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#34650 - 09/06/06 12:51 AM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: Daisygirl]
dejavu Offline
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Registered: 08/16/06
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I do think it depends on where you are. I don't see as many boomers at the movies, but I sure see a lot of them at places like Lowes or Home Depot.
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#34651 - 09/06/06 12:52 AM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: dejavu]
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OH, and I should add, you quite often see boomers at the movies if you go to the afternoon shows, that start at 4:30 or 5 pm on a Saturday or Sunday.
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#34652 - 09/06/06 01:04 AM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: dejavu]
jawjaw Offline
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Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
So...I think we can all agree that there are so many variables involved with this topic of who's staying out, and who's staying in. It could depend on

1) Economics
2) Health
3) Transportation issues
4) Time
5) Bad Experiences
6) Personalities (shyness, etc.)
7) Locality

Anything else? Jeannine, thanks for bringing up another point of view. You really made us put on our thinking caps!

Wow at all of the input. You boomers really think things thru!

JJ

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#34653 - 09/06/06 02:35 AM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: jawjaw]
dejavu Offline
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Registered: 08/16/06
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Speaking of malls (someone was, about the lack of boomers in malls), I almost never go in them any more. It's gotten to where there are only one or two stores I'm interested in at the mall, and these are usually the big department stores. So I just go in the outside entrance to that store and don't enter the mall at all.

Of course, it probably depends a lot on where in the country you live. Where I live, we don't even HAVE a lot of actual malls (indoor type). What we have are strip malls - like there will be a Target, a Pier One, Michael's, Linens & Things, and a couple other stores and restaurants. Those are the kind of places I shop.

But MALL malls? They really aren't any more interested in me than I am in them. They cater to the teens, twenties, and thirties.
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#34654 - 09/06/06 01:34 PM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: dejavu]
Jane_Carroll Offline
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Registered: 07/06/06
Posts: 1521
Loc: Alabama
I think Chatty's on to something. They have all left middle America and gone to more desirable retirement areas. I know Gulf Shores is full of boomers and they are very active. They are playing golf and have clubs and love to drive over to Biloxi to the casinos. And some of them are way past being boomers, too! Maybe they're just too busy to get to the mall, so they buy it all online!
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#34655 - 09/06/06 03:29 PM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: Jane_Carroll]
Sadie Offline
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Registered: 10/08/04
Posts: 1274
Loc: MD
I think I am the odd ball here I love to go Mall shopping . When I was in Ala this summer we all hit the big outlet Mall in Nashville well that was something to see and walk . The big Grand Ole Opry Hotel what a site to see . I have cabin fever these days taking care of hubby after surgery and will getting out some today . I would love to get back to working more part time and get out of this house . Only three more weeks and he can go back to work and I can call my agency Temp that is . Now I will stop complaining some . At least for today .

Hey, Chatty Lousia is in Vegas . Have you heard from her yet ?

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#34656 - 09/06/06 06:39 PM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: Sadie]
Jeannine Offline
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Registered: 01/03/06
Posts: 195
Loc: Georgia, U.S.
Great thoughts from everyone! Chatty, I think you nailed it! I actually am beginning to believe as our population ages, it tends to migrate, to areas we've come to know as Retirement Meccas. I know myself, when in certain areas of Florida and the coast, and the Southwest, older folks are definitely more visible.

It was the lack of visuals for me, in the greater Atlanta area, of my peer age group, that really had me pondering their whereabouts. In my community, there is a mere handful of people age 50-60. I came to realize if I was age 25-35 I'd be literally surrounded by my peers, when out and about. This prompted me to wonder about other areas of the country, areas not necessarily retiree flush, ones not generally associated with the over 50 crowd.

I have spoken to other women my age and many say they don't like battling the traffic and the crowds, in this area. One told me she only does her grocery shopping on Wednesday mornings. It has been her experience that markets are the least active on this day, during the early hours, where she lives. One woman told me she feels uncomfortable when out, finding people too loud and boisterous, and she feels somehow vulnerable, due to her age.

This entire discussion has also I believe given me a bit of self-enlightenment...I honestly think over the last couple of years, my conscious notice of a lack of my age peers about me, is significant. I think possibly a great many older people, those not already living in Silvered areas of the country, may begin to feel a bit out-numbered, so to speak. They may begin to feel the lack of folks their own age, people with whom they have much in common. This realization may prompt folks to begin thinking re-location to areas wherein their peers have congregated.

History tells us immigrants to this country tended to head straight for settlements wherein their own ethnic groups were living. The new arrivals needed areas wherein the residents spoke their language shared their customs, and with whom they felt generally compatible. Possibly, senior migration follows this same line of reasoning.

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#34657 - 09/06/06 11:00 PM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: Jeannine]
jawjaw Offline
Da Queen

Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
Excellent logic all. I'm 100% on this one. It all just makes good sense.

The only thing that would keep me from moving in with a bunch of "golden girls" would be if they didn't let me have my way.

I think one thing we didn't talk THAT much about was security. I would be afraid to go to some places in the area alone. Gangs, rough-housers, or just exposing myself to possible dangers would prevent me from venturing out sometimes. Do any of the rest of you feel this way? Afraid, when alone?

JJ

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#34658 - 09/07/06 12:55 AM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: jawjaw]
Sadie Offline
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Registered: 10/08/04
Posts: 1274
Loc: MD
J.J.
When My husband was in the hospital . I was not afraid to be alone in the house. I don't go to the malls at night or to the store at night . When we had the dog she alerted us to sounds that she hear and would bark all night long sometimes and made you feel safe . When we were in Ala this summer my sister-in-law did notlock her front door during the day , but did at night . Now that is feeling safe . I keep my front door and back doors locked at all times and storm door .

Hey, Jeannie where did you get that Tan? You look like my sister-in-law in Ala she had a tan all the time and the sun was low there .

Renee
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#34659 - 09/07/06 02:24 AM Re: Reclusiveness [Re: Sadie]
Jane_Carroll Offline
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Registered: 07/06/06
Posts: 1521
Loc: Alabama
JJ,

I'm not afraid...which is a good thing since I've lived alone for several year...well except for the cat who would throw me to the wolves if she could...

What I try to do is not put myself in situations where I wouldn't feel or be safe. I don't go walking alone at night any more and there are certain areas of town that I avoid after dark.

Probably the same kinds of things that you do. I do keep my doors locked most of the time but have literally left the back door open all night and nothing happened.

I lived alone in college and learned early on that I couldn't watch TV shows about women being raped or murdered and still feel safe...so I quit watching that kind of shows.

Still don't watch them much.
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