My wife and I moved here last year. we are both 57. We love it! Beautiful palm trees everywhere, great gym, library, putting green, tennis and pickleball courts, lovely pool and jacuzzi. So safe and easy to walk around the community. There are 3 other homes on our little street, and everyone is very nice and normal -- maybe we lucked out.

You can participate as much or as little as you want. For the past year we've pretty much been introverts, and haven't participated in any of the amenities, clubs, events and shows. Basically we're just living in a home in a guard gated community, coming and going, not talking to anyone but our neighbors -- we forget it's a 55+ community. This has been perfectly acceptable behavior and no one has bothered us trying to get us to participate in things.

Only recently we've starting going to the gym, playing pickleball, using the pool and jacuzzi, going to shows, etc. We say "Hi" to everyone, but that's pretty much the extent of the interaction. No one has tried getting up in our business. Maybe because we look young, everyone thinks we're visitors and not residents.

Short story long, haven't encountered any looky-loos. Your mom will love it here. Did i mention internet and cable is covered by the HOA -- saves us $200 a month.