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Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly
The Real Estate Adviser
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September 1, 2005

The Real Estate Adviser: What the heck is an 'active adult' anyway?

By TOM KELLY
Special to the Journal

I've known Stan Johnson for more than 25 years. He is 60, divorced and the father of two children. The younger child will graduate from high school next spring. He's had the same job since he was 21 and will retire soon on a comfortable government pension with the maximum of 40 years of benefits. He has been known to have more than one cocktail between quitting time and supper, and spouts street-wise wisdom most of the day.

"Will you tell me something?'' Stan asked one Saturday afternoon while tossing his post-hole digger into his pickup truck. "Is everybody over 50 an active, health-freak adult? What do you call guys like me who simply want to come home, relax, pour something special into a glass with ice, and eat popcorn on the couch?''


 
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