‘I was meant to be here’: The pros and cons of a 55-and-over community

Dawn Schwartz has lived in a community for people 55 and older for about five years and now, at age 60, she’s considered “one of the youngsters” in a place where the average age is 75.

Still, Schwartz says, “I was meant to be here.” She lives at Del Webb Nocatee in Ponte Vedra, Fla., and works in property management at Del Webb eTown in nearby Jacksonville.

As…