SUN CITY: LIFE AFTER LIFE (United States, 2009-2010)
When it opened in 1960, Sun City in Arizona was the first community especially for pensionados, and is still the largest: a senior citizens’ paradise that covers more than 36 square kilometres, with palm trees along the streets, and dedicated lanes for golf carts. Sun City has eleven golf courses, seven recreation centres, seven swimming pools, three country clubs, sixteen shopping centres and two libraries. Surrounded by these amenities, its 42,500 residents, averaging 73 years of age, sit out their twilight years. Sun City is unique, says the photographer Kendrick Brinson, but with the elderly growing in numbers, the demand for similar cities can only grow too.
