{"product_id":"9780813044484","title":"From Sun Cities to the Villages : A History of Active Adult, Age-Restricted Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003eYoungtown, 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 largest retirement community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor nearly sixty years, the success of these and similar communities have changed the image of retirees from frail, impoverished old people to energetic, well-off adults enjoying a resort-like lifestyle. While some experts predicted these communities would fail or undermine the obligations between generations, they are now firmly embedded as one possible extension of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJudith Ann Trolander has written the first book-length history of the \"active adult\" lifestyle. Examining the origins, development, failures, and challenges facing these communities as the baby boomer population continues to age, she offers a truly original defense of a sometimes controversial aspect of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48685129498859,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":54.84,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780813044484-1.jpg?v=1781640784","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780813044484","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}