Seniors

Even when I came here in 1960, some of my American friends had their retired parents living with them. Now-a-days that is rare. Many seniors live in assisted living houses. Others just want to live alone. There is a 75 year old woman in my condo building who lives alone while she has a daughter & a son less than one hour's drive away.

Back in India, before 1960, grandparents lived with their son & daughter-in-law. My own grandfather
lived with us in my father's house. But there was no assisted living there.

Now in America working people move on the average every 7 years, and do not bring their parents along, for whatever reason. Older Americans want their own spacious house instead of being cramped in one room with their kids.