Post 55 communities question - downside?

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6. Hubby and I bought our house outright, so we'd have a place to live that

no one could take away from us. Of course, we hadn't figured in that taxes are being raised every year, it seems... not to mention homeowners insurance is almost out of our reach already.

A 55 and over community sounds terrific to me, to be honest. If I want young ones, like someone said, I can always go to town or to the mall. But it would be nice to be in a community where there were others around my age... people going through the same changes and hardships I'm going through. New friends who have not only age-related issues in common, but finding friends with the same tastes of leisure (besides golf) which we could share. Living in my home with my dementia addled hubby and my grandson and his new wife but without my friends... who are all still either working or taking care of their own kids/parents/both... it gets pretty damned lonely.

I wouldn't want to live in one of the "locked in" communities... too much like nursing homes for me. But damn! It sure would be nice to find people my own age who like my "oldies" music, maybe likes to get into deep conversations about space, what comes after death via what's being discussed today; maybe even some who don't think the Tarot cards are the devil's handiwork! (LOL)

I don't see how we could move into one of these "assisted living" areas, tho. The prices around here are more than hubby and I both bring in via Social Security... by lots. And we're in a small town.

It could be that, as I age in the world as it is today, I see comfort and safety in a "tribal" community of like-minded people. That's kind of how I look at it... and it's not meant in a derogatory way. My greatest desire is to live in an age-appropriate singly owned apartments, that have a common room AND a common kitchen... and a common rec space in the middle of the square or rectangle of homes and/or apartments. Even more so if everyone there was liberal Christian, Wiccan, Shamanist, Buddhist, Hindu, and other light seeking spiritual paths.

But, I've always been weird....