The Peak Experience

Ah, yes, the New York Times. Here's a story on aging hippies building a "retirement commune".

According to a gerontologist and housing consultant, ""the social consciousness of the 1960's can get re-expressed." Baby boomers, she predicted, "are going to want to recreate the peak experience of their lives. Whether a commune or a college dorm, the common denominator was community."

And this:

The design-by-democracy may not work for everyone. The architect, Julie Haney, 49, said tension broke out over the color of gutters and trim on their bungalow-style homes. As Ms. Haney explained, "Ann likes blue, Stan wanted brown, Ann hates brown, everyone liked purple."

Reliving your peak with purple gutters in the "progressive university town" of Davis, California.