I agree that rural elderly wouldn’t care about those things but I don’t get your “tiny apartment” comment.I saw nothing about tiny apartments in the article.
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The restriction/abolition of private ownership of land, encouraging people to live in the space of a small RV , in a high-rise and limited distance to work or conveniences mentioned in the article seems to advocate something like tiny apartment living. I firmly believe that those who want to live that way-in a hive in a city-should be able to do so-so should people who want to be in a ‘burb, a small town or a rural area be able to live there-to each their own-one size does not fit all.
I wouldn’t want to live in Florida someplace like the Villages, with a golf course near my gate, either, nice as that might be-I suppose I’m just an old hippie who doesn’t mind just having the basic necessities and likes quiet and solitude-I’m hoping to eventually convince the guy I’ve begun seeing to sell his place in the burbs and get a place nearby again-he grew up out here, but he lives 50 miles away in the city now...
But did you note the bit about air conditioning? Remember the European heat wave of 2003? The tens of thousands of dead, most of whom were elderly, without AC? Looks to me like progs are itching for another opportunity to cull the herd.