Following the results of a 2014 AARP Survey on livable communities by age range, CityLab's Mimi Kirk evaluates the impact on city's affordability, policymaking, and efforts to be age-friendly.
... The vast majority of older Americans—more than 70 percent of those over 50, according to a 2014 AARP survey—plan to “age in place,” or stay in their homes or communities. And the desire to stay put persists across urban, suburban, and rural residents—even in Snow Belt cities and among those with the financial resources to buy that condo in Boca or Scottsdale.
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