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11. I think it's being created informally but it would help if one could also apply

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 12:04 AM

Feb 2016

to be a part of a group. I've heard about some communities and there is an organization that helps people who want to "age in place". Forgot the name but I can google for it There are of course great communities that cost a lot. Those are the old folks homes that are updated and connected to universities and the like.

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the rise of suicide in middle aged white America: retirement no longer bonus, but time of struggle [View all] Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 OP

There is a huge retirement crisis looming for us genXers TDale313 Feb 2016 #1

Agree we ain't seen nothing yet. Let's hope there is change by then Person 2713 Feb 2016 #3

Yep, it's going to get much more ugly. nt Lorien Feb 2016 #6

Indeed. nt emmadoggy Feb 2016 #21

Boomers need to get together and create communes where they can flamingdem Feb 2016 #2

Bring back the Depression era County Poor farms? Downwinder Feb 2016 #4

No need to farm, shared care and shared resources flamingdem Feb 2016 #10

Need to have a purpose. Downwinder Feb 2016 #12

Humans are now a resource!! atreides1 Feb 2016 #51

Communes dont provide healthcare. The guy in article was wiped put, put in debt by healthcare Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #7

I've never read anything about this practical concept, only brief mention appalachiablue Feb 2016 #8

I think it's being created informally but it would help if one could also apply flamingdem Feb 2016 #11

There are co-housing communities popping up TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #54

Thanks Tex flamingdem Feb 2016 #58

I agree--empty shopping malls, closed college campuses zazen Feb 2016 #66

Who says it hasn't? Fumesucker Feb 2016 #33

Socialist Commie Communes? In Montana? In Utah? In Wyoming? good luck librechik Feb 2016 #50

I imagine that would go down in flames, for one reason NickB79 Feb 2016 #59

I loved Clint in that role nt flamingdem Feb 2016 #61

My middle aged friends and I always talk of *when* we'll be forced Lorien Feb 2016 #5

Thanks for sharing the disturbing reality, for many Americans appalachiablue Feb 2016 #9

Check out this organization: http://www.vtvnetwork.org/ flamingdem Feb 2016 #14

Thanks Flamingdem! Lorien Feb 2016 #19

You're very welcome, if you remember flamingdem Feb 2016 #24

Sounds like an interesting network growing internationally. I'll keep in mind and appalachiablue Feb 2016 #43

In Los Angeles there was just an announcement that unused government flamingdem Feb 2016 #47

Notice how television dramas and comedies rarely show people Lorien Feb 2016 #20

Good point. Tv never shows a person struggling to pay the rent or keep the lights on Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #30

Great post. raccoon Feb 2016 #40

All true Lorien, I remember well the popular 'Roseanne' show. The cost appalachiablue Feb 2016 #45

Yes, my friends and I are all freelancers Lorien Feb 2016 #48

There was a post last week on a thread that kind of hit home on this topic . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #13

Check this out: The Village Movement - there's one in Santa Barbara not LA flamingdem Feb 2016 #15

Montana is one of those Individualism libertarian type states JI7 Feb 2016 #16

It's the end of white hegemony mwrguy Feb 2016 #17

Probably stupid post of the year. n/t brentspeak Feb 2016 #18

You can't honestly say that EL34x4 Feb 2016 #41

Don't know that I'd put it all on that... kjones Feb 2016 #23

Big factor: Guns � Montana is #2 in the percentage of people that own guns ErikJ Feb 2016 #22

suspect suicide is a matter of options and with ready access to a gun the option is always there dembotoz Feb 2016 #44

I wonder if right-wing ideology might be a factor.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #25

I think it cuts across all political beliefs. truedelphi Feb 2016 #27

I'm also going by studdies that showed right wingers have more nightmares. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #28

There is a topic up right now about how in the world can we pay for truedelphi Feb 2016 #29

Tuition used to be free at public colleges.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #32

But I think it might be a chicken vs egg question - which came first? truedelphi Feb 2016 #63

Government commitment to education came first...... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #65

Suicides do rise during Conservative govt.s ErikJ Feb 2016 #46

I have a $500k insurance policy through work awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #26

.. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #31

When the shit kept hitting the fan again and again artislife Feb 2016 #38

Nitrogen bag whatthehey Feb 2016 #42

Facing illnesses that are only going to get worse, trying to live on $300 a month + food stamps Dragonfli Feb 2016 #34

I'm so sorry for your problems and the loss of your wife. area51 Feb 2016 #36

yes, but that happened some time ago. You must have been posting here for a long time. /nt Dragonfli Feb 2016 #37

Better say: time of dispair. snot Feb 2016 #35

Unbelievable malaise Feb 2016 #39

The despair and hopelessness are crushing people Arazi Feb 2016 #49

This age group has been raised with some unreal expectations. jwirr Feb 2016 #52

I feel for that guy in the story ... earthside Feb 2016 #53

Medical bills are a bitch. Even the famous radio artist Joe Frank is struggling to pay them Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #68

Like the stock market crash that led into the great depression Babel_17 Feb 2016 #55

This is happening here in Johnson County, Kansas... KansDem Feb 2016 #56

I'm hoping my plan holds together madville Feb 2016 #57

you are very, very lucky! shanti Feb 2016 #64

Montana isn't the only one. Here in OK Runningdawg Feb 2016 #60

This is such an important story flamingdem Feb 2016 #62

Add age-ism to their problems. Floridanow Feb 2016 #67