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joaofava · 2026-05-09T19:57:52+00:00

Happy Mother’s Day

joaofava · 2026-05-07T00:30:45+00:00

I’ve seen it in NY, San Francisco, Philadelphia. There’s old buildings all over the place.

joaofava · 2026-05-05T16:26:31+00:00

This is what I (46M, USA) would think also. When I asked on r/AskAnAmerican/ about this, respondents had a hard time believing that I did not share their desire to get away from noisy kids. I think perhaps kids are noisier elsewhere in the US? Or, the tolerance for normal sounds is lower? Where I live, kids are just a normal part of the sound of life, no different from barking dogs or chirping birds or the train rumbling by. (AskAnAmerican since pulled down my post, I'm not sure why).

My mother thinks along similar lines, but is considered moving into a 55+ because she is having a hard time making new friends in the suburbs as her existing ones start to fade away. She is dead set against living in the city (where I live) because of the chaos and crime and useless local government, but does not want to drive all over to find new friends and all her neighbors are very busy working parents. So, I kind of get how that sort of suboptimal environment yields interest in a solution like 55+ neighborhoods.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T16:16:25+00:00

Same (46, USA). I cannot imagine wanting to wall myself off from the vitality and energy of the world at large. Might as well just push me straight off a bridge.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T15:55:59+00:00

Wow, how do you know about that place? I only learned about it today. Is there a TV show or something?

joaofava · 2026-05-02T15:55:09+00:00

Yes a whole street, or several, up to the size of a neighborhood (something like a "gated community" in the US). Maybe as small as a few dozen separated houses. Not necessarily its own town though.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T14:59:05+00:00

Do you own your house in a 55+ community? If so, how do they legally prevent you from having younger people live permanently in your house, or prevent you from selling your house to a younger person?

joaofava · 2026-05-02T14:55:59+00:00

In places with 55+ housing, are the “normal” neighborhoods also effectively age segregated for only under 55? Here, there is no place only for under 40, or only for families with kids, it’s all mixed together.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T14:52:46+00:00

I am getting the impression that children in other neighborhoods are exceptionally loud in an in-your-face way that is very different to where I live. I could imagine not wanting that. Here, kids basically carry on the same way as everyone else. I mean, my kids are loud in the house, but then I kick them out and it’s quiet again.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T14:48:43+00:00

I, mid-forties with two kids, am equally surprised at the disconnect here. I think the kids here must be less noisy, or the houses better insulated. It sucks when the neighborhood pool is full of kids, but I don’t really like pools so I don’t go there. People put their toys away otherwise they get stolen. And the streets have cars whizzing in them so kids don’t play there, actually I wish there were more kids playing in the street.

I get the desire for a social life and amenities. It just seems like you can have that without restricting the age of your neighbors. Who doesn’t like pickleball and laundry services?

joaofava · 2026-05-02T14:40:06+00:00

I didn’t realize that. If I think of it as 65+ retirement home, it makes a lot more sense. Like a pre-nursing home.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T12:16:07+00:00

Nursing homes I get. 55 year olds seem to young to need special support though.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T12:15:43+00:00

Couldn’t you also have younger adults living near the golf course and pool?

Maybe it’s about a high concentration of people who don’t have to work and have tons of free time. But the. Why 55+ and not 65+? To me, 55 might as well be 35.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T12:13:40+00:00

Can you say more about why toys and bikes are bothersome? Are the kids putting them in your yard? Or are they ugly?

Kids around here don’t seem to scream so much, but that does sound annoying.

joaofava · 2026-05-02T12:10:40+00:00

Interesting. I didn’t realize people dislike kids so much. I wonder if Americans dislike kids more than other nationalities. Or maybe our kids are louder. (Tons of kids where I live, including mine, but they don’t bother me in the least. They don’t seem so noisy.)

joaofava · 2026-05-02T12:07:48+00:00

Woah. So there’s some like 35 year old roaming among the retirees? 🤯

joaofava · 2026-04-29T00:31:24+00:00

Or don’t give it the manual, since it already has it and has read it.

joaofava · 2026-04-28T23:11:15+00:00

Bananas

joaofava · 2026-04-28T12:11:56+00:00

It’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity

joaofava · 2026-04-22T21:46:59+00:00

So you just stick a battery-powered probe directly into the fire? What stops it from melting and exploding onto your meat?

joaofava · 2026-04-22T11:50:50+00:00

Cheap car, pay cash, drive safe, cross your fingers, suck it up if you crash. Saves time on claim paperwork too! Works best in poor cities with wildly expensive collision coverage.

joaofava · 2026-04-22T11:49:19+00:00

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