Sprawl isolates seniors -- Washington Post

[Michael Malak]

From the November 8, 1999 edition of the Washington Post:
"Seniors Who Move Near Family Find Isolation"
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/A35371-1999Nov7.html

"Hidden behind the facades of those new subdivisions is
another population boomlet seeking services: grandma
and grandpa."

"Call it the graying of suburbia. Some elderly residents
have lived in the area for decades, but others are recent
arrivals who have relocated to be closer to their adult
children. Once here, many feel isolated. With their cars
sold, their driver's licenses lapsed and their children
working miles away, many of these elderly residents find
themselves stranded, with no way to escape their cul-de-sacs."

"...she's resigned herself to not visiting the public library..."

Coincidentally, in the same issue an article on Tysons Corner,
"Tysons Cornering the Market"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35083-1999Nov7.html

"Today, more American households have four cars than have
none, and more have three cars than have one."

Development in Northern Virginia has required the use of an
automobile. Smarter development can improve the situation:
building homes, offices, stores, libraries, and churches all
within walking distance of each other.

--
Michael Malak
ma...@claygency.com

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