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Country’s fastest-growing city thanks older Americans for splashing cash on sky diving, discos, and concerts
Daily Mail ^ | 07/09/2024 | Rachel Bowman

Posted on 07/09/2024 5:39:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

One southern city has become a boomer boomtown thanks to an influx of older Americans flocking to its age-restricted, bustling community.

Georgetown, Texas is officially the fastest-growing city in the country in part due to its wealthy 55-and-older community called Sun City Texas.

An analysis of Census Bureau data for cities with populations of at least 50,000 by The Wall Street Journal found Georgetown has now been the top city for population growth for three years in a row.

Georgetown grew 11 percent in 2023, 14 percent in 2022 and 11 percent in 2021. The median age in the boomer-rich city is 44 - and approximately 27 percent of its residents are 65 or older.

Driving the massive population growth are vivacious seniors who move to Sun City because of its lively social scene, which includes community theater, game nights, fitness classes, sports teams and so much more.

'I didn't want to just move to an old community,' resident Betty Schleder told the Wall Street Journal.

Schleder, who is a keen skydiver at the age of 80, moved to the city two decades ago. Since then, she's met her new 72-year-old boyfriend and is thriving in the community.

'We're not dead yet,' said Suzanne Herndon, 70, who moved to Sun City in 2021.

Home to some 15,000 residents across nearly 5,000 acres of land, the community was launched in 1994 when the Del Webb Company purchased the land.

Construction began in October 1995 and by spring of 1996 residents were moving into the town.

The community association offers activities for residents, ranging from dance clubs, karaoke, arts and crafts, gardening, pickleball, cooking and poker.

There are also activity groups for singles and couples - and the environment has been described as akin to a college experience,

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bluestateexodus; delwebb; georgetown; growth; retirement; suncity; texas
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GEORGETOWN, TEXAS


1 posted on 07/09/2024 5:39:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Haciendas on postage stamps.

No thank you.


2 posted on 07/09/2024 5:40:15 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’d rather live in a 15 minute city than this.

I hate communities where it is a requirement to walk forever to get anywhere.


3 posted on 07/09/2024 5:43:17 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: Jonty30

Most places like that, you can ride around in your golf cart & look for lonely widows to hit on.


4 posted on 07/09/2024 5:51:07 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: SeekAndFind

Is that what you see last when the parachute doesn’t open?

😇👼😇👼


5 posted on 07/09/2024 5:53:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: lightman

Agreed! Haciendas on postage stamps. I would rather live in the tick and chigger infested Ozarks on my 15 acres than on a postage stamp.
Adds I have seen for other places...Pagosa Springs Colorado. 1/4 acre lots.(no thank you even though it is beautiful)
Ute Lake NM a large ranchette “on a WHOLE HALF ACRE!”
Love the Rockies but I would need lots more space!


6 posted on 07/09/2024 5:57:50 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: SeekAndFind

I visited a relative in a Dell Webb community many years ago. At a later date, my wife and I visited one. They are known for having many clubs, activities, and community events. They are golf-cart friendly. The homes are nice. If I remember right, you can get some of your lawn mowed for you, but the more enclosed, private part of your lawn is for you to mow. A lot of retirees like it. While it has some appeal, it’s not the way we chose to go.


7 posted on 07/09/2024 6:03:49 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Scarborough: "This is the Best Biden ever.")
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To: smokingfrog
Most places like that, you can ride around in your golf cart & look for lonely widows to hit on.

Don't threaten me with a good time.

8 posted on 07/09/2024 6:05:20 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: lightman

Crowded, lacks privacy, right next door to the liberal hell of Austin with traffic, crime and “homeless” doing drugs in public. But it is a lot cheaper than the Villages and those other golf cart places in Florida...

No thanks-I’ll stay here in BFE in my acreage neighborhood with the mobile homes, cabins, etc-cheap, peaceful and karen-free-nearest town is 900 people and 18 miles away-it has retirement condos on a golf course too...


9 posted on 07/09/2024 6:28:58 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SeekAndFind

I live in Sun City Hilton Head. We have three golf courses. It’s a fun place to live.


10 posted on 07/09/2024 6:31:54 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: ChessExpert

My hub and I visited an Arizona Del Webb community many years ago...I burst into tears at the suggestion we could live there.


11 posted on 07/09/2024 6:37:46 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Climate cultists think we should go back to the goo"d times when people starved)
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To: SeekAndFind

Being from out west I could never adapt to flat land like that regardless of all the rest. Give me a place where I need a topographic map!


12 posted on 07/09/2024 6:38:30 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: SeekAndFind
Discos?

Even a British publication shouldn't get that wrong.

13 posted on 07/09/2024 7:11:16 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: SeekAndFind
and the environment has been described as akin to a college experience,

Lots of weed, casual sex, and acid rock and now an easy commute to SEC football games?

14 posted on 07/09/2024 7:46:53 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: SeekAndFind

The Villages has some competition!


15 posted on 07/09/2024 7:52:05 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: SaveFerris

Actually I know Betty and her skydiving started with an Honor Flight Vet who wanted to Dual dive on his 100th birthday! She is a motorcycle Mama as well... cool lady who still runs 2 businesses.


16 posted on 07/09/2024 7:58:52 PM PDT by PalominoGuy ( )
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To: PalominoGuy

Awesome! I pray she continues safely!!


17 posted on 07/09/2024 8:15:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds rather like The Villages in Florida. Outsiders squint at these gatherings of the older generation, but I see nothing wrong with them. I’m happy where I am, but I probably could be happy here in Georgetown. Why not?


18 posted on 07/09/2024 10:25:24 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: Texan5

It’s condo living horizontally instead of vertically. Plus you don’t have to share walls, a floor, and ceiling with someone. Carpooling is easier and friends are all within shuffling distance.

EC


19 posted on 07/10/2024 3:18:21 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: goodnesswins

Good tears I hope.


20 posted on 07/10/2024 4:25:58 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Scarborough: "This is the Best Biden ever.")
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