
Leisureville
Adventures in a World Without Children
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Johnny Heller
When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retired community in Florida called The Villages, Andrew Blechman is astonished by their stories, so he goes to investigate. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV station, The Villages is a city of nearly 100,000 (and growing) missing only one thing: children.
In the critically acclaimed Leisureville, Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents' surprisingly active sex lives. But this is more than just a romp through a retirement paradise; Blechman traces the history of the age-segregated retirement phenomenon, and travels to Arizona to show what has happened to the pioneering developments after decades of segregation.
A fascinating blend of serious history, social commentary, and hilarious, engaging reportage, Leisureville is an important book on a major, underreported trend.
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The author's choices when talking about queer and trans people, though, made me cringe. This is a book that would have benefitted from an editor who isn't living in a retirement community. I'm convinced the author means well, but he sure goes out of his way to make that unclear.
It's worth reading. But you'll feel a bit embarrassed on the author's behalf while reading it.
interesting & thoughtful reporting, with caveats
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Johnny Heller - accents are NOT your strength!
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Would I live in the Villages after reading this? I don’t know !
It was a good book and I am glad that I purchased it.
Enlightening !
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Some of hiis facts and numbers might be accurate about the developments he mentions. Bottom-line, it's like a young child telling their parents what's good for them when they don't have the wisdom and experience of their elders.
Not all that entertaining to listen to the narrative being conveyed.
Biased and opinionated
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