Green:  The New Priority for Boomers

Posted by Sheila Redick on January 25, 2006

A new survey on what Boomers want in housing reveals they are placing new value on access to natural assets that, with smart planning, are easily made available in cities.

Just 1.7 percent of homeowners 55 and older said they were likely to purchase a home on a golf course, and only 5 percent said they wanted a view of a golf course.

A quarter of Boomers said they wanted to live on or have a view of a fresh waterfront.

But the most appealing view among Boomers is that of non-golf-related "green space" such as park lands or common area green strips.

Just one more reason for cities to make green space a priority.

The survey was conducted by ProMatura Group LLC, an Oxford, MS-based consulting group and reported by Kenneth Harney of the Washington Post Writers Group.