I understand your take. And I understand people can have some attachment, but I think those emotions are temporary and can be addressed by making these alternative places attractive places --places built with retirees in mind.  Lots of retirees from cold states move hundreds of miles to warmer climates --there may be some thought to attachment, but mostly they look forward to places made to accommodate them.  Places where there are others just like them.  An alternative which happens in places with declining populations, is retirees dying in their homes, alone, to be discovered days or months after.<p>The poor are another separate issue.  They need to be close to jobs or at least have a way to get to jobs easily.  When I was poor, I didn&#x27;t care to live in a cachet neighborhood, I just needed to be able to get to my job with reasonable public transit and I wanted to feel the area was safe.  Of course, given the alternative, I&#x27;d want to rent a bungalow next to the beach for cheap, but it&#x27;s not a necessity and it&#x27;s not a necessity to live next to one&#x27;s job.<p>That said, I would love to see more mixed use zoning.