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Retirees Demand Constant Activity in Arizona

by Ted Robbins, NPR
March 15, 2006

Driving north from Phoenix, you pass one huge retirement community after another: Sun City, Sun City West, Sun City Grand. For decades, these communities have represented the cutting edge of retirement life. These days, that means satisfying the baby-boomer generation's quest for constant activity.

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