Jean Zimpfer
Sep 2026
I lived here for almost a year and have to say for the first month or two it was fine. Then it was like an onion. The more layers that got peeled back, the worse it got. I didn’t know if I was living in a mental hospital or nursing home. It says it’s an active living community, but I’d say less than a third of the people actually are. It’s no fault of theirs, but the scary part is that if there were a fire or similar incident, the majority of the people would not be able to get out safely. There is one elevator (which locks in case of fire) and you can’t get wheelchairs or walkers down the stairs. They tell you to get out, but how? Perhaps you should stand on your balcony and hope someone gets to you before the fire/smoke do.<br><br>There’s a number of people that live there are far from savory. I’ve seen drug deals in the parking lot; smoking whatever, wherever (supposed to be a designated area) and people gaining access that do not live there-doors propped open or codes given to anyone. In addition, some of the residents are very gossipy and mean. I actually had someone threaten me multiple times, in addition to committing other intimidating actions. This same person moved out and was still allowed back on the property where they continued to harass me. Other residents had expressed there uneasiness and fear of this same person, so it wasn’t just me.<br><br>There are also a lot of houseless people wandering around and parking in the residents’ parking lot and the street outside the building. There’s a homeless shelter by the mall around the corner and a new one going up by the park down the street. That’s the same park that is the pickup/dropoff spot for local drug deals. The parking lot has also become a garbage disposal for everything from furniture, mattresses and just general trash.<br><br>The manager is difficult at times to relate to and, in my opinion, gets way too involved in people’s lives and business. She allows some people to contact her personally before, after and during work for hours at a time. It’s unethical and almost borderline illegal. On one hand she states she can’t get involved and then she does.<br><br>Finally, there is no air conditioning. I never thought to ask when I moved in because I just assumed any building more than one story tall, that housed the elderly, had air conditioning. You have to get your own and the only kind you can have are the big, bulky ones with the hose that takes up half of a bedroom. Doesn’t leave much room in a 500 square foot , one bedroom apartment. The residents call the third floor the floor of death because it obviously gets warmer there than any other floor. The lobby and “community room” (don’t get me started on that) are, of course nice and cool. Management went so far as to ask for volunteers to check on third floor neighbors when the weather got warmer. That is wrong in so many ways.<br><br>It is income based and I think you get what you pay for. Some residents even get to live there on state vouchers, so basically for free. They are some of the worse offenders and act as if they are entitled to behave the way they do. I’ve worked hard my entire life and appreciate it when some kindness falls my way. I, unfortunately, saw little of that in my short time there. Do yourself and family a favor and find somewhere else to live.
