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Tue May 29, 2012, 04:15 PM

Auggie (16,192 posts)

39. You'd have to have a "pay-it-forward" committment

and recruit "younger" folks as well as older folks. As the younger folks get older new blood is added. It's sustainable that way.

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
More Baby Boomers Facing Old Age Alone [View all]	jtuck004	May 2012	OP
Behold the benefits of zero population growth.	Zalatix	May 2012	#1
I worked in a nursing 20 years ago	HockeyMom	May 2012	#13
Yeah, that is sad. Abandoned by your own kids is doubly tragic.	Zalatix	May 2012	#18
wait..what? You're pushng zero population growth, yet you have kids?	madmom	May 2012	#26
Woah, I'm NOT pushing zero population growth. I'm pointing out one of its nasty side-effects.	Zalatix	May 2012	#28
Zero population growth means averaging 2 children per couple. It does not mean having no children	Cal33	May 2012	#31
Because everyone knows the earth can support an infinite number of people.	ret5hd	May 2012	#14
I'd say it's more the benefits of cheap energy	The2ndWheel	May 2012	#21
Or so they think. I would trade all the wealth in the world for the real life community I have.	Zalatix	May 2012	#22
I'm not sure people have that level of control over the situation	The2ndWheel	May 2012	#24
Yet we have a lot of unemployed people	My Good Babushka	May 2012	#29
That job is a calling. A lot of people simply aren't suited for that kind of work.	Zalatix	May 2012	#30
But some people are	My Good Babushka	May 2012	#32
All of that, 150% true.	Zalatix	May 2012	#34
I like your intentional community idea.	silverweb	May 2012	#2
That is what I hope for	RobertEarl	May 2012	#10
It starts with the intention.	silverweb	May 2012	#36
Thank you for the ideas... n/t	jtuck004	May 2012	#38
there are a lot worse things than being alone	Skittles	May 2012	#3
I have thought about this.	JNelson6563	May 2012	#4
55, Divorced, No Kids - I Am The Statistic Referenced In The Article - The Last Years Will Be Rough	cantbeserious	May 2012	#6
Similar sitch here....	ProfessionalLeftist	May 2012	#15
Same here...	Javaman	May 2012	#16
That's a fine idea, but lacking in reality, IMO. Hippies were young, strong and able.	CTyankee	May 2012	#23
Yeah, I know what you mean...	Javaman	May 2012	#27
I think the problem with that plan is that a community composed entirely of old people may	HiPointDem	May 2012	#7
Yes, a very good point.	JNelson6563	May 2012	#19
You'd have to have a "pay-it-forward" committment	Auggie	May 2012	#39
My dad always wished I would get married so I would have someone to take care of me in my old age...	DesertDiamond	May 2012	#5
I was going to say, two can live cheaper than one, and you don't have to be married	JDPriestly	May 2012	#8
My next door neighbors, when I was growing up	Mariana	May 2012	#12
56, no kids, no job, no future...	chervilant	May 2012	#9
My GF and I have a plan...	Javaman	May 2012	#17
You're misinterpreting the statistics from the article:	surrealAmerican	May 2012	#11
You're right, I wrote that wrong. Thank you. n/t	jtuck004	May 2012	#35
The Green House Project looks promising.	klook	May 2012	#20
Very interesting	sorefeet	May 2012	#25
A counter-argument - "The Myth of Isolation"	bhikkhu	May 2012	#33
that last part sounds good. i'm in. eom	ellenfl	May 2012	#37
Nest empty, divorced 12 years, last four serious girlfriends turned out to be hopelessly damaged.	slackmaster	May 2012	#40
I am 73 years old, alone, and I like that way.	RebelOne	May 2012	#41
I can see me moving in with my daughter	arikara	May 2012	#42

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