Identity and community
The average age, they say, on many issues, including “Who are we?” Scientists argue that this desire was the reason for a strong uptrend showing interest in religions during these years, and some even associate these trends with America. This book is not interested in these discussions, but I’m curious how the boomers will answer this identity question and how the community in which they live or want to live reflects their opinion of who they are. For example, if you live in a high-class city, and you raised your children in this area in the center of the city, do you long want to lead a more modest retired life or a closed golf community that reflects the values of your chosen hometown? Or, how many boomers often moved during their lives, was there an idyllic town in the past and in the future, to which they want to return? Is a mass boom dreaming of a cabin in the woods, a cottage on a golden pond, in the Andy Griffith style small town of Mayberry, or do they want them to move up to the penthouse in the sky?
The answer maybe boomers want it all. They need a choice, and they want to have experience. They want an experience that is different from the first half of their lives and is comfortable with the same. The emergence of homogeneous luxury resort events can be the key to understanding that no matter where the Americans go, they want the same things, and they need a consistent basic level of amenities and luxuries - they want the Best they can afford.
Another true fact is that the boomer generation conveniently changed the hull at a faster rate than any previous generation. On average, the Boomers moved houses 4 times during the first 50 years, and there is no reason to believe that their next step will be their last step. Mobility has been an important milestone in this generation. Changes in housing requirements followed each of their life stages. Wide ties, narrow ties, short skirts or long ones - the style of housing will develop faster as the boomer generation experiences freedom that is free from the demands of educating families and staying in school districts.
The choice of homes that we chose or built to shelter our growing families played a key role in how we identified ourselves and how our children acted in how they would live their lives. Which suburb or school district we chose was a decision that we took with great care. Even the style of the house in which we raised our children is a decision that has less to do with us than with them. Maybe you chose a traditional house, but you wanted a loft apartment or a yurt? Personal lifestyle in the next stage of life will be reflected in the choice of housing, and boomers go beyond the usual choice. Rethinking housing norms has just begun, since the rules are no longer limited by the position or size of the family.
Will the boomer generation that once embraced in the community live like young people inventing retirement in a more social form? Some of the same generations spent more than 30 years in units where neighbors often moved and left the city without knowing each other. Will the higher cost of land and housing materials cause boomers to share more amenities in condominium communities? Will the small cities of America and Main Street be able to rise again, trying to return to the simpler life of the boomer generation? Will rural America once again be littered with hobby farms from ex-townspeople who want to get closer to the land and carry out children's fantasies about living in the style of green acres? It is easy to believe that all these housing opportunities will flourish in the coming decades. It seems that with the size of the boomer generation, all these trends in pension housing will take root. This generation will make its next home after the empty nest of its best nest.
This is from a new book called “The best - the best nesting” http://www.betternesting.com
