great Lakes.  I haven't checked property
>> prices but I imagine there are lots of areas where life is cheaper than in
>> Manhattan.
>>
>> I laughed at him!  What on earth are all the citizens of New York doing
>>> then?  We seem to be getting along quite well, actually, and I'd match
>>> our
>>> services with -- ah well.  Folks know what they know.  A lot of my
>>> friends are retirees, and we are doing fine.
>>>
>>> I can well imagine an older couple living in a small apartment in some
>>> larger municipality, and living quite well.
>>>
>>
>> Probably a darn sight better than they would in a one-horse town miles
>> from a city they don't fancy driving in.
>>
>> I love where we are, but the stairs are a factor, and when my mobility is
>>> impaired, we'll have to move.  My spouse wants to move to a retirement
>>> community, which has its advantages, but I find old people horribly
>>> depressing, so....
>>>
>>
>> I am right there with you on that one.  About forty years ago I went to a
>> care home to celebrate Holy Communion.  Somebody who had been there on
>> respite care was getting into a taxi and one of the residents who attended
>> church said "Not many leave that way".  Do you really want to be in a
>> community where you are the youngest couple?
>>
>> Roger
>>
>
>