On 27 Mar 2023, Roger House wrote
> Seemingly, why do senior citizens like the following things? I'm
> NOT trying to make fun of them or anything, I'm just genuinely
> curious about why they like them , if they DO like them.
I'm 71 (semi-retired), and my wife is 74 (retired), living in
southern England, so I think we qualify as "senior citizens".
> 1.) "Big boat", (as I THINK that I've heard and/or seen them
> referred to before at times), style 4 door sedan cars.
We have a Peugeot 208, which was purchased 2 years ago to replace a
Honda Jazz; I notice more people my age driving that size of car
rather than the ones that don't fit in a standard car parking slot.
(I'd say those are driven more by middle-aged people rather than
seniors).
(FWIW, I'd never own a two-door car, but my preference for four doors
dates to long before I became a senior citizen.)
> 2.) Eating supper at a time something like 4:00p.m. or 4:30p.m.
We changed our evening meal time from 8:00 pm to 7:00 pm a few years
ago, mainly to give us additional time to digest our food before
bedtime (which is 11:00/11:30).
I can't say I know anybody who eats their evening meal before about
6:00/6:30, let alone 4:00/4:30.
> 3.) Cafeteria restaurants.
Nope; don't like those. I associate them very much with families,
with the seniors along as grandparents rather than by their own
choice.
> 4.) Eating breakfast at a fast food restaurant.
I treat myself to breakfast at a local cafe (a non-greasy greasy
spoon) a couple of times a week. I sometimes ate breakfast at a
fast-food restaurant when I was working full-time, usually when I was
out and about on site visits to building sites and archives. My
impression is that it's more a working-age demographic that eats
breakfast in such places, rather than an age cohort.
Are you referring to North American senior citizens? I think the
preferences you mention correlate much more with n location than age.
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Cheers,
Harvey