By Jeff Ostroth
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE
Shortly after Ruth Avakian moved to Seabrook, she had relatives over for a visit, including her 13-year-old grandniece Kristen. “She came into the apartment and looked all around,” recalls Ruth. “She and her mother then took a walk around the campus and came back.
“And Kristen said, ‘I’d love to live here!’ I said, ‘You’re too young.’ But that’s what she experienced.”
The experience is not unusual. Seabrook may be a 62-plus community, but when people see its all-season pool, hot tub, putting green, on-campus restaurants, and other amenities, it reminds them of staying in a hotel on vacation.
Except at Seabrook, vacation never ends!
And it isn’t just kids who find the Seabrook lifestyle attractive. “Everyone from my sons and their families to close friends to acquaintances who have come and visited us are very impressed with Seabrook,” says Ruth. “And, I think, sometimes a little envious.”
Similar Stories
Other people at Seabrook have similar stories to recount. “Our daughters-in-law are ready to move in!” say Irene and Jack Gottdenker. When they first came to see Seabrook, “They both thought it was just a wonderful set-up.”
Betty Wulf
says that when her daughter first came up from Virginia to visit her and her husband Gene for the weekend, a security guard joked with her as she was leaving to go back. “He asked if she was running away,” says Betty. “And she said, ‘Oh, no. I love it here!’”
‘Cool Place to Live’
“I can tell you that when our grandchildren come in, they think it’s cool living here,” says Glover Hill. “In fact, a lot of times they mention it’s just like living in a resort. And I agree with them. It is a cool place to live.”
Glover likes the fact that when something breaks, he doesn’t have to fix it. “You give a call to general services and somebody comes and makes the repairs for you,” he says.