Dance party: The development has gobbled up more than 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) of pastureland, hay fields and vegetable farms in three rural counties, dominating most of the historic small towns nearby in both size and population.
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U.S. baby boomers have been on the planet for nearly 70 years, long enough to reshape almost every aspect of American life. Rock culture, consumerism and political activism are part of their legacy.
So too are the lasting changes they've made to the landscape. The modern American suburb was carved out of the unspoiled countryside around established cities to serve as the boomer nursery. As many boomers remained there to raise their own families, suburbs sprawled outward exponentially, plowing under the forests, farmland and natural habitats and covering the land with asphalt and lawn turf.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3253570/Boomers-leave-generations-imprint-U-S-landscape.html
The retirement community bigger than MANHATTAN: Florida oasis is home to more than 100,000 over-sixties and 45 golf clubs
Baby boomers are putting their final stamp on the landscape even further out of town in age-restricted communities like The Villages in Florida
At 34 square miles, The Villages is already bigger than Manhattan and approaching the size of central Paris, and it's still growing
The Villages is a self-contained exurb, a housing island sprung like an exotic fruit from rural central Florida, untethered to a city
By Reuters
Daily Mail (UK)
Published: 09:30 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 09:41 EST, 30 September 2015
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