Apartment Complex Living in the Future

Mike said:
It used to be like that when I was a boy Deb, all or
most of the houses in the villages, were owned by
local coal mine and only workers there got a house
for a very small rent, they also owned the local grocer
shop and a local bar, so the workers gave their wages
back to the mine owners.

Mike.
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"I owe my soul to the company store." (from the song 16 Tons)

Edited to correct song name.
 

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OldOld said:
The earnings of the seniors' living facilities goes to the owners and share holders of the facilities for the sole purpose of making profit. Any unpaid portion of the senior bills will be paid by Medicaid.
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That is not an absolute.
Many facilities in my areas are non-profit and are run by the Presbyterians, Lutherans, etc. (no shareholders)
And of course Medicaid pays when the persons' funds run out.
 
That Lady in PA said:
That is not an absolute.
Many facilities in my areas are non-profit and are run by the Presbyterians, Lutherans, etc. (no shareholders)
And of course Medicaid pays when the persons' funds run out.
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Many CEOs of non-profit organizations get(demand) very high salary + bonus. Please Google and search charity CEO pay.
 

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Moving from a house to a high rise doesn’t mean you can’t own. A condo is privately owned, with strata fees for overall maintenance. With the right layout, I wouldn’t mind this. What I don’t want is to pay for a pool, gym, doorman.

Lately there has been a trend to build small flashy places in prime areas. Glam sells. Reality of living in them not so much.
 
Jules said:
Moving from a house to a high rise doesn’t mean you can’t own. A condo is privately owned, with strata fees for overall maintenance. With the right layout, I wouldn’t mind this. What I don’t want is to pay for a pool, gym, doorman.
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I wouldn't mind it either, in fact I'd love it. And there are some nice condos here without pools or gyms or doormen which helps keep the monthly fees down somewhat.
 
I loved apartment living when I was young and single. No maintenance bills or landscaping to deal with.

When settling down to raise a family, a single family house was the way to go. DH & I are still in that same house, and are unlikely to move in the foreseeable future. That may change if one of us dies or becomes significantly disabled.

While I wouldn't necessarily object to a condo, I wouldn't live on a floor higher than my ability to navigate the stairs.
 
Possibly i n the future I might want to sell my house and buy a unit - I would want a unit in a complex of ground floor ones, with my own small garden or courtyard
 
OldOld said:
It's because the senior population is growing rapidly. And sadly the ones needing assisting living arrangements have no where else to go.
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True. Also, years ago, the elderly would live with family a lot more than happens now. People aren't having anywhere near as many kids; people don't live on farms anymore where a small room for old grandma or grandpa could be added onto an existing farmhouse without too much money or work; now so many of the elderly's family live in rentals; even if they own their own home, there are all kinds of permits needed to add rooms onto homes (if it's even allowed in the first place). So there are fewer places for elderly to live.
 
I left my property for two years to make money in the big city. I lived in two different apartments. Got evicted from the first one and had to threaten legal action at the second to be released from the lease even though I had fulfilled the entire 12 month rental agreement..

Never again!
 
Been there (all of em), done that....

Then, after searching the country for our permanent retirement location (concentrating on Left Coast and Southwest) we happened to be going through Laramie Wyoming, a place I vowed I would NEVER return to after growing up in the general area. Now...56 years ago, Laramie wasn't much to write about, and the landscape in my memory was simply dull high-desert and rocks. Hmmm....absence makes things seem different?

We moved...to a 35 acre parcel outside of town in the middle of sagebrush and Antelope. No neighbors close by, no traffic, nothing to distract, no internet???? That finally got solved and we have settled in! We both had a lot of fond memories of the condo scene, and the suburb homes we bought and fixed while we lived in them carry a lot of great memories as well. We've lived in very large cities and all the while enjoyed the adventures and learning. Now...we relish every day watching the weather change, the Antelope grazing and the their new-borns learning about life.

Our favorite? The place we call home....
 
January said:
I dont particularly want views. would much rather my own small courtyard garden and easy access of ground floor complex, if I moved to a unit.
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Same here. there's a neighborhood here in town that I think would be perfect for us to live in: within walking distance of lots of things, lots of different kinds of housing; but my Huzz hates the neighborhood I think because the only way you could have a view of hills or mountains is if you stood on top of a building. Which wouldn't bother me; I'd hang up a nice picture of the mountains.
 

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