Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias

by Andrew D. Blechman

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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 one hundred thousand (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 life. 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.
  • ISBN10 0871139812
  • ISBN13 9780871139818
  • Publish Date 13 May 2008
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 27 September 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Pages 320
  • Language English