High Rise versus Low Rise
Posted by kmancer on April 8th, 2010
A non-profit society in a small community in British Columbia built a three storey seniors’ residence a few years ago, the first building in town to have an elevator. Some of the people who moved in had never been in an elevator in their lives. Understandably, they found the whole experience rather unnerving.
For years there was an urban myth circulating about seniors and high rises. They were alleged not to like them because they were afraid of tall buildings (or something like that). Of course that is not true at all, or at least no truer of seniors than any other group. Seniors like a good view just as much as the next person. And, like everyone else, they are comforted by the difficulty of burning down a concrete building.
Tags: Housing Development, Housing Options, Senior Housing, Seniors' Housing
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