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Eastern U.S.
Coquina
Crossing, Elkton, Florida
In Elkton, just fifteen minutes southwest of St. Augustine on
Florida's northeastern coast, is Coquina Crossing, a gated (and
manned), award-winning manufactured home community for those 55 and
above.
Mount Olive Shores North,
Polk City, Florida
On
Top of the World Communities, Ocala, Florida
This 55+ retirement community is located on
13,000 acres outside of Ocala, Florida and is on land that at
one time belonged a cattle company. Today,
however, there are 3,500 single-family homes here, and the
development has plans to build several nearby
multi-generational neighborhoods in addition to the existing
age-restricted neighborhoods.
The
Villages, Villages, Florida
Houston
Springs, Perry, Georgia
The
Village at Deaton Creek, Hoschton,
Georgia
Glenmeadow
Continuing Care Retirement Community, Longmeadow, Massachusetts
This non-profit continuing care retirement community
was founded in 1884 as a home for retired "gentlewomen."
These days it has a wooded, new 39-acre campus in the Berkshire
Mountains of western Massachusetts and provides independent
living and assisted living for both women and men.
Lake
Providence, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Located
just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, Lake
Providence is an active adult community that has
town homes and single family homes for sale.
This is a Del Webb development with a wide choice of
prices, from the high $100,000s to the low
$400,000s, and the usual top-notch amenities.
Lake
Tansi, Crossville, Tennessee
The
Evergreens at Smith Run, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Central U.S.
Galena
Territory, Galena, Illinois
People of all ages, including
retirees, come to this established, rambling, wooded
community in northwestern Illinois for its vast array of
amenities, from a 220-acre lake to an equestrian center,
and for its extensive selection of home styles and prices.
Britton
Falls, Fishers, Indiana
Heritage
Grand at Cinco Ranch, Katy, Texas
Heritage Grand is an active
adult neighborhood within the larger, all-ages master-planned
development of Cinco Ranch, a growing community in a suburb of
Houston, Texas. Residences come in the form of patio homes
or town homes, and prices start well below the national average.
Amenities are impressive as well.
Hill
Country Retreat, San Antonio, Texas
Village
of Tuscan Lakes, League City, Texas
Western U.S.
Province,
Sun
City and Sun City Grand, Sun City and Surprise, Arizona
Sundance,
Buckeye, Arizona
Windsor
Gardens, Denver, Colorado
Wind
Crest, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Quail
Estates West, Las Vegas, Nevada
Solera
at Stallion Ranch, Las Vegas, Nevada
Solera at Stallion Mountain is one
of Las Vegas' newest 55+ active adult retirement
communities and is a resort-like development from
Del Webb. Located within the exclusive
country club neighborhood of Stallion Mountain,
Solera has three separate entrances, each one
gated and guarded 24 hours a day. With 840
homes, Solera is one of Del Webb's smallest
communities, but the homes are reasonably priced.
SunRiver,
St. George, Utah
Del
Webb Charleston, Summerville, South
Carolina
Sundance
Meadows, Spokane, Washington
Quail
Run, Yakima, Washington
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