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Sun City Summerlin
9107 Del Webb Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
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Large, Sunny 55+ Sun City Summerlin in Southern Nevada Boasts Mediterranean Style Architecture, Four Clubhouses, Three Golf Courses, an Activities Director and More
Spread across 2,400 rolling acres in sunny southern Nevada, 55+ Sun City Summerlin sits in the shadow of the Spring Mountain Range. It is a Del Webb neighborhood, part of the larger Summerlin master-planned development, and has nearly 8,000 attached and single family homes, making it the largest 55+ community in Nevada. Construction took place over a 10 year period, from 1989 to 1999.
Attached homes have between 1,003 to 1,757 square feet of living space. Some have a garage suitable for a car and a golf cart.
Single family homes can be modest or sumptuous, one bedroom or three, with views of a golf course or the Las Vegas Strip. These homes may have a large front courtyard, a den and a breakfast nook.
The architectural style throughout the development is Mediterranean, with homes having a tan/light colored exterior with a pink tile roof. Yards boast palm trees, pine trees, decorative rocks and bushes.
Prices begin in the low- to mid-$200,000s. Please verify this price as it is bound to change. Association fees help pay for some exterior maintenance.
Summerlin manages four clubhouses. The Mountain Shadows Clubhouse has an indoor spa, exercise room, space for table tennis, outdoor track as well as courts for racquetball and shuffleboard. The heart of the Desert Vista Community Center is a grand ballroom. The Olympic-size indoor pool is the star of the Sun Shadows Clubhouse. The Pinnacle Clubhouse hosts a 312-seat theater. Summerlin's three Billy Casper golf courses offer reduced rates to residents. All have dining options.
Residents also have three golf courses on which to play. A full-time activities director oversees more than 80 clubs, organizes classes, and plans excursions.
Retail, banks, grocery stores, and hospitals are just outside community gates. The performing arts center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas produces a huge variety of dance, theater, and music. Lake Mead and the Valley of Fire State Park are easy day trips.
Las Vegas has several accredited hospitals.
Summer temperatures routinely reach the low-100s, but the city is surrounded by mountains, so escape from the summer heat can be found at higher elevations. Winter temperatures are in the 50s, 60s and 70s. On average, the area receives four inches of rain per year.
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Nevada:
Nevada was explored by Europeans in the 1820s and in the 1840s by Kit Carson and John C. Fremont. The U.S. obtained the region in 1848 after the Mexican War and a Mormon trading post near Genoa was the first permanent settlement. Much of Nevada is still uninhabited by humans; desert animals and sagebrush plants, however, thrive.
The Comstock Lode made Nevada famous. The biggest silver deposit in the U.S. was found here in 1859. Oil was found in 1954.
Gambling and divorce as industries came about in the early 1930s. Las Vegas really began to boom in the 1950s and today attracts thousands of vacationers, tourists, business people and gamblers each year. In fact, gambling produces over a third of the state's revenue. Stunning Lake Tahoe is also a major tourist draw.
The state raises cattle, hay, barley, wheat, alfalfa, and potatoes. Manufacturers produce lawn and garden irrigation devices, gaming equipment, machinery and seismic monitoring devices.
Nevada is the driest state in the country with just seven inches of rain falling each year on average.
Stats:
Population - 2,940,058
Persons 65 years old and over - 15%
High school graduates, persons age 25+ - 85%
Bachelor's degree or higher, persons age 25+ - 23%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin - 28%
White persons, not Hispanic - 50%
Median household income - $51,825
Median home value - $173,700
Social Security taxed? No
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Why Would Someone Age 55+ Retire in an All Ages Development?
While communities designed for people age 55 or better have a lot of benefits, not everyone wants to retire in a development where most of the residents are the same age and often of the same socioeconomic background. All ages community by law cannot discriminate based on age so they nearly always have a wide range of residents, from families and single professionals to empty nesters and often retirees. Many older all ages neighborhoods are organic, that is having grown over time and never having been "master planned." These usually do not have amenities such as a pool, tennis courts, etc. But more and more new all ages communities are master planned, gated, with covenants and HOA fees. Retirees often prefer these to 55+ communities because they allow more interaction with people from more cross sections of the country.
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