From Sun Cities to the Villages: A History of Active Adult, Age-Restricted Communities

by Judith Ann Trolander

Book Overview

Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents. Developer Del Webb unveiled Sun City six years later. Adjacent to Youngtown, it offered modest homes abutting a golf course. In the ensuing decades, active adult communities have proliferated, including Harold Schwartz's "The Villages" in central Florida, today the nation's single...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813044480
• ISBN13: 9780813044484
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"