It was timely, because I was travelling last week, and at a rest stop I hit before crossing the state line into the Commonwealth of Virginia (my personal preference for retirement), out of sheer curiosity, I picked up a publication on retirement communities in North Carolina. It seems that seniors like places like Wilmington, Asheville, Chapel Hill and even my old stomping ground of Winston-Salem . . . places with diversity and culture (arts/entertainment/good eats) and superior medical care (yeah, I know, I told a funny).
The e-mail my friend sent screamed, "Please do something with this!". And so, I shall.
The Courier's article sang about the many virtues of Asheboro - as if Asheboro still had any real virtues to sing about (let's just say this home-girl ain't feeling it). And it rattled off the names of many of Asheboro
It really is nauseating (as someone who found herself on the wrong end of small-town-values as practiced by Asheboro's mill-town elite) to hear the same, old, tired pitch that was once tossed to new doctors (those "young professionals" that the mill town elite like to eat) recycled for feeding to unsuspecting seniors.
It's all right out of the Bob Morrison play-book. He plans to retire here too, I bet. Over $700,000/year gets you a whole heapum lot of ammenties in Randolph County.
Another friend thought the whole notion ludicrous - wondering how many people really want to retire to a "high-intensity drug traficking area". Yes indeed, Asheboro really has come a long way since I bought the Bobber's line.
On the other hand, I hear there will be a couple of over-priced town-home developments that could become available real cheap real soon. Who better to unload them on than gullible retirees?
The N.C. Department of Commerce is, of course, headed by former Asheboro City Council member, Keith Crisco. No possible conflicts of interest there. I'm wondering. Are other communities applying for this "certification"? Because Dr. Mary smells a giant stinking rat.
The whole process is probably going to be about as accountable and transparent and based on true merit as the former President of First National Bank (Mikey Miller) landing on his feet as President of Pfeiffer College.
(Did ya heart that First National's "half-way there" with regards to raising the capital necessary to "save" the bank?)
If would be really nice if the schemers would just stop their scheming and maybe try actually doing something to embody the Mayberrish values they talk so much about.
As I am trying very hard to stay on break, comments remain closed.
