Seniors

It's a retirement community with lots of options: single family homes in a wide range of sizes, duplexes, quadplexes, condos, and independent living with meals provided. That might not click all the boxes, I think there is also a "memory care" sort of facility too. You must be at least 55 years old to live here, although there are some exceptions, like spouses under 55.

The houses are built with seniors in mind, e.g. single story, no stairs. Many are small-ish, reflecting the needs of seniors who live alone or as couples whose families are grown and living elsewhere. I've never visited any of the condos though. There are also numerous recreation centers (eight I think) with pools and spas, gyms, indoor and outdoor tracks, two Maricopa County public libraries, restaurants, meeting spaces and rehearsal rooms, and a vast diversity of clubs organized around a host of different interests and social activities. These clubs have great facilities-- for example I belong to a camera club that provides a large format professional Canon photo printer, computers and software, a complete studio, display spaces, a library, microscopes, projection spaces, matting and framing equipment, and so on. Members of our club are regular winners at statewide Arizona Camera Club Council (ACCC) competitions. There is also a Democratic club (and a Republican club, too). If you visit the Sun City recreation centers web site (https://suncityaz.org/) there is a link to all the rec center clubs, and there are others organized by residents from their homes. There are lots of outlets to help keep us from becoming too isolated, and also free or low cost meals are available for those who prefer to join others for meals, or have them delivered to their homes. There is also a wonderful service providing free loans of stuff like walkers, wheel chairs, toilet seats, and a bunch of other medical equipment for seniors.

Anyway, we really like it here. Summers are hot, of course, but eight months a year are lovely-- currently it's 69 F, clear and sunny, 26% relative humidity. The cost of living is WAY lower than it was in California. Health care is easily available and of a quality far exceeding our little rural hospital in northern Humboldt County. Sun City has about 30,000 residents and there are several other retirement communities nearby, so senior medical needs are well served here. I speak from experience.