All of the 118 homes were constructed with one floor plan of 1,100 to 1,300 or so square feet. All are fabricated from concrete block and have two bedrooms, two baths, and an attached one-car garage. Optional flex rooms have been shaped into offices or covered lanais. Some homes have a new roof, air conditioning upgrades and skylights. Exteriors are light colored.

Current prices start in the low-$300,000s. The HOA fee is $516 per month. Please verify this with a Realtor as prices are bound to change. HOA fees help pay for amenities and common area maintenance.

The intimate clubhouse has a library as well as rooms for games, billiards, and hobbies. Neighbors meet for cards, movie nights, bingo, potlucks, and parties. Outside the clubhouse, a swimming pool, a patio, and shuffleboard courts await.

Residents are minutes away from Atlantic beaches and Jupiter Island. Port St. Lucie, Palm Beach, and Florida's Inland Sea (Lake Okeechobee) are also easily accessible. The nearby professional Maltz Jupiter Theatre offers a full season of comedy, drama, and musicals. The Halpatiokee Regional Park has walking and paddling trails. The ecosystems at Jonathan Dickinson State Park include coastal sand hills, upland lakes, and scrub forests.

Hobe Sound does not have a hospital, but Martin Memorial is seven miles away in Stuart and is accredited by the Joint Commission.

Summer high temperatures usually top out in the mid-90s. Winter temperature highs are in the 60s and 70s with lows in the 50s. Average rainfall is 50 inches per year with the usual summertime afternoon showers.

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Florida:

Sticking out into Hurricane Alley, Florida was a land no nation seemed to want. Ruled successively by Spain, France, England, and the Confederate States of America, the state had a backwater reputation. Other than St. Augustine and Pensacola, there were few cities. The area was rural and populated by frontier farmers.

In the late-1800s, changes came when railroads began chugging down both coasts. Industrialist Henry Flagler's Florida Easy Coast Railway even made it all the way to Key West. The Great Florida Land Boom, the build-up to World War II, and the space industry also helped turn Florida into one of the nation's most populous states. In 1900, there were about 500,000 residents. Today, there are more than 20 million, almost 351 people per square mile.

Why do people keep coming? Tourism marketing is one reason. Annually, millions visit Orlando's theme parks and the state's 663 miles of white sand beaches. Taxes generated by the billion dollar vacation industry allow Florida to prosper without a personal income tax. Budget-sensitive retirees have flocked to its cities and shorelines.

If you can ignore the hurricanes, the state's climate is relatively mild. Only five other states are sunnier. Florida's system of state universities and community colleges is sizable, and its big cities are meccas for culture and the arts. Sarasota is a good example. Its Ringling Museum Complex contains internationally known art museum, a circus museum, an historic theater, and a 66-acre garden. Museums near Orlando range from a Zora Neale Hurston gallery to a Madame Tussauds.

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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