Our platinum citizens (senior citizens) are important to the fabric of Charleston, a city long known for its multi-generational social life – though not as much these days. When traveling in Europe it is very gratifying to see old men and women out for their daily walks or dining with friends. It would be nice to see our senior citizens in public places (i.e., Marion Park, King St.) instead of picturing them corralled out to facilities in the suburbs. We need appropriate housing in town for our wise, insightful, amusing platinum brothers and sisters.
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We are senior citizens living on upper King with our combined social security. Most housing specifically for seniors in Charleston is one bedroom and a lot of seniors don't have enough money so we should have 2 bedroom apartments where two people could live together and share expenses just like a lot of students do. We live in a city owned building that is poorly managed and becoming more and more dangerous because of the other tenants. We love living downtown but due to the lousy public transportation must maintain at least one car another big expense, I am going to tell you a secret about public housing in Charleston, the day Joe Riley is no longer Mayor you'll watch public housing for the 99.9% black people living in and controlling it disappear. Nothing for them or seniors will come in and replace it either. The projects will be declared unsafe or requiring too much maintenance and they will be torn down and the land will go to one of the three or so favored by the city builders. I've seen the same scenario in at least four cities. Don't think that N. Charleston is going to hold out open waiting arms either. Everyone sees there are bigger fish to fry who will create fewer problems and pay more taxes. Obviously I could go on for hours. .
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