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Leisure World
1901 Golden Rain Road, Seal Beach, California 90740
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Leisure World is a Large, Established 55+ Community with Single Story Attached Homes, Six Clubhouses, a Golf Course, Ceramics and Woodworking Studios, a Health Care Center and More
One of the earliest 55+ communities in the nation, Leisure World is in coastal Seal Beach and welcomed its first homeowners in 1962 (construction ended in 1981). Today, its 9,000 residents represent more than a third of the City of Seal Beach's population. Leisure World early innovations included onsite medical facilities and guard-gated security.
The development has about 6,600 condos and co-ops in dozens and dozens of single story and low rise buildings that are grouped into 17 neighborhoods called mutuals (16 co-op mutuals and one condo mutual). Green spaces separate the buildings. Ten floor plans range in size from about 550 to 1,540 square feet. Most homes have one to two bedrooms, one to two baths, and a carport. Double pane windows, custom cabinets, skylights, breakfast bars, and quartz counters are common upgrades.
Prices start in the high-$100,000s. Although each mutual has its own bylaws and board, most have adopted similar dues and rules. HOA fees are generally in the $400s per month depending on the mutual and help pay for exterior maintenance, landscaping, recreation, and security.
Neighbors find clubs and classes in everything from Buddhism and Bible study to poetry and pilates. Six clubhouses have meeting rooms, lounges, and fully equipped kitchens. The fitness center has state-of-the-art cardio equipment and an outdoor swimming pool.
Studios are open for ceramics, sewing, quilting and wood working. Garden plots, horseshoe pits, a lawn bowling green, a 2,500-seat amphitheater, and a nine-hole golf course are a few outdoor amenities. A free shuttle ferries residents to the post office and Seal Beach shops.
OptumCare Health Care Center is the Leisure World on-site medical center and provides general care and speciality care. It has a pharmacy and an on-call nurse, too. Leisure World also provides shuttle service to Los Alamitos Medical Center, which is accredited by the Joint Commission and about five miles away.
Leisure World is less than two miles east of the Pacific and one mile south of the 405. Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and the Queen Mary are short drives away.
Summer temperatures are in the 80s and winter temperatures are in the 40s, 50s, 60s. On average, the area receives 13 inches of rain each year.
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California:
California is the most populous state in the United States, and it is the sixth largest economy in the world.
Because it is so long, the climate varies greatly. Everything from deserts, forests and snow covered mountains to the world famous moderate temperatures of Southern California are here. Record temperatures have included a low of minus 35 degrees and a high of 134 degrees.
Missions placed within a day's walk from one another dot the length of the state and started appearing in 1769. Juan Cabrillo first sighted California in 1542 and inspired the missions. A few of the most famous ones are San Juan Capistrano (the swallows return every year at the same time), and San Diego (the first one).
A few of California's natural resources include petroleum, timber and natural gas. Industries are manufacturing (machinery, transportation equipment, electronics), aerospace and defense, biotechnology, and tourism. Of course, Hollywood and Disneyland are known around the world. Other famous attractions are Yosemite National Park, the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Point Reyes National Seashore, Sequoia National Park and San Simeon State Park (Hearst Castle).
The lowest point in the U.S. is California's Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level, and the highest point in the Lower 48 is its Mt. Whitney at 14,491 feet above sea level. Outside of Hawaii and Alaska, the state's Lassen Peak is one of the two active volcanoes in the U.S. It last erupted in 1917.
More immigrants settle down in California than in any other state.
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Are 55+ Communities Really "Retirement" Communities?
Many people who live in age-restricted communities (usually for people age 55+) are still gainfully employed. So why would they live in what is considered a "retirement" community? Why not continue to live in a standard neighborhood? People still employed choose age-restricted communities for the same reasons as people who are retired do: the safety, amenities and sense of community that one can provide. And whether employed or not, once the kids are grown, it is sometimes nice to live in a neighborhood where small children do not congregate.
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