Back while president of the Del Webb Sun Cities Museum, we added a website and i ran a backside blog to it. Some 100 posts and while the blog is gone, the articles have survived floating around the net. Here's one i just came across from Feb of 2011: “The Place Just Hugged Me!” You’ve got to love it: I walked into the Del Webb Sun Cities Museum the other day just as a gentleman was leaving. The docent said he had been through most everything twice and was thrilled at what he saw. They said he laughed through the video The Beginnings and marveled in the Del Webb room at his accomplishments. His attention to detail was above what we find in most visitors. That’s nice to see. The best part came when i was chatting with the one of the docents and she told me with a glimmer in her eye, she loved these words from him the best; “The place just hugged me.” He had told her his story of finding Sun City and when he first got here, that was the immediate sensation he got. The community opened its arms and enveloped him in its warmth (okay, so i embellished that a bit, but i too loved his comment and find it one of the best i’ve ever heard or read describing Sun City). Interesting in that i noted he had Canadian plates on his car and he was a big man, not some weepy eyed little geeky looking thing. Come on, a man’s man isn’t supposed to talk like that is he? Lighten up, i’m pulling your chain a little bit. I do get it; Sun City is the kind of place that appeals to so many different people on so many different levels, you could never pigeonhole (gee wiz, did i just use that term?) them. It should be noted, many of my dearest friends are Canadians. The one common denominator amongst them is they love to get here in the fall and hate to leave in the spring. I think the Canadians on par are a happier, easier going bunch and Sun City is that kind of place; less stress, less pressure, more to do and more opportunities to enjoy life. It works well for them other than they have to leave. They need be in their country for at least half the year for their health insurance and if they are in ours longer than six months there are United States tax consequences. Let me just close by saying thank you to the Museum visitor who coined the phrase; “the place just hugged me.” I cannot think of a better term of endearment to explain why Sun City is so loved by so many. Brilliant!
I know many of you aren't aware, but from the very beginning in 1960, those moving to Sun City have professed their love for their adopted community. But when you think about it objectively...what's not to love?
Lot's of interest in the story, i might have to scroll through the 100 commentaries i wrote and pick out some of the best to link to.
Nice, 264 reads since i posted this on the Facebook Sun City Arizona Chat page. Connecting the dots, it's how it has always worked.
I guess it's time to dig into my "oldies but goodies" collection and start posting stories from the past.
